Not a nice experiance !!!!!!

[Dr H]

It's the bit on the second diagram.....1234 bit's. I do hope thats not the bit you were talking about for the pricing!

I'm afraid it is! Maybe you can pick up a second hand one somewhere?

Surely a decent engineering place could fix it by making pattern parts. It does come apart doesn't it?

[Greenm3]

oh dear...there go my ideas for the RS2 and brake modifications! does any one know what tolerances this part was built to i might be a ble to get an injection molders locally to make one!
It's only a bit of F***ing plastic.........it's lucky ive already been to the gym other wise alot of other stuff will have just been broken!!!!
Any one got one spare?
Can i glue it?......chemical metal? No more nails?
I might even weald it........

[Keeper of The Kitten]

Ty-rap it!!!

Seriously, the best sensible solution would be to make a steel copy of the nipple seat, remove the zinc plating from the tang area of the lever, and weld the two pieces together.

The really nice solution would be to mill the whole piece from new material - but that would be a tad expensive. I have thought about it, what with access to cnc milling machines and very competent machine shop staff...

Ty-rap it and smile!

__MDC__

[Greenm3]

I think i will ty-rap it for now......the wealding seems sensible...even if the cabled snapped later in the future (god forrbid) i would be able to dremil it off.
Oh well we will see
will post pics if anything i try works.....

[porkkis]

I would just search a second hand one and that's it. I think the valve itself is the same in 3b and aby but the whole includes the potentiometer and such that you don't need to replace. I think that if you place a "wanted"-message you'll probably find one. Suitable second hand price 50-100e in my opinion if the potentiometer is not included. And this is for the whole throttle body+internals.

[WabTheKing]

Ben,

Do you have "answers" for those diagrams? S**T ive just read the next post.How much.....?

Would love to get hold of some diags like that. Im starting to work out what stuff is called on an s2 engine but there are still a lot of gaps.

Cheers

i will do you a copy of the FAMILY ALBUM disc when we sort that wiring out,

[Stick Insect]

Don't shoot me but why not get one from a Metro Carb? It is made of metal and looks as though it should bolt on......



Better than being off the road.

Mind you, try finding a metro these days!

David

[Mark Halligan]

Exactly the same thing happened to me about three years ago, I went to see Mr Audi parts man and he said that I needed a whole new throttle body for a lot of money. So I went to B&Q and bought a piece of ally and some small machine screws and made this. Not pretty but it works.


Mark.

P.S. mine broke while racing too.

[newsh]

See thats what I would do, GreenM3, if you havent got the tools to do that I could prolly knock one up at work in a half hour or so. Where are you? I'm in Dorking.

[Greenm3]

I'm in Eastbourne....wouldnt mind one of those......i just got a zip tie on it at the moment. I'm just waiting for it to melt though!