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----- Original Message ----- From: "Neil Verdon" <neil.verdon@t-online.de> To: <type3@vwtype3.org> Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2003 12:21 PM Subject: Re: [T3] SP-2 air cleaner > hi > mark does it have a thin nut on it you can undo ! so that you move the > operating pushrod one way or another ? if it is like this and in the stone > cold position it is still in the draw cool air from outside world position > the little waxstat may well be toast! > > take it all apart give it a damn good cleaning and do a hot water test on it > it may just need to be adjusted when you put it all back together default > should be drawing warm heat exchanger air when cold and soon as it warms up > the normal to outside opens. > > it is a right royal pain to take of the air cleaner but can be done > thouroughly oil then wipe of any excess before you put it all back toghether > > at the moment theres some real possibility of carb iceing here its damp and > cold perfect conditions dont seem to suffer with my twin dells on real > shorty manifolds mind the airfilters are in my engine compartment so draw > warm air all the time one thing i am going to do is recreate a stoke style > central air box for my dell on a typ4 in a typ3 so in the summer i draw nice > cool outside air in as i do thing this is more important than people > imagine. > > i was thinking about makeing my airbox out of perspex funnily enough so i > could see if it gets a bit dirty in there at a glance just aother job id > like to do by the spring! > > neil verdon. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org