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markweatherill

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  1. What is a "chav"?

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    This is from Wikipedia:

    Sources disagree on the origin of the word. The Collins English Dictionary suggests that it derives from a distortion of the Anglo-Romany word chavi meaning "child". [1] In contrast, the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary suggests that the word derives either from a nickname for "Chatham girls" [2] or from the Romany word chavo (boy), which is also the source of the Spanish word chaval. It also reports that the word can be used as an adjective e.g. "The bus was full of chav kids." [3].

    There are a large number of synonyms and regional variations of "chav", including "scally", "ned", "townie" and "charva". [3] It has been suggested that "charva" (or "charv") predates "chav" as a dialect word in North East England and Edinburgh, Scotland, and that "chav" may be a derivative term; they at least appear to share the same possible etymology in "chavi" [4]

    I vote for the Northern derivation as my Yorkshire Dad used to call me a 'little charver' at times.

  2. My throttle body doesn't have the idle control valve fitted to it. It has a water heated chamber instead and the idle control valve is elsewhere.

    My plan is to obtain the idle control valve assembly from a 4EFE throttle body and fit that to my TB.

    (I just got a quote from Toyota for the part - £106 + VAT. :p :P )

  3. I managed to obtain one of these tubular manifolds and now I need the idle control valve from a 4EFE throttle body.

    I'm hoping the 4EFE type idle control valve will bolt straight on to my 5E throttle body in place of what's there.

    So, does anyone have a spare 4EFE throttle body in any condition.... I'm only after the bottom part.

  4. If you look at this manifold:4EIntake.jpg

    ...it has an extra corner to the manifold flange and I think there's a water channel in the head that this covers up (the square shape between the lower right hand bolt holes).

    My 5EFHE has this but do the 4EFEs? Or is the opening not there on the 4EFE head..? Both 4EFE manifolds pictured above don't have that square corner.

    Also where is the idle control valve on a stock 4EFE please? I can't see provision for it on that tubular manifold.

    (Hope it's OK to link that image here)

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