Re: More datapoints on my ur-Q

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> On the idle screw deal ... when I looked into it a few years ago I found
> that the o-ring was NLA.

yup, pity.

>  A new screw wasn't _that_ expensive so I bought the whole thing.  

yup.

> The screwy deal that I found out was that the o-ring does
> not have a circular cross section! 

yup, whatta pain.

ok, that's a me-three.  not a very informative post, eh?

I threw in a new idle screw a few years ago, not sure which hunk of cast
aluminum it's screwed into anymore.  Went to the hardware store, SAE
size o-rings only come close, but they're better than nothing.  And
cheap.

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Huw Powell

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82 Audi Coupe; 85 Coupe GT
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