that is an adjuster for the carb (altitude)..... you adjust your carb going over the mountains..... and adjust it back when you are at sea level. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerald Livingston" <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Saturday, November 7, 2009 1:09:04 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: [tcb] Pictures of the '70 I'm cleaning up. Are at http://www.texasvolksbus.org/1970/ Can someone tell me what the hell this thing is? http://www.texasvolksbus.org/1970/page2/011-imgp2063.jpg.html He actually put peel-and-stick on all the table tops even though they appear to be in excellent condition underneath. The spice rack table looked like this when I started: http://www.texasvolksbus.org/1970/page2/001-imgp2051.jpg.html Now it looks like this: http://www.texasvolksbus.org/1970/page2/004-imgp2056.jpg.html The motor looks pretty nasty. I got it out this morning and will add another "dated album" to the pages when I get some photos. Needs a new carb, coil and distributor at a minimum. Bad rear hatch seal and vinyl covered rear mattress created some ugliness on the rear deck too. G2