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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