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Re: [T3] AT Tinware & Balance Pipe


On 8 Apr 2005 at 13:03, Steven Cooper wrote:

> My fasty was converted some time ago by a PO from FI to twin carb.  Although
> it works OK, the balance pipe looks like a bit of a backyard job.  I was
> just curious where the pressure tapping for the AT vacuum signal is taken in
> the factory balance pipes and where it penetrates the front tinware?  Is the
> front tin on AT and MT cars different?

The front tin on AT engines has a slot where the vacuum modulator hose exits.

This hose connects to a nipple on the balance pipe that is a bit to the right 
of center. I don't know, but I'd expect that it points downward, and is just to 
the front of the base of cyl # 1.

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Madison, Wisconsin, USA
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