Date:         Sat, 23 Sep 2017 19:46:39 -0700
Reply-To:     Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From:         Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Re: AFM cap fix, maybe fixed my very intermittent problem
Comments: To: Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com>
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To be honest I don’t know. But if it’s just a little more than the tired wbx and it’s as reliable as the I4 gasser I had in my 82 westy then I’ll be happy.

I have driven more powerful vans, tdi, Audi V8, subie 2.5, and they all make me want them. But I’m so biased to the 2.0 inline 4, all I want is a tad more power and most importantly simplicity and reliability.

Ab

On Sep 23, 2017, at 7:01 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

>> But the throttle switch. What a little bastard that is.
> 
> I agree. And worse yet, (possibly) is the old Gowesty vacuum actuated
> switch. I haven't bothered to try and prove my theory but it may not
> be a reliable design. But I digress.....
> 
> Do you think the ABA hybrid will have enough torque where you need it
> in the Syncro?
> 
> Regardless, here's hoping the cap has fixed your WBX issue.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> 
>> On 9/23/17, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
>> Neil,
>> 
>> Good points. The AFM Carbon track is ( amazingly )good.
>> 
>> But the throttle switch. What a little bastard that is. I did rebuild the tb
>> early on, rebushed, made new throttle plate, bored throat etc. The tb is
>> tight and good. But the switch has always given me problems. Have swapped in
>> a couple. And I did read that Samba thread at the time and re visited the

>> switch. Seemed ok but I’m not discounting a bad solder joint in there.
>> 
>> But then again the issue hasn’t recurred since early summer. And you know I
>> want to put I4 in the Syncro. Have two candidate blocks in garage, leaning
>> to the 2.0 litre with 1.8 single cam head. So if the cap fix worked for me
>> so far, that’s ok :-)
>> 
>> Alistair
> 
> 
> 
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> Neil n
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