Date:         Fri, 14 Oct 94 9:49:36 PDT
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         David Schwarze <schwarze@io.nosc.mil>
Subject:      Re: 2.0 litre vacuum conections

mty016 writes:
> 
> Firstly, what is the correct way to connect all the vacuum points on
> the engine. I've got the vaccumm from the left hand carb connected
> straight to the dizzy advance/retard, the way I would expect it to
> be on any other car. However, the right hand arm of the air box has
> a thermostatic type switch which I think should be in the circuit
> somewhere? Then there is the pipe that runs between the carbs. This
> has a small `box' in the middle with another pick off point. I've
> just blanked this off, and as the engine seems to run fine, it stayed
> like that. Where should it go?

It is meant to go to the air pump.  I have mine blocked off as well.
> 
> Secondly, I would like to balance the carbs. I took the van along
> to the local carb place (with a big Solex sign hanging outside), to
> see how much he would charge, but he refuses to touch vw campers?!?

You need special tools to do it "right".  I just set them the way the
manual told me to and left them, and it ran fine.

-David

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David Schwarze			'73 VW Safare Custom Camper (Da Boat)
SAIC Comsystems, San Diego	'73 Capri GT 2800 (Da Beast)
schwarze@nosc.mil		'87 Mustang Lx 5.0 (Da Bruiser?  Soon...)
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