RE: [T3] Number 4 issues..

[Matthew Jones <m@vw1600e.org.uk>]

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> Don't boil it outside the bracket. It will explode, and be ruined.

I tested a new one outside the bracket and it survived. Maybe I'm just  
lucky! Didn't boil it though, just got it warm enough.

> New ones are NLA.

I got a brand new T1 one recently. 34 UKP, though, so pretty  
expensive. Mine had popped and the flaps failed open, then jammed  
through lack of use. The new one had a different number of folds in  
the bellows, but I checked and it extends far enough to hit the top of  
the bracket, which is all that matters. Overall length was the same.

> The opening temp is 65-70 Centigrade.

Its marked on some of them. Very faint though.
An easy way to get the right temperature water to test with, is 2  
parts cold, 1 part boiling.

--
Matt. UK.
'73 1600e FB.

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