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Subject:Re: Aircooled heater cables
From:Peter T. Owsianowski
Date:Mon, 27 Dec 2010 10:07:57 -0500

Mark:

Richard Atwell (www.ratwell.com) has a detailed explanation and photos
showing flappers on the 2.0 aircooled motor.  I have studied those
devils at length and still have stop and think it out.

On 12/26/10, Mark L. Hineline <hineline@ocotillofield.net> wrote:
> Apologies to everyone with WBX and suburu engines. This is about
> aircooled -- 1982.
>
> The connections to my flappers are all kinds of wrong. I've read Sean
> Bartnik's write-up, I've looked at ETKA, and I've read Bentley. Still
> don't know how to put these together correctly or what I need to get.
> So here's the set of questions:
>
> First: There are welded brackets on both sides. Currently, on my left
> side, the gas return line is routed through a grommet in the flapper
> end of the bracket. I assume that's not correct, but who knows?
>
> Second, only the right side has the full schmeer of boot, spring,
> bushing, etc. ETKA shows this on the left side only, and Bentley is
> ambiguous. Should both sides have the complete boot, spring, bushing,
> etc. assembly?
>
> Third, does the assembly mentioned above - on p. 80.4 of Bentley -
> route through both ends of the welded bracket? Does the boot fit
> between the bracket ends, or to the rear of the rear end?
>
> Fourth, where does the small spring fit into all of this?
>
> Thanks
>
> Mark
>

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