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Jim Adney wrote: >But be sure to verify that you have 12V there first. > > > Yup, confirmed. >Bring it inside and drip a couple drops of oil down its throats. >Reach in the straight port with a screwdriver and carefully move the >valve up an down a bit, and you may even be able to rotate it a bit. >Be very careful not to raise a burr on anything that could interfere >with it's motion later on. > > Yep, this is more or less what I did. I sprayed some penetrating oil in the orifices, and then I applied heat with my heat gun- seems to have accomplished the same thing as applying power. The valve rotates a little more freely, although it seems to take a few taps on the side of the valve body with a metal bar to get it to spring completely shut. Looks like a few cycles of this ought to free up the mechanism fully. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ List info at http://www.vwtype3.org/list | mailto:gregm@vwtype3.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~