| Subject: | Re: need help from someone to look at their engine... |
| From: | Michael Sullivan |
| Date: | Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:27:36 -0400 |
WOW! that's a TINY hole!!!! Well, I guess I'm gonna have to order it 'cause SEARS sure doesn't have drill bits that small! BTW, the reason I'm concerned about this little critter is that I suspect I have been collapsing my Syncro fuel tank lately which I believe it is caused by "too much vacuum" somewhere in the system -- I wonder if this could be it? Thanx! MJS At 02:52 PM 6/23/98 -0700, Old Volks Home wrote: >Try your VW Dealer again. > >025-129-420. It's still available (according to VOA in Troy, MI) and in >the 6-1-98 price list at $5.25 (!) for a teeny-weeny little piece of metal. > Looks like the parts guy didn't wanna bother ordering it in my opinion. >Probably better off making it like you suggested. > >When swapping in a 2.1 in my 84 Westy last year, I didn't encounter this >piece. Just went to check it just now and apparently I've been running >without this piece the whole time I've had it on the road. Dunno if it >means good or bad. Can anyone with knowledge comment? > >See also Pages 24.24 and 24.24a of the Vanagon Bentley. Looks like they >show a size of .006" or 0.15mm, but they don't indicate if it's ID or OD >(Probably ID). > >*************************************** >At 04:07 PM 6/23/98 -0400, Michael Sullivan wrote: >>I am missing a little piece from my fuel evaproative control system called >a "restrictor" which is a small, 1/2" piece of round metal or plastic rod >with a small drilled hole in it -- hence the name "restrictor". It is >located inline with the vacuum hose that comes from the charcoal filter >valve located in the top-right of the engine compartment as you are looking >down on the engine. >> >>See page 20.16 and 20.33 of the Bentley manual. >> >>Well, VW no longer carries this part so I am going to fabricate my own >from a piece of aluminum rod. Only thing is I don't know how small a hole >to drill. Could someone measure their's and pmail me with the proper >dimension??? >> >>Thanx. >>Michael J. Sullivan >***************************** > >Good Luck! > >Jim Thompson >84 Westy 2.1 * 62 Sedan * 90 Fox Wagon >Check out our latest cool stuff at: >http://www.oldvolkshome.com >------------------------------------------- >NEW! - VDO Products Online Catalog! >http://www.oldvolkshome.com/ovhvdo.html >NEW! - Bus/Pickup 68-79 Online Catalog! >http://www.oldvolkshome.com/bus6879.html >------------------------------------------- >Check out the Odd, Weird, One of a Kind >Items For Sale On the "OddBall Page" >http://www.oldvolkshome.com/oddball.html >------------------------------------------- >Sherwood Automotive * The Old Volks Home >PO Box 176 * Palo Cedro, CA 96073-0176 >(530) 221-5342 (Voice or Fax) >jim@oldvolkshome.com >jim96003@c-zone.net > > <bold>Michael J. Sullivan </bold><italic>Director of Catalog Design Open Market, Inc. </italic> ************************************* work: http://www.openmarket.com play: http://www.hsdesign.com *************************************
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