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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