Re: [T3] vacuum can no's

[Jim Adney <jadney@vwtype3.org>]

On 20 Aug 2003 at 17:08, Shad Laws wrote:

> > Neither of these should have any effect at idle, so I find myself
> wondering if
> > your butterfly valve isn't closing all the way, right away.
> 
> I also wonder if the retard diaphragm is cracked and leaking.  This is the
> #1 most common failure for dual-vacuum canisters, and since the retard
> portion gets its pickup from below the throttle plate, would cause a problem
> with idle.

That's certainly what it sounds like, but didn't he say that he had a '70? And 
the dist numbers he quoted were 70 and 73, as were his 265 and 505 vacuum cans. 
Neither of these has the vacuum retard; that's the 883 vacuum can used only in 
72.  

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Jim Adney, jadney@vwtype3.org
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