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Date:         Mon, 17 Jul 1995 10:04:49 -0800 (PST)
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From:         GDURSTEW@oimb.uoregon.edu
Subject:      auto-choke\transistorized ignition\pizza in oregon...

dear fellow bus fanatics, now that we've once again recovered from friday-mania, here's two more technical morsels i'd like to toss out to you... 1. THE AUTOCHOKE. i have a 73 westy with the usual 1700cc twin carbs engine (okay joel, you don't have to ask, his name is festus after the deputy in "gunsmoke"...). the problem is the idle: it idles just fine when warm, but when i start it up cold in the morning it idles way too fast, maybe 2000-3000rpm from the sound of it. now, being no COMPLEAT moron, i've checked the autochokes and they seem to work okay...flaps closed when cold, opening up completely after a few minutes. i was wondering if there is any way to adjust the autochokes to make it run slower during warmup...maybe so the flaps don't close quite as much when cold ??? any suggestions ??? 2. TRANSISTORIZED IGNITION. someone mentioned putting in a transistorized ignition to do away with the notoriously unreliable points gap adjustment...any reason not to do that ? or any suggestions as to which particular transistorized ignition is particularly good ? i understand most have centrifugal advance only, so i'd have to plug the vacuum hoses to the carbs. does the beast run well with that ??? i don't wanna screw up anything that actually works around here...

okay, there's some food for thought for you...speaking of food: since all bus-owners in all parts of the country seem to have this inexplicable craving for pizza these days: anyone wanna have a bus/pizza meet around here in oregon ??? let's hear it ! peace, gregor (73 westy "festus")


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