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RE: Throwout bearing - was Roller throw out bearing

To: "'Larry Hoy'" <larryhoy@prodigy.net>,
Subject: RE: Throwout bearing - was Roller throw out bearing
From: Hans Duinhoven <H.Duinhoven@simac.nl>
Date: Wed, 20 Oct 1999 09:44:51 +0200
Thanx Larry,

You're very precize.

Cheers,

Hans
'71 BGT

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Larry Hoy [SMTP:larryhoy@prodigy.net]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:37 AM
> To:   Larry Hoy; Hans Duinhoven; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject:      RE: Throwout bearing - was Roller throw out bearing
> 
> 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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