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  • Re: Cruise Control Vendors
    Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
    Mon, 23 Sep 2002 21:53:10 +1200
    Rostra told me that this vacuumless unit is out of production and that thay had ONE left... >Mike, > >The cruise control I got is...
  • Re: Ultimate Cruise Control - Was Lost, Now Found!
    Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
    Wed, 27 Oct 2004 02:55:50 +0000
    ...electrical servo driven unit. No vacuum or >vacuum reserve canister. Unfortunately, when others tried to purchase the >Ultimate Cruise Control, the company had gone...
  • New "L" Boards for 86-91 Vanagon $50
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 11 Oct 1999 14:11:29 EDT
    ...This unit controls the oil pressure warning light (tells it wether to blink and buzz or just to come on) and alot of times...
  • Re: 12V substitutes for OEM Dometic refrigerator / fridge?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Sat, 17 May 2003 14:00:36 -0400
    ...It is possible to rewire the thermostat so you can switch between AC control (direct) and DC control (through a relay so you don...
  • Re: Euro-Drive: 88 Volkswagen Vanagon, Poor-idle
    Historical mailing list - Darrell Boehler
    Tue, 12 Dec 2000 09:33:05 -0600
    ...Idle controll motor and controll unit have > been replaced with known good unit. The ECU has also been > replaced with good unit with no...
  • Re: Friday topic: MP3s in a vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - miguel pacheco
    Fri, 26 Feb 2010 21:49:24 -0700
    ...You can then control the content of the flashdrive with the normal controls on your head unit. You also don't need to replace...
  • V-dub Supplies Chip Specs?
    Historical mailing list - Clark, Patrick
    Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:31:11 -0700
    ...I'm baselining a fresh tune on an 022 control unit-- will do the same with an 022D and then add my chip. Both...
  • Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control--gROUP pURCHASE
    Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:11:26 EDT
    ...I know the unit is a bit pricy, but its a very high quality part. The electrically actuated servo is just the right solution...
  • Re: Idle Control
    Historical mailing list - David Boan
    Sat, 14 Nov 2020 23:51:32 +0000
    ...Idle Control Under the AFM and under multiple hoses, just to the left of the spark plug is a unit bolted to the block...
  • re hot air for cold nights
    Historical mailing list - Graham Mingst
    Fri, 3 Nov 2000 11:16:52 -0500
    ...and control temperature from inside my Westy. It doesn't have all the hands free convenience for a Carver or factory unit, but it...
  • Re: need to "See the light"
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sun, 17 Nov 96 13:10:04 CST
    ...My '85 Westy has a knob to the left of the >sliding heater/vent controls for the rear seat fan unit-it is lit...
  • Re: idea?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
    Fri, 25 Oct 2013 08:06:32 -0500
    ...If I use the front part > of the original unit, it would simplify the controls too? > > Velma 82 1.9L AAZ td westy > On...
  • Re: [vanagon] FS on Ebay: Tristar, Doka and Eurospec T3 (Vanagon) Headlights washer / squirters.
    Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
    Wed, 25 Oct 2006 23:18:47 -0700
    On 10/25/06, Terry K <CTONLINE@webtv.net> wrote: > > If a guy much like yourself who wears cheater's mounted thses units to...
  • Re: vanagon starts again
    Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
    Thu, 24 Sep 1998 15:17:29 -0400
    ...I drive in too many remote locations not to have a trustworthy control unit, so if I can fix the old one it will...
  • Re: i dont know!
    Historical mailing list
    Fri, 20 Sep 1996 11:36:27 +0200
    ...The ignition control unit is designed to supply current to the coil's primary winding while the shutter wheel is blocking the field. When...
  • Re: Oil light and buzzer
    Historical mailing list - Philip Menchions
    Tue, 30 Jun 1998 11:47:22 -0230
    ...Swapped out the control unit behind the speedo so often I could almost do it blindfolded to no avail. Accidentally came across the frayed...
  • Re: No spark
    Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
    Sun, 23 Jul 2000 20:52:42 -0400
    ...No spark > John, > Thanks for the info, But i thought that was a fuel > injection control unit. > Shawn
  • Fwd: Me Too: Remote control door unlocking?
    Historical mailing list - Jim Heissenbuttel
    Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:03:41 -0800
    ...http://www.jcwhitney.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay? productId=5449&catalogId=10101&langId=-1&storeId=10101 jh Begin forwarded message: > This unit is...
  • Re: million dollar question of the day!
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Overmyer
    Mon, 25 Oct 1999 02:43:58 -0400
    ...I was in the proccess >of removing the control for the lock axle and ran into the dellema(sP). >The entire control unit was...
  • Re: Help! Appeal for data
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 11 Jan 2001 20:35:36 -0700
    ...Help! Appeal for data > I agree, the only way I can think off is if some control units > superimposed a signal that was ignored...
  • Re: Switched 12V power in Engine compartment and hall unit to ecu question. (1984 van)
    Historical mailing list - mark drillock
    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:09:28 -0700
    ...Use it to control a relay wired to a high current source like the alternator lug, just as VW did. Why not leave the...
  • Re: Power door locks
    Historical mailing list - Bill Urban
    Fri, 2 Oct 1998 23:25:32 -0500
    ...a keyless entry unit that locks/unlocks, starts the engine, pops the trunk (probably not a Vanagon though), and remote control the windows. Their...
  • Temp sensor
    Historical mailing list - Pat Callaghan
    Fri, 15 Nov 2002 13:39:30 -0800
    ...Any thoughts on this? I changed my idle control unit today to solve a high idle problem . Thanks to David Jaffe for letting me...
  • Re: high Idle / stabilization control question
    Historical mailing list - jon
    Sun, 11 Mar 2007 16:50:21 -0800
    ...90 Multivan > > > On Mar 10, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Mark Keller wrote: > > > The idle stabilzation unit on the digifants is in the ECU. >
  • Re: Computer Temp. Sending Unit
    Historical mailing list - westydriver
    Sun, 29 Sep 2002 19:42:20 -0600
    ...that means they control fuel mixture. I am in the middle of a project of extracting an engine out of a 91 jetta which...
  • Re: Power boost with the 251-907-393D Idle Stabilizer Control Unit
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Tue, 22 Jun 2004 04:29:25 -0400
    ...2004, Robert Lilley wrote: > I was doing some reading on the unit with the "D" and it includes a power > boost when the A...
  • Things are getting interesting . . .
    Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
    Sat, 11 Jan 2003 13:16:49 -0500
    ...Seems it connects to, drum roll please, the idle stabilization control unit . . . at one end. Now, where does the other end connect? Bentley, here...
  • '88 Vanagon - cruise control - problem fixed
    Historical mailing list - John Graham
    Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:24:03 -0400
    Brief recap - Cruise control failed due to pin hole in vacuum servo unit. Had suggestions from the list to coat it with 'Amazing Goop...
  • Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
    Historical mailing list - John Meeks
    Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:59:36 -0400
    ...I found heat inside the idle control unit behind > the right tail light contributed to the problem. My experiences and > attempts at fixing this...
  • RE: thermostat:
    Historical mailing list - Jonathan Dove - VAX Master
    Thu, 1 Dec 1994 9:44:18 -0500 (EST)
    ...The temp control is in the overhead front overhead panel. There's a wire/prob/sensor that goes to the a/c unit behind...
  • Re: 87 Vanagon v 90 Cabrio ISVs
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Fri, 25 Apr 2003 15:23:38 -0400
    ...BOTH are two wire units. So that was a plus..... > > My next step was to swab ISV control units. I found the Vanagon's...
  • Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
    Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
    July 31, 1987
    ...If temperature gauge light still flashes: * Replace low coolant level control unit ------------------------------------------------------------------------
  • Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
    Historical mailing list - Subject: Coolant Temperature Gauge Light flashes intermittently / continuously
    July 31, 1987
    ...If temperature gauge light still flashes: * Replace low coolant level control unit
  • Aux heater removal from 1982
    Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
    Fri, 3 Oct 2003 10:02:27 -0700
    ...dash control knob does not seem to want to come off. A thought just hit me... I want to put in my 81 so...
  • Re: '81 Air cooled fuel injection control unit cable
    Historical mailing list - Bulley
    Fri, 14 Jan 2000 09:20:26 -0500
    ...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: '81 Air cooled fuel injection control unit cable Hello from Atlanta. I need to replace connectors on my cable...
  • Re: Radius Rod Landing on Frame
    Historical mailing list - Neil N
    Mon, 19 Jan 2015 23:33:36 -0800
    ...Regardless, I found it was possible to take the lower control arm etc. off the vehicle as a "unit". image: https://sites.google.com...
  • Re: Idle stabilizer for 1.9
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Mon, 21 Nov 2016 18:12:37 -0500
    ...On the 2.1l both functions are taken care of by the Idle Control Unit which controls the Idle Stabilizer Valve which takes care...
  • Re: Curise control for Diesel?
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Sun, 25 May 2003 13:09:00 -0400
    I'd say that any cruise control that uses magnetic pickup on a CV for speed sensing should work. You'd also need a...
  • Re: No ignition on restart after 5 to 10 mile drive in 90+F weather
    Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
    Thu, 6 Aug 2015 02:28:23 +0000
    ...is that their is a problem with the > ignition control unit. I replaced that unit in 2003 when I > put in a Boston Bob...
  • Re: VW Radio Into Vanagon (Long)
    Historical mailing list - David Brodbeck
    Sun, 25 Jan 2004 20:07:24 -0500
    ...VW head unit? I have a Sony MP40 in my Westfalia - fits nice, > looks good, has a remote so I can control it from...
  • Aftermarket Window Controller = Bad Fit...anybody else?
    Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
    Mon, 23 May 2005 07:44:36 -0700
    ...years) I purchased an Aftermarket Window Controller from Ken at Vanagain for the drivers side window in my 1990 Carat. I had it installed...
  • Front AC installation INQUIRY REPORT > CONCLUSIONS
    Historical mailing list - Larry Chase
    Tue, 3 Sep 2002 19:08:49 -0700
    ...new front controls will control both units. Original fan speed switch still controls rear fan. This allows you to run Front Only or Both...
  • FS Syncro Ambulance in Austria
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Thu, 14 Mar 2002 23:51:30 -0600
    ...Ox.unit, suction unit, fixed stretcher with shock treatment positioning and aux. padding, folding stretcher, portable and folding chair, cab divider, 3x revolving lights...
  • Re: idle stabilizer valve control unit
    Historical mailing list - John McLean
    Sat, 2 Feb 2002 19:01:17 -0800
    ...Do I just remove the four screws and slide > the front black piece toward the outside after > removing the lense unit? I am getting...
  • Re: Solar Package Link Needed
    Historical mailing list - Jon VO
    Wed, 20 May 2015 21:55:42 -0600
    ...He had a panel, cabling and controller for about > $250, a very good deal at the time. Does anyone remember the link?
  • Re: 87 Rough/High Idle problem solved (I hope)
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Tue, 13 May 2003 20:33:30 -0400
    Unless the control unit was shorting out the ECU temp sensor, it has nothing to do with the idle mixture. Dennis -----Original Message----- From...
  • Re: Air Conditioning... Add another evaporator?
    Historical mailing list - Warren Chapman
    Thu, 11 Jul 2002 11:09:52 -0400
    ...The two evaporator fans for the Behr unit have their own individual rheostat type switches controlling on/off and speed. The only dual control...
  • Re: Fuel sending unit question.
    Historical mailing list - Ralph Meyermann
    Tue, 22 Jun 2021 16:20:16 -0500
    ...Ordered another tank, seal kit and sending unit o ring. Fuel leaks > from sending unit after replacing the seal twice. Sending unit does not...
  • Re: Fuel pressure too high
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 6 Mar 2018 16:21:08 -0500
    > > There's no power at the fuel pump, because there is none at the "Digifant > Control Unit Relay" (as it is called on page...
  • Re: Need a bit more help...
    Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
    Thu, 11 Jan 2001 16:56:24 +0000
    ...The cruise control box sits in behind the dashboard, somewhere near the centre under the heater unit (I think). The switch is (was) on...
  • Re: cruise control doesn't
    Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
    Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:31:55 -0700
    ...Check the Bentley wiring diagram, my aftermarket unit hooks up to the coil to get it's speed signal and that area is hard...
  • Re: The tale of the '87 Westy - Brand New! - Chapter 3 - Loss of power
    Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
    Mon, 18 Oct 2004 08:26:20 -0500
    ...The heater will not affect the ECU, unless of course it is leaking and blowing coolant right on the control unit. But as you...
  • '85 Westy B2L Eberspacher cabin heater-fire hazard?
    Historical mailing list - James Rasmussen
    Sat, 7 Aug 2004 08:56:35 -0700
    ...The controls are near the bench seat and the unit itself is under the van in a sealed black box. We have used this...
  • Re: Idle gremlins still at play
    Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
    Tue, 10 Aug 2021 12:42:01 -0300
    ...idle >> control unit) and more expensive? >> >>> >> >>> What's the impact of running with the power to the idle >> control valve disconnected while I await...
  • Re: Idle (Air?) Control Valve VW part #035133455F
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Engel
    Wed, 9 Mar 2016 22:07:03 -0500
    ...Short the coil and say good bye to the control unit. Saw this twice last year. Test, test, test. > > Dennis > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Vanagon...
  • Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
    Historical mailing list - TJ Hannink
    Mon, 13 Jun 2005 21:00:20 -0700
    I have never had my Audiovox Cruise unit kick out on any hill either in the +4 years I have had it; I use...
  • Re: Switched 12V power in Engine compartment and hall unit to ecu question. (1984 van)
    Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
    Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:26:57 -0400
    http://www.bgsoflex.com/mspower/mspower.html <--- I'm using a relay board for everything and I've mounted the Megasquirt unit behind the...
  • Cruise Control & Tape
    Historical mailing list - Marlin K. Troutman
    Tue, 7 Jul 1998 21:11:20 +0100
    I'm new at this and finally ready to ask some questions: (1) I had an aftermarket cruise control installed in my '87 Syncro...
  • Temp 2 Sensor Good, Anyone ever rewire this circuit?
    Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
    Sun, 17 Sep 2006 21:45:42 -0500
    ...BTW this gray wire, after it goes to terminal 10 on the digifant it goes to the idle control unit by the right tail...
  • Re: Hall sender + ignition control unit electronics
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 19 Jun 2012 01:40:30 -0400
    On Sun, 17 Jun 2012 14:45:19 -0700, Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM> wrote: >Hi, >since you mention 'ign control unit' you...