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Date:         Fri, 28 Mar 1997 11:36:52 -0700
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From:         Ken Wyatt <nrogm.kwyatt@state.ut.us>
Subject:      VANAGON digest 1310 -Reply

Hi all, I attempted to get the 82 air cooled Vanagon westie registered today but I failed emissions. The reg calls for an idle CO of 1.2 and I got 1.56. The shop guy said it is a slight adjustment but they cannot do it. Anyone know if this is a simple mixture adjustment or what? If so, which screw and would it be inside the dreaded air box? I don't have my bentley here but will check it this evening. I was hoping to go tweak it and re-check at lunch. I wish I had a pocket emission tester for this so I could set it as I read the values. I get one free re-check, then pay again. This is a new Mark Stephens rebuild with only has 800 miles on it.

By the way, I finally got my core charge back from MS last week. It was November 17 when I shipped it to them. I knew it would be long so I was patient. When I hadn't rec'd it by late February I called them on 2/20. The guy, not Bill, said Oh I remember doing that one. Well they could not find the invoice.

The tech guy says: "How does $300 bucks sound?" I said, well ok if that is what you normally charge for a dropped valve seat in one head. They deducted $50 from each head. Not sure if that is cool but I agreed to $300. He said we will credit my account today. That never happened so mid March I called again, same thing only this time it actually did get credited to me. Whew that was a long saga.

I figure the original core charge was $400, it cost me $124 to ship it back, minus $100 for the heads which leaves a whopping $176 that I actually recovered. Next time I would keep the core and rebuild it for a spare as I know the botttom end was ok. I had one dropped seat plus the P&Cs were probably cooked. Comments? TIA for any emission adjustment advice/info. Please reply directly as i am a Ken Wyatt 82 westy


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