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• 91 Westy Syncro Loose/Missing Parts.
  Historical mailing list - Robyn and Heather Rudisill
  Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:25:46 -0800
  ...first of all what is the vacuum related thing attached to the end of my accelerator linkage? It's connected via a tie-rod...
• engine misses at low rpm's
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Hosick
  Mon, 22 Apr 2002 20:45:21 -0700
  ...miss.It kind of sound's like when you hold the accelerator to the floor.Like ther's a governor on it.Also when...
• Difficult starting, smell gas, fires when pedal down (more air flow)
  Historical mailing list - Syncronicity1
  Mon, 12 May 2008 16:15:20 -0700
  ...I tried again and put the accelerator to the floor and then it started. 4. Have had similar experiences in the last few days...
• Re: busdepot
  Historical mailing list - ralph meyermann
  Thu, 15 Nov 2012 19:26:49 -0600
  ...scott On 11/15/2012 7:29 AM, ralph meyermann wrote: > > Do you have a complete accelerator pedal assy incl...
• Re: Cruise Blues
  Historical mailing list - Dan Houg
  Fri, 15 Sep 1995 13:28:54 CST6CDT
  ...vacuum-- 'cause i could go up the inclines by mashing the accelerator to the floor (and being pushed into the seat cushion by the...
• Very Occassional stalling
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 8 Oct 2002 08:07:51 -0700
  ...the idle drops to around 800, I try to "goose" the accelerator with no success, the engine stops and is hard to restart. Well...
• Re: High Idle 1987 GL
  Historical mailing list - Keith Adams
  Sun, 20 Jan 2002 15:56:13 -0700
  ...engine lid off, give the throttle (the rotating piece where the accelerator cable attaches) a push back to the fully closed position (I think...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - Jason Orr
  Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:35:42 -0400
  ...found that there is a idle screw right under where your accelerator cable connects to the engine. It is at the base of the...
• trans sometimes grinds going into 1st.
  Historical mailing list - Ed Gould
  Mon, 15 Apr 1996 14:17:42 -0400 (EDT)
  ...What does that mean? Also, sometimes if I don't fiddle the accelerator and clutch just right after shifting into first while taking off...
• Re: Hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Lionel Tun
  Mon, 15 Sep 1997 19:39:28 +0100
  Do you have a carburetor? In my 1984 1.9l it was the accelerator pump diaphragm hanging off the carburetor that had perished. I...
• better gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Maggie Dew
  Thu, 15 May 2008 19:04:43 -0700
  ...And the time you save by going easy on the accelerator may not add up to as much as you thought. On a 300...
• Re: Was Metallic sound when depressing the clutch---Now happens in neutral when depressing accelerator
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sun, 5 Jul 2009 11:49:41 -0700
  On Sun, Jul 5, 2009 at 8:50 AM, Harold Teer<teer.vanagon@gmail.com> wrote: > > Now, I am starting to think it could...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Accelerator Cable Sticking
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 04:21:57 -0400 (AST)
  It's worth pulling out the entire cable and sheath, it will all come out via the spare tire well. Not bad, just fiddly...
• 82 WESTY PERFORMANCE
  Historical mailing list - Andy
  Fri, 14 Jan 2000 18:51:20 -0800
  ...If I go up the same bridge with the accelerator pedel press down at 25 percent I will meet the same speed. It seems...
• Re: Tiico into Diesel
  Historical mailing list - Ben T
  Mon, 22 Oct 2001 14:43:22 EDT
  ...You will need to fabricate the wiring, extend the accelerator cable, throw out the diesel parts and shove in the gas parts. The intake...
• Re: Sticky Accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Fri, 5 Dec 2008 17:53:42 -0800
  On one of my first Vanagons, this was a sign of impending doom... the end where it exited the cable housing in the engine...
• Re: '72 engine questions
  Historical mailing list - Gregor Durstewitz
  Mon, 09 Oct 1995 15:38:12 -0800 (PST)
  ...It is resemblent of the accelerator hookup. If > any one could tell me what these systems are and how to properly hook > them up...
• trans lube
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 1995 16:40:39 EDT
  ...On the other side I passed an accelerator tube from the carb thru the intake and into the #1 cylinder. How I know is...
• '87 Automatic acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Bailey
  Mon, 24 Sep 2001 10:40:28 -0500
  ...off performance? Another person had posted about the stiffness of the accelerator pedal, mine seems stiff also and kicking it down in to 2nd...
• Re: Just when you think...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:38:56 -0800
  ...what they call a mountain here in the Smokies) when the accelerator cable broke. We were alone, around 60 miles from home, well out...
• RE: 911 in vw
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Thu, 02 May 1996 10:49:22 EST
  ...You may need to reroute your accelerator cable, you may want an external oil cooler, and you will have to invent a rear engine...
• Re: WARM/HOT START PROBLEM
  Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
  Wed, 21 Oct 1998 21:16:24 -0400
  ...engine off, it will not restart without much cranking and the accelerator pedal almost floored. While cranking, the engine will begin to catch and...
• Fw: Re: Fw: Re: Driving & camping in Mexico (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Mon, 4 Sep 2000 21:40:18 -0500
  ...Whatever the reason for the many traffic fatalities along this route, > >seeing the white crosses certainly makes a person back off on the accelerator...
• Re: Bucking idle
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 13 Oct 2001 20:37:00 -0500
  ...When driving in traffic and I take my foot off the > accelerator but have the clutch engaged, the car bucks as if the > engine...
• Re: Adjusting throttle linkage on automatic
  Historical mailing list - Hector Zapata
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 22:01:09 -0800
  ...TIA I believe you need to check the adjustment at the tranny, the accelerator pedal is linked there first. That adjustment is for the...
• Re: I-4 conversion begins
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 7 May 2001 22:19:20 -0700
  ...The accelerator cable is very simple. I use the $0.50 per meter stuff you get at the hardware store along with some special...
• '90 MV running lean at 2500rpm
  Historical mailing list - jf kulina
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 12:08:59 +0000
  ...The engine will "jerk" quite noticeably until I mash the accelerator or push the clutch in (when going down the road). The following test...
• Re: engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
  Thu, 8 Jul 2010 06:51:20 -0400
  ...I haven't worked on this part of the van yet, so I'm not >familiar with how the accelerator cable hooks up and...
• Re: 85 Vanagon starts hard
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 7 Apr 1995 09:44:29 -0300
  ...Here's the scenario: ><snip> >>depressing the accelerator when the engine catches and then driving away >>immediately. The engine runs rough for a couple...
• Re: Driving w/ noisy lifter??
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 05:23:54 -0500
  ...Bob 84 westy Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > My 91 Syncro sat for one week (while I fixed the accelerator cable) > and when I started it...
• Help: '86 with erratic cold idle
  Historical mailing list - Eric Small
  Mon, 17 Jul 2000 23:34:24 EDT
  ...Shortly after starting the van the idle begins to alternately falter then stabilize repeatedly often stalling unless I intervene with the accelerator. This will...
• Re: vibrating noise??
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Wed, 2 May 2001 19:28:57 -0700
  ...It continues to do it even if the > accelerator is not being pressed down. It doesn't do it, however, when the > brakes are...
• intermittent stumbling, stalling etc
  Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
  Sun, 5 Mar 2006 14:50:53 -0500
  ...If I let up on the accelerator it will die. When restarted it will continue to do this for 1-10 minutes, then all...
• Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio VanagonSupercharger/Turbo ???
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Sat, 18 Mar 2006 16:42:33 +1300
  ...it compatible with the Barbie Head Fuel Economizer wedged under my >>accelerator pedal? If I combine it with acetone, Brownian Motion Gas Pills < >>http...
• Temperature Related Performance Problems
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 28 Sep 1995 13:30:16 -0500
  ...You can keep it running with a foot on the accelerator until it warms up...then it runs OK...but again it's annoying...
• Re: Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 22:53:21 +0000
  ...It only knocks (more substantial than a “click”) when I have the accelerator depressed, under load. When I take my foot off, it goes...
• '86 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - "Karen Bailey (by way of Ron Lussier )"
  Tue, 11 Nov 1997 08:46:55 -0800
  ...Also, if you hit the accelerator too fast after a full stop, the engine jumps and stalls. My local VW dealer can't figure...
• Re: Wankels
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:26:10 -0700
  ...On mountain roads you want to have braking as you come off the accelerator. TBill 83.5 Westy (been there) _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Tim Vogelin
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:24:35 -0600
  I had this same problem a while back and posted a similar request. Many of the answers I received pointed to taking out the...
• Re: Talk to me about AT's!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Fri, 20 Jul 2007 10:06:38 -0700
  ...working completely as it should. > > For going up hills, when the accelerator is floored, a forced down shift > should occur automatically. That's the...
• how is the gas pedal affixed?
  Historical mailing list - Tom Carchrae
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 08:34:41 -0700
  I was not having a good van day, and to top it off, when pulling out of the gas station, the accelerator pedal didn...
• Re: Does overheating = piston ring damage? And a new ?
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 16:28:37 -0800
  ...The accelerator cable is not sticking, the O2 sensor is fairly fresh, I opened and looked into the airflow meter, and it looks ok...
• adjusting idle speed and switch lever position..
  Historical mailing list - John Dagastino
  Wed, 15 May 2002 16:02:32 -0700
  ...the screw slat on the end of the linkage for the accelerator cable, or the big screw on top of the throttle? specifically, should...
• Rough running, now won't start
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 15:31:24 -0800
  ...digifant-24.59 and what i called the butterflyis what the accelerator cable is attached to. to chech is on 24.58 and 24...
• 1.9 hot weather issues
  Historical mailing list - don spence
  Fri, 21 Jul 2006 15:11:41 -0600
  ...If you play gently with the accelerator it will catch and pull strong until you shift, when it behaves like there is no fuel...
• Re: Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Sun, 27 Jun 1999 23:44:53 -0700
  ...and what's supposed to be at the end of the accelerator cable are two different things. I have an '84 and an '85...
• Re: Weird hesitation / power loss in '85
  Historical mailing list - T.P. Stephens
  Mon, 18 Oct 1999 20:01:27 -0700
  ...Holds 800 rpm+/-, but >noticeably rough. (2) Around town, you just can't count on how far you'll >have to push the accelerator...
• Re: 10 1.9l TDi's available!
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Tue, 23 Mar 1999 18:19:30 -0500
  ...They wanted $2000 for the TDI engine, turbo, intercooler, ecu, wiring harnesses, fusebox, accelerator pedal pot, and all engine accessories. Pretty good deal IMO...
• Re: friday...whats the FASTEST youve driven in your vanagon????
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 5 Mar 2004 19:08:51 -0600
  ...body and winds, when a Formula 1 driver lets off the accelerator, the decellerative g-forces are greater than when a NASCAR driver slams...
• FS: '87 Westy 100K, $8000
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Mon, 13 Sep 1999 09:39:49 -0600
  ...Repacked CV joints New Front shocks New Front brakes New Accelerator Cable New pop-top window thingy New pop-top seals, all the way...
• Re: Gas pedal woes
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 6 Sep 2012 20:09:04 -0700
  ...http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=accelerator+cable&x=0&y=0 Mark David M wrote: > Gas pedal was acting funny...
• Bus Belly Pans
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 1995 14:41:01 -0400
  ...Nothing like driving on a slushy day and getting delayed > responses from both clutch and accelerator pedals--scary!! Plus, I > imagine some reduction in...
• Problems after front and rear main seal replacents
  Historical mailing list - Edward Duntz
  Sun, 9 Oct 2005 16:58:59 -0400
  ...Sometimes hitting the accelerator a few times helps to keep it running helps, and sometimes that just makes it stall. Eventually, it will run...
• Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 16:26:49 -0500
  ...I don't find the ankle angle of right foot holding accelerator pedal comfortable and after an hour or so, it really starts to...
• Re: dies when overheated
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 01:26:17 -0700
  ...Right foot >> accelerator- left foot brake. >> A few miles later its running on its own. >> All fine? >> Head for home: White Salmon to Washougal...
• Vanagon Content - Need Advice
  Historical mailing list - Terrence Tickle
  Mon, 30 Nov 1998 08:10:42 -0500
  ...1) gradual loss of power (like she was removing her foot from the accelerator) 2) she felt a sudden increase of heat from the...
• accelerator stuck
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:03:47 -0400
  Driving home from work today, the throttle on my '84 stuck. I'd gone about 5 miles, and was accelerating after a stopsign/turn...
• Re: Getting rid of tailgaters/ f
  Historical mailing list - Donald Baxter
  Fri, 31 Dec 1999 11:32:06 -0500
  I used to enjoy pulling out my cold start knob on my old Passat/Dasher diesel station wagon and flooring the accelerator for offending...
• Inline-4 Cylinder kit Ready $2200
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Jan 2000 12:23:57 EST
  ...All preformed coolant hoses Expansion Tank Accelerator Cable Accessory Brackets for mounting power steering, Alternator, and Air Conditioning compressor. Adapter Plate and Flywheel (Manual...
• '91 Westy-Rubber Hose
  Historical mailing list - Bob Stevens
  Mon, 15 Jul 2002 12:18:19 -0600
  ...In the Haynes, there is adrawing of it on page 4B-5, illustration titled: "5.3", which illustrates Accelerator cable adjustment, and the numbers...