On Tue, 5 Sep 1995, thom fitzpatrick wrote: > I dunked two of the engine governors in Chem Dip after taking them > apart, and cleanep 'em off last night to have a gander. > > The units in question are marked 28 1,5 FDR in big letters on the > cover. This would appear to coincide with the 28 PICT carb. I've > forgotten who made the g'vnor - their logo is pressed on it. The 1,5 > designation is stamped rather than pressed on the cover, which leads me > to believe its some sort of "capacity designator" or model #; ie maybe > there is a 2.0 or 2.5 model, just for argument. The 28 FDR is pressed in > the cover, looks like part of the pressing itself. > Here's a response from a non-subscribing friend of mine: ------------------------------- To whom and all it may concern: The 1.5 designation of the governor was the engine size in liters. These governors were installed on some (not all) buses in 1964-1966. The governor kept the engines from "overrteving" as VW put it. There was concern at the time that the larger engine would ovewr rev and blow. Thus, the governor. I once had about a dozen of these. I would always take them off bus engines and file them in the trash. If the owner wanted to keep the vehicle "stock," there is a way to gut them. I also did that. $75? I'm heading to the landfill in Laramie, WY. I put about 30 of them there! Steve Carr ---------------------- Jon Christensen '56,58,71 Ghias,'56,67 Bugs,'59 & '63 TII's, '87 Golf GL /V\ Membership Coordinator for the Vintage VW Club of America \W/ Co-Editor of the Vintage VW Club of America Newsletter vvwca@primenet.com Kansas City Kombis' NEATO Co-Representative
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