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<x-charset iso-8859-1>Under the rotor on the fiber thingy at the top of the shaft. To prevent or ease the wear of the plastic nub on the points.? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jim Adney" <jadney@vwtype3.org> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Thursday, October 18, 2001 7:19 AM Subject: Re: [T3] Solex's and Idle speed > On 18 Oct 2001, at 0:00, Russ Wolfe wrote: > > > I have never had problems with the T-3 carbs not holding an idle speed. I > > would be more suspicious of the distributor not returning to the same timing > > point every time. It only takes a couple degrees of timing change to change > > the idle a couple hundred rpm. If you have both mechanical and vac. advance, > > I would suspect the mechanical sticking. > > Russ has a very good point here. A little stickyness in the mech > advance is common. They can be worked over to make them silky > smooth, but a few decades of neglect often leaves them in poor > condition. > > For example, how many of you know where on your mech adv dist > you are supposed to put a drop of oil periodically? > > - > Jim Adney > jadney@vwtype3.org > Madison, WI 53711-3054 > USA > > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > Search old messages on the Web! Visit http://www.vwtype3.org/list/ > </x-charset>