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#1
April 1st 07, 09:36 PM
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dashpot ?
anyone know what this bit does ?
http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/dashpot.jpg its on a 1300 beetle carb. Thanks Rich 
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April 1st 07, 09:38 PM
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Tricky wrote:
> anyone know what this bit does ? > > http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/dashpot.jpg > > its on a 1300 beetle carb. > > Thanks > > Rich Yes. Dashpot! It deliberately slows down the throttle closing as a means of controlling emissions. Speedy Jim http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/
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April 1st 07, 11:24 PM
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Speedy Jim wrote:
> Tricky wrote: > >> anyone know what this bit does ? >> >> http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/dashpot.jpg >> >> its on a 1300 beetle carb. >> >> Thanks >> >> Rich > > Yes. Dashpot! > > It deliberately slows down the throttle closing > as a means of controlling emissions. > > Speedy Jim > http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ > That's what I thought :-) Cheers Jim Rich
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April 2nd 07, 01:11 AM
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Tricky wrote:
> Speedy Jim wrote: > >> Tricky wrote: >> >>> anyone know what this bit does ? >>> >>> http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/dashpot.jpg >>> >>> its on a 1300 beetle carb. >>> >>> Thanks >>> >>> Rich >> >> >> Yes. Dashpot! >> >> It deliberately slows down the throttle closing >> as a means of controlling emissions. >> >> Speedy Jim >> http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ >> > That's what I thought :-) > > Cheers Jim > > Rich Yup and more commonly found on late model buses. I haven't seen one in a bug, or in a 1300 engine in general. Jan
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April 2nd 07, 01:17 AM
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Jan wrote:
> Tricky wrote: > >> Speedy Jim wrote: >> >>> Tricky wrote: >>> >>>> anyone know what this bit does ? >>>> >>>> http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/dashpot.jpg >>>> >>>> its on a 1300 beetle carb. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> >>>> Rich >>> >>> >>> >>> Yes. Dashpot! >>> >>> It deliberately slows down the throttle closing >>> as a means of controlling emissions. >>> >>> Speedy Jim >>> http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ >>> >> That's what I thought :-) >> >> Cheers Jim >> >> Rich > > > > Yup and more commonly found on late model buses. I haven't seen one in a > bug, or in a 1300 engine in general. > > Jan Common on US bugs 1600cc. You haven't seen them cuz people threw them away! HaHaHa Jim
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April 2nd 07, 06:57 PM
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On Apr 1, 5:17 pm, Speedy Jim > wrote:
> Jan wrote: > > Tricky wrote: > > >> Speedy Jim wrote: > > >>> Tricky wrote: > > >>>> anyone know what this bit does ? > > >>>>http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/dashpot.jpg > > >>>> its on a 1300 beetle carb. > > >>>> Thanks > > >>>> Rich > > >>> Yes. Dashpot! > > >>> It deliberately slows down the throttle closing > >>> as a means of controlling emissions. > > >>> Speedy Jim > >>>http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ > > >> That's what I thought :-) > > >> Cheers Jim > > >> Rich > > > Yup and more commonly found on late model buses. I haven't seen one in a > > bug, or in a 1300 engine in general. > > > Jan > > Common on US bugs 1600cc. > > You haven't seen them cuz people threw them away! HaHaHa > > Jim I "threw" it away too, since I thought it was only applicable to the bus... Should I have kept it? I was looking at 2 bentley manuals one for a bug and another for a bus, that's how I figured that it was only applicable to the bus... Anton
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April 2nd 07, 07:54 PM
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anton wrote:
> On Apr 1, 5:17 pm, Speedy Jim > wrote: > >>Jan wrote: >> >>>Tricky wrote: >> >>>>Speedy Jim wrote: >> >>>>>Tricky wrote: >> >>>>>>anyone know what this bit does ? >> >>>>>>http://i177.photobucket.com/albums/w...es/dashpot.jpg >> >>>>>>its on a 1300 beetle carb. >> >>>>>>Thanks >> >>>>>>Rich >> >>>>> Yes. Dashpot! >> >>>>> It deliberately slows down the throttle closing >>>>>as a means of controlling emissions. >> >>>>>Speedy Jim >>>>>http://www.nls.net/mp/volks/ >> >>>>That's what I thought :-) >> >>>>Cheers Jim >> >>>>Rich >> >>>Yup and more commonly found on late model buses. I haven't seen one in a >>>bug, or in a 1300 engine in general. >> >>>Jan >> >> Common on US bugs 1600cc. >> >> You haven't seen them cuz people threw them away! HaHaHa >> >>Jim > > > I "threw" it away too, since I thought it was only applicable to the > bus... Should I have kept it? I was looking at 2 bentley manuals one > for a bug and another for a bus, that's how I figured that it was only > applicable to the bus... > > Anton > Quick! Somebody report him! It;s in the Bentley for '70 thru '79. They threw them out because it made driving difficult; you never knew what the idle was going to do. Jim
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#8
April 3rd 07, 09:02 AM
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> Quick! Somebody report him! > > It;s in the Bentley for '70 thru '79. > > They threw them out because it made driving > difficult; you never knew what the idle was going to do. > > Jim Mine is gone & I still dont know what the idle will do ! James
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