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• Re: D'oh! Accelerator cable woes...
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:11:22 -0400
  Stucco (spaddock@DEN.WANTWEB.NET) said on the date of 7/21/99 8:29 PM >Today I'm driving along and by gas...
• Re: Freezing throttle cable temporary fix
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:55:39 -0500
  ...Then go push down on the accelerator. Repeat until it no longer sticks. An assistant will make this go faster. You will finally break...
• Re(2): wasserboxer oil buzzer warning = Fram
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 1 Feb 96 11:21:19 EST
  ...I depress the clutch, tap the accelerator adn it goes away. I may have to do this 3-4 (sometimes more) while driving at...
• Help
  Historical mailing list - Max
  Thu, 4 Feb 1999 18:21:30 -0400
  ...Engine starts (cold) fine but idle immediateley drops and engine stalls, I have to keep the accelerator down for a little while until engine...
• Re: Clutch Use
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Tue, 29 Jun 1999 17:12:09 -0600
  ...By "tapped", >>I mean easing up on the accelerator pedal and just tapping the gear shift >>lever into neutral without depressing the clutch pedal...
• Re: FRIDAY: a question of responsibility
  Historical mailing list - Roland
  Fri, 1 Feb 2013 15:05:56 -0800
  ...right in front of me, so I had to floor the accelerator so I could turn left in front of them. That is why...
• "bucking"
  Historical mailing list - karen brown
  Fri, 8 May 1998 09:45:35 -0400
  ...I may have let off on the accelerator slightly without realizing it and the bucking was my pushing back down on it (some kind...
• Re: Fwd: Automatic Trans Question...
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 02:22:13 -0800
  ...many of you with Auto transmissions find yourself driving w/ >>the accelerator mashed to the floor... >> >>chris >> ------------------------------------------------------- Yep - but only the last mile of...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Olson
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 12:13:15 -0600
  ...coming down the mountain in gear but >> with foot lifted from accelerator, downshifting for curves rather >> than braking so that engine rpm stay road...
• more friday trivia..why are accel pedals on automatic vans
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:09:40 -0900
  ...Auto tranny pedal Anyone else find the angle of the accelerator pedal more comfortable on long trips than the pedal in the stick shift...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 18:04:38 -0400
  ...stop make the sound when I take my foot off the accelerator? >> >> >>> On Oct 19, 2021, at 3:32 PM, Edward Maglott <emaglott3@gmail...
• Re: Auto Trans: Upshifting later, per GTA?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 10 May 2011 12:58:34 -0700
  ...Instead, he said to tighten the accelerator cable. > > I got confused. > > "There's the kickdown," he said, "and the accelerator cable." > > I explained that...
• Re: Accelerator Cable - Broken?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 13 May 2006 23:22:43 -0400
  ...The accelerator cable is prone to breakage, and all the vendors sell them. The action from the tranny to the throttle housing is a...
• Re: Syncro Westie pages
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 20:41:08 +0000
  ...some idiot ran her kid through the > garage wall with the accelerator slammed to the floor. > A blessing in a way, for those of...
• Re: help needed re removal of ball and socket joint
  Historical mailing list - Denis Mezihorak
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:35:51 -0700
  ...help needed re removal of ball and socket joint > Hi again > Still stuck on the final step of installing accelerator cable on 85 Vanagon...
• Re: New sound?
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 12:09:28 -0700
  ...At freeway speeds (65 > MPH'ish) going downhill if I lift completely off the accelerator I > hear a sort of low pitched rumble from...
• Re: New sound?
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 10 Mar 2005 11:23:00 -0900
  ...At freeway speeds (65 > MPH'ish) going downhill if I lift completely off the accelerator I > hear a sort of low pitched rumble from...
• MPG Question
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Thu, 30 Mar 2006 13:09:43 -0500
  ...This is with winter California gas, 87-89 octane, pretty light foot on the accelerator. Sometimes it has gotten as low as 8.9...
• Accelerator cable snap
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 2 Apr 2002 10:20:02 EST
  ...My original accelerator cable broke in the same area, right behind where the solid part on the end joined the cable part. I think...
• Re: Throttle body lubrication
  Historical mailing list - HotelWestfalia
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:02:37 -0700
  It's a One switch, which is in the bottom of the TB and clicks when you release the accelerator. It it does not...
• Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:31:12 -0400
  Frank, Thanks for the info - it is a PITA - but I was able to get it off by letting it all soak in a...
• Re: oil loss connected to power loss?
  Historical mailing list - Marcus Elia
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:26:21 -0400
  ...it just goes wimpy, then normal when I ease off the accelerator. One contradictory response: If the thing stalls, sometimes re-starting it seems...
• Re: Help!! sputtering on deceleration
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Fri, 11 Aug 2000 13:45:53 -0700
  ...It needs to click at the slightest movement of the accelerator. The symptoms you describe sound like a switch adjusted a bit out. Karl...
• Re: [subaruvanagon] Re: Accelerator Cable hook up
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Thu, 7 Dec 2000 05:00:32 -0600
  <>Before doing this I was planning on another method. If you don't >have access to these above tools, try this other simple fix...
• Backfiring?
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Wed, 12 Jan 2005 08:33:29 -0600
  ...I have noticed occasionaly that if I am cruising in 4th and let off of the accelerator that I get some wicked backfires. It...
• Oil Pressure Buzzer? After Tach Wiring.
  Historical mailing list - Michael Knight
  Mon, 16 May 2005 11:17:59 -0500
  ...rpms, then it would stop blinking at the touch of the accelerator. After connecting this wire the light never stops blinking and after about...
• Re: Transmission in Portland
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:03:15 -0400
  ...The 2nd gear brake band the accelerator linkage. The brake band gets adjusted on assembly and normally is good for the life of the...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Pat Spragge/RFAN
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 14:10:29 -0700
  ...Hesitates when changing pressure up on the accelerator. Release and it stops hesitating. It idles fine. Revs fine with no load. So I'm...
• High Idle
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Wed, 1 Sep 2010 06:46:52 -0700
  ...I've checked the accelerator cable and it doesn't appear to be hanging up anywhere. I have the 1.9L power beast engine...
• Re: Something is wrong.
  Historical mailing list - Tony Moore
  Wed, 10 Dec 1997 21:34:23 -0500
  ...I press the > >accelerator and it feels like there is something causing it restrict the > flow of fuel to the engine. >
• Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - John Pattenden
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 13:04:15 -0700
  Hi I'm new to the list and enjoying my recently purchased 87 west (46k!) - I've benn enjoying this list for a couple...
• Re: idle adjustment on 85 2.1L vanagon
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 3 Oct 1999 17:11:38 -0400
  At 20:46 9/30/99 , Karl Wolz wrote: >make the accelerator linkage hang up. The idle screw on a 1.9 is that...
• 1985 1.9 Hesitation at higher RPM (kind of long)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 5 Jun 2012 12:41:01 -0400
  ...a loss of power when I give it more than half accelerator (by higher RPM's I mean around 3k). The problem is most...
• Re: Fuel System or Electronic?
  Historical mailing list - Ryan Cresawn
  Tue, 13 Nov 2018 16:33:01 -0700
  ...When we came back out, it was a very > rough start and again had to push/pump the accelerator to keep her going. > As...
• Re: Gas pedal push rod comes unseated
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Sat, 3 Oct 2009 13:52:11 -0600
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/page_794_1397/accelerator_pedal_linkage___linkage_rod.html On the picture, you can barely tell, all...
• Re: sticky accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
  Thu, 13 Aug 1998 08:39:31 -0400
  > I also have a 83.5 Westy and the throtle cable sticks when hot. All > that heat up front does something to it. I...
• Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:28:11 -0400
  ...At the rear end of the accelerator cable installation (85 automatic) there is a snap on (ball & socket) union. It seems to me that...
• More bad mileage woes
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Wed, 20 Oct 1999 11:39:19 EDT
  ...when the engine is cold, I would give the accelerator steady pressure, the revs would go up to aroung 2000 or 2500 RPM, then...
• Re: Beige Syncro on I-95 in Maryland
  Historical mailing list - Samuel L. Walters
  Fri, 20 Jun 2003 07:43:35 -0400
  ...And Thursday night on that same stretch of road, but almost into Baltimore, the accelerator cable broke. (Been to the archives and reviewed the...
• cool LED testers on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:31:55 -0700
  ...Also for sale is a automatic vanagon accelerator cable. my eBay name is wrmrwgn Thanks- Robert K 1982 Westfalia _________________________________________________________________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite...
• Running problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Aileen Boyd
  Sun, 20 Apr 2008 22:12:41 -0400
  ...Killed three times at a standing idle, loses power while driving and I have to release then depress the accelerator in order to get...
• Re: accelerator/throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Sat, 30 Aug 2008 10:25:01 -0400
  ...COM> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 4:02 PM Subject: Re: accelerator/throttle cable > it's a standard service procedure, in my world anyway...
• Re: No fly-by-wire in MY vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 13:37:37 -0600
  ...Minutes blew that out of proportion. > > Yes, Toyota is having stuck accelerator issues which is > solved.  Some technicians have INCORRECTLY INSTALLED some of the...
• Re: Loss of Power False Air Oil Breather?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:26:34 -0500
  ...Just as a side thought, I am wondering how much this corroded accelerator cable on the van is throwing things off. Its obvious that...
• OSX light on
  Historical mailing list - Roger Whittaker
  Wed, 3 Jul 2013 19:15:42 -0700
  ...rich and runs rough till it warms up - seems to need accelerator held down hard to get going on hill rather than smooth start...
• 65 bus won't start
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Stout
  Wed, 18 Oct 95 10:55:51 PDT
  ...Applying the accelerator pedal to keep it idling didn't work. I let it sit again for a few minutes and try once more...
• Mashing noise at high RPM
  Historical mailing list - Morrell, Edward
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 08:47:21 -0600
  ...Backing off the accelerator a bit stopped the noise, and pedal back to the floor got it again. Oh yah, it was hot out...
• 91 Westy runs rough cold/great warm
  Historical mailing list - Ron Cave
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 00:48:01 -0000
  ...When it does I apply very gentle pressure to the accelerator with the idea of keeping it going. The revs. then increase out of...
• 1.9 no start (flooded)
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Thu, 16 Mar 2000 18:29:50 -0600
  ...If I hold the accelerator to the floor, it will occasionally try to fire. In checking, I found the PCV hose had a large...
• Hard Starting Cold and Hot
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 19 Oct 2005 19:49:27 -0500
  ...When cold it starts readily but the idle is fairly lumpy and if I press on the accelerator there is a major lack of...
• Re: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:47:22 -0400
  ...When I >uncharacteristically floored the accelerator something snapped between the >pedal and the throttle linkage and I watched as the mystery Westfalia >disappeared over...
• Re: Spare Fuel Pump Saves the Day
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Thu, 4 Apr 2013 15:07:11 -0700
  ...3 belts - ignition switch - assorted fuses - fuel line and assorted clamps - accelerator cable - fuel filter - oil filter - spare keys - temp2 sender - thermostat I plan...
• Re: "Synchrotron" opens in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
  Historical mailing list - darryl carpenter
  Fri, 22 Oct 2004 12:28:33 -0400
  Unfortunately no Syncros associated with the synchrotron - in essence its a torroidal beam accelerator that produces light and x-ray energy that can be...
• Re:Long distance driving
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 18:38:58
  ...dist cap, rotor arm, capacitor, plug lead and cap, points, fuses, accelerator cable, clutch cable...simple little annoyances that are a pain if you...
• Re: slow, long uphill knocking noise ?!
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Fri, 20 May 2005 17:15:42 -0600
  ...hill at a good > speed. . > - quiets immediately upon release of the accelerator (no good when trying > to get over the hill) > - sounds similar to...
• Re: Living the Compleat Vanagon Experience.
  Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
  Wed, 13 Aug 2008 15:17:57 -0600
  ...Ignition Switch Rear Heater Valve O'Ring Accelerator Cable Gracias, Miguel
• Re: Cold Engine/high idle
  Historical mailing list - Katy
  Wed, 7 Jun 2000 11:03:17 -0500
  ...So I poked around the accelerator pedal pulled out the plastic from behind and all around it, to make sure nothing was making it...
• Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autotrans
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 18:22:24 -0800
  On Dec 13, 2009, at 5:29 PM, Karl Ploessl <karl.ploessl@gmail.com> wrote: > When the accelerator is again depressed, the > declutching valve...
• Re: Cruise control issues
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Wed, 20 May 2009 12:33:37 -0400
  ...When I set the cruise I feel it kick in through the accelerator but then it fades out pretty quickly. Do you think this...
• bad idle during warmup
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Wed, 22 Nov 2000 08:04:54 -0500
  ...Like someone is tapping the accelerator and letting go immediately. I'd say it surges up to about 1500 or so RPMs then immediately...