Power valve adjustment screw is covered by Soft lead plug easily removed with small screwdriver
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| Author: | matv91 [ Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:19 pm ] |
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Power valve adjustment screw is covered by Soft lead plug easily removed with small screwdriver
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| Author: | matv91 [ Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:22 pm ] |
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Under that led plug is a 1/8 Allen head screw |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:23 pm ] |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:26 pm ] |
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Screw is held tight by some sort of Loctite heat will be required to loosen up the Loctite 15-20 seconds usually does it/ but if doesn't turn really easy , more heatappl  y more heat without heat it will strip.
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| Author: | matv91 [ Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:30 pm ] |
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Removal of that led plug will not result in a vacuum leak 
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| Author: | matv91 [ Tue Oct 20, 2020 6:31 pm ] |
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In your tuners notebook keep track of the direction and how many turns you adjusted that screw so you can get back to where you started. As old as that spring is by now it must have lost at least some tension. |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:21 pm ] |
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 it's a taper type arrangement.
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:26 pm ] |
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Fits in this brass piece 
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 1:34 pm ] |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:18 pm ] |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:23 pm ] |
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White is spring ,green is Allen head screw red is Allen wrench. Turning clockwise should increase tension on Spring |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:24 pm ] |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:28 pm ] |
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Weak spring and or stuck piston could lead to slow or non activation of power valve |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:34 pm ] |
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| Author: | matv91 [ Mon Nov 02, 2020 5:35 pm ] |
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