We have in our midst an individual and he may get mad at me for singing his praises here but I feel I need too.

In the past week I have learned more from him than you can imagine. For example, did you know the shaft in a Volkswagen distributor is supposed to have movement in the shaft so that when you turn the shaft a few degrees clockwise the rotor is supposed to return by itself back to the starting point freely? I didn't know that until the other day when Richard and I were working on his bus.

Did you know you can buy an out of the box progressive Weber carb and swap the jets and pretty much eliminate the common "flat spot".

I've started calling David "Godfather" and it sure fits.

When the "Godfather" speaks............everyone should listen. We can all benefit from this mans knowledge by just listening to him.

I hope we can set up some tech sessions soon and receive some of his knowledge.

                                                                       

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All of the above................Well put.   Thanks again, "David".

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Last night at the Sonic, I described a noise Homer had started making when I was letting off the clutch pedal.  Without hesitation, David told me what the problem was and what I would find when I pulled the engine out . . . rusty powder that used to be the pilot shaft needle bearing.  He heard it running and told me that I also had a loose head.

I was thinking the throw-out bearing was going out, but it was indeed the pilot bearing.  There was just a lot rusty powder and the remains of a couple of needles.  I suppose I would have figured that out while I had it apart, but I would have never guessed it had a loose head.  I thought I had an exhaust leak between the heater box and muffler . . . which I did, but it wasn't that bad.  I crawled under it before I pulled the engine and you could see where it was leaking and feel it, but you couldn't really hear it.  At least you couldn't here it over the compression leak between the head and cylinder.

 :salute:   Thanks David!  I've a 1200+ mile trip coming up in less than a month.  You probably just saved me from having to write a newsletter article about another one of my adventures!   :thumbs-up: