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Subject:Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
From:Stuart MacMillan
Date:Mon, 12 Jan 2015 14:01:46 -0800

Once you see it, it will either be easy to adjust, or something is obviously broken, and you'll need a new assembly. The cover may or may not be there. Mine wasn't, but I reused it anyway.

Stuart

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Duvernay
Sent: Monday, January 12, 2015 1:18 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?

Neil,

Was that throttle body and switch easy to disassemble and clean? Any reason I shouldn't attempt it?

On Mon, Jan 12, 2015 at 2:28 PM, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:

> Sorry. To be clear, meant the hex head on adjuster cam.
>
> On 1/12/15, Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > .....  the hex head screw is
> > made of soft metal and gets buggered easily when the parts are 
> > seized up.
>
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