I've vacuum tested the unit and it works properly (maximum throw at
about 20 psi on the Mighty Vac). I tend to agree that it could be
varnish crystals although I've never seen anything like that before.
Vic W.
ctschmitz@CCGATE.HAC.COM wrote:
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> Vic -
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> I don't think it's any kind of moisture absorption material! Does your vacuum
> advance work? Suck on the port - you should feel resistance. If not, then the
> brown stuff may be what's left of your diaphragm. If the diaphragm is intact
> then it could be an accumulation of gas vapors that have turned to varnish
> crystals in the vacuum chamber.
>
> Tom
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> Author: Vic Whitmore <vicwhit@idirect.com> at CCGATE
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> I sent this request to the Spitfire list and got no takers on the
> response. Anyone care to jump in? Please respond direct or to the
> Spitfire list (I dropped the Triumph list).
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> Thanks
>
> Vic W.
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> Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 08:20:11 -0400
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> I have succumbed to a minor case of shipwrights disease. I was cleaning
> up the distributor and removed the dashpot. While cleaning it, brown
> granular powder came out of the vacuum opening. Tapping it seemed to
> dislodge more of the powder. I'm guessing that this is some kind if
> moisture absorption material. Anyone care to jump in on this one and
> shed some light?
>
> Vic Whitmore
> 76 Spitfire
> Thornhill, Ontario
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