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OT:Re: Maintenance suggestion.

Dan wrote:
>A well lubricated one that moves freely is a joy! ;^)
>Dan

I dont know what motivated me to giggle at this. Maybe a terrible need to get laid. Hey, it a form of maintenance....


>From: "Mad Matt" <mr_bubblehead74@yahoo.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 4:37 PM
>Subject: Re: Maintenance suggestion.
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>> Are there any O-rings or seals that can be replaced
>> while the distributor is open? I have definitely seen
>> a couple of those that didn't distribute vacuum
>> properly.
>>
>> --- Dan Bubb <jdbubb@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>>> This weekend I discovered that my recirculation flap
>>> wasn't getting vacuum while I was attempting to get
>>> the AC working on one of my cars.
>>> Turns out the vacuum distributor was gummed up and
>>> didn't want to turn easily, so it wasn't moving all
>>> the way to the ends of it's travel for either
>>> recirculation or defrost.
>>> Taking it apart, cleaning it and relubing it
>>> restored free movement. A pretty easy job once you
>>> get the upper center console out. While I was in
>>> there I also noticed that the heat control lever
>>> didn't move freely and forcing it was really
>>> stressing the plastic pivot of the control unit.
>>> The reason I mention this, aside from functionality,
>>> is that these parts break pretty easily and the
>>> vacuum distributor is over $100 and the whole
>>> heater/AC control is over $400!!!! I've seen a lot
>>> of broken ones!
>>>
>>> Anyway, just a maintenance suggestion. If your
>>> levers don't move freely fix them before you break
>>> them. The replacements are expensive and were only
>>> used on A1 chassis, so availability is going to be
>>> limited.
>>> Dan
>>>
>>>
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