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Re: PDWA

To: "Sam Gentry" <hsgentry@usermail.com>, <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: PDWA
From: "ptegler@cablespeed" <ptegler@cablespeed.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 21:47:20 -0400
References: <4.2.0.58.20020627204745.00a743b0@192.168.0.1>
OK... I have to second Sam's observation
of the unit in hand.  But now I am looking at two
different units I have. HHHmmm... the outside
is the same... but not shuttles!  One...as Sam
stated...doesn't look like it could close off anything.
Now the other... most definitely does!

...now to figure out what it came off of!  (MG? Triumph?)

Paul Tegler
ptegler@cablespeed.com
www.teglerizer.com
----- Original Message -----

From: "Sam Gentry" <hsgentry@usermail.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 8:50 PM
Subject: Re: PDWA


> I currently have 6 or 7 DPWA's and have rebuilt many of them.  If you push
> the shuttle all the way to one side it is easy to see that it does not
shut
> anything off.  Even with the shuttle all the way (either way) the passage
> from inlet to outlet on either side is unblocked.
>
> I have one in my hand at this time (well, OK... I put it down to type) I
> pushed the shuttle all the way over and the passage is clearly open from
> inlet to outlet.
>
> By the way, be careful centering through the switch hole.  There is a
small
> spring and a little BB size ball bearing that can easily get lost.
>
> Sam
>
>
> At 05:09 PM 6/27/2002 -0600, levilevi wrote:
> >I thought that it was the consensus of the List that the PDWA did not
shut
> > > off the offending part of the braking system when tripped
> >
> >
> >I don't recall that the list reached that concensus...actually Dave
Massey
> >is the only one that I've heard say that ;)
> >
> >My experience was that my brakes improved once I centered the PDWA.  So
I'd
> >agree with what you read on the VTR website.
> >
> >And you can center it much easier by pulling the switch and using a sharp
> >instrument to move it to the center position.
> >
> >Bud Rolofson
> >71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)
> >66TR4A CTC57806 (The Wreck-Almost Parts)
> >66TR4A CTC57529 (The Project)
> >----- Original Message -----

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