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Subject:Re: quick and dirty head replacement - update
From:Alistair Bell
Date:Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:42:18 -0700

Thanks Neil. It doesn't idle perfectly, sometimes has a slight hiccup, or speed variation. The closest i can come to describing it is...

you know the sound of a woman (not a man) wearing high heels, walking along a marble or concrete floor? A regular rhythm except every so often there is a quick double click. Sort of a "catch up (positively Proustian ).

Anyhoo, the idle is not rock steady. The throttle body shaft/butterfly is worn and that can't be helping things (I  re-bushed a spare, need to dig that out and make a butterfly plate for it).

cheers

alistair

On 2013-06-17, at 10:34 PM, neil n wrote:

> Nice sounding engine!
> 
> Can you get mine to idle like that?
> 
> ;)
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> Neil who won't be delving into WBX head work any time soon!
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> 
> 
> On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:48 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote:
> 
>> http://shufti.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/vanagaon-q-and-d-head-replacement-quick-update/
>