Let me try this again. Yes, if the engine is running.
Larry
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> Behalf Of Larry Hoy
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 1:31 AM
> To: Hans Duinhoven; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Throwout bearing - was Roller throw
> out bearing
>
>
> Yes.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net
> > [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
> > Behalf Of Hans Duinhoven
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 12:34 AM
> > To: 'Tab Julius'; Charley & Peggy Robinson;
> > mgs@autox.team.net
> > Subject: Throwout bearing - was Roller throw out bearing
> >
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > Reading this all: do I understand it right, that
> > when you depress the
> > clutch, the throw out bearing always is pressing
> > against a moving (rotating)
> > part, even when you are standing still?
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Hans
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Tab Julius [SMTP:tab@penworks.com]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 1999 6:04 PM
> > > To: Charley & Peggy Robinson; mgs@autox.team.net
> > > Subject: Re: Roller throw out bearing
> > >
> > >
> > > Well, the guy I bought it from (a listmember)
> > said that was the case, and
> > > after he told me that I paid close attention,
> > and damned if the idle speed
> > > didn't drop (a lot, I thought) when the clutch
> > was in, more so than in
> > > other cars.
> > >
> > > He said that it was an emissions thing to cut
> > down on the output from
> > > engines idling in traffic with people riding
> > the clutch while waiting to
> > > go. It's plausible enough to be true, though
> > I've never heard of such a
> > > thing, but the fact remains that they do drop
> > quite a bit when the clutch
> > > is in, so I can't say I disbelieve him.
> > >
> > > From my point of view, I now start it in
> > neutral instead of with the
> > > clutch
> > > in (which is my usual safety technique, and a
> > requirement on many cars,
> > > actually). This helps it start better, but
> > it's still a problem when
> > > shifting in lesser weather when the car's not
> > fully warmed up.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, Larry's saying it's physics
> > and the way it is.
> > > Normally
> > > that's what I would have thought, except for
> > the tale of the "idle
> > > reducer". I don't live out west, so I don't
> > know what they put on their
> > > cars.
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > - Tab
> > >
> > >
> > > At 10:38 AM 10/19/99 -0500, Charley & Peggy
> > Robinson wrote:
> > > >Hi Tab,
> > > >
> > > > I've never heard of this feature but of cuss
> > my hands-on experience is
> > > >with CBBs. How did you find out about this
> > feature? If it was word of
> > > >mouth I'd be skeptical. If you found it in a
> > manual, that's a different
> > > >story.
> > > >
> > > > Now, there is a feature called "Transmission
> > Controlled Spark Advance"
> > > >in the later model Bs. Perhaps your slowing
> > of the idle has something
> > > >to do with that - I. E., a malfunction.
> > > >
> > > > Charley Robinson
> > > > '69 B
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
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