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• Re: IDLE STABILIZER CONTROL
  Historical mailing list - Karl F. Bloss
  Fri, 15 May 1998 08:31:33 -0500
  I found an old one of these under the Weekender seat while cleaning up and assume it's bad. I was wondering how these...
• Re: low temp gauge reading need ideas...
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:25:01 -0500
  Also,there is a voltage stabilizer that affects the tempature gage. This is on the rear of the insturment cluster.Looks like a transister...
• Re: Idle / Plugs / Thanks!
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Schmitz
  Sun, 27 Aug 2000 15:50:43 -0700
  From experience on my '82 Adventurewagen (CA), a bad idle speed stabilizer can cause lousy (or no) idling throughout the the engine's operating...
• Re: replace idle stabilizer or not??
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 14 Sep 2010 01:32:57 -0700
  ...makes me want to write a the 'complete idiot's guide for waterboxer engines.' I don't think a new idle stabilizer will make...
• Re: '86 Accumulating Electrical Problems
  Historical mailing list - Dan Hall
  Fri, 31 Jul 1998 21:00:53 EDT
  ...You might check the operation of your idle stabilizer valve to account for the idle problems. You should be able to hear/feel it...
• Re: need 1986 Digifant computer
  Historical mailing list - Scott Hall
  Thu, 21 Jan 1999 18:17:00 -0600
  Paul, I have heard on the list in the past that idle stabilizers can be repaired. I currently have mine out of my '86...
• Fw: 1986GL update
  Historical mailing list - Dave Baker
  Sun, 6 May 2001 15:06:20 -0500
  ...key and it runs. > With Idle stabilizer disconnected it runs at 1200 RPM till it dies. > With stabilizer connected it runs at 3000 RPM...
• Re: Parting out 87 Vanagon in Guelph, Ontario (Canada)
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Sat, 5 Apr 2003 10:35:48 -0500
  Hi Jay, Does it have a good Idle Stabilizer Valve? What is the part number on its Idle Stabilizer Control Unit? I know I...
• Idle stabilizer control unit repair?
  Historical mailing list - Mike Pedersen
  Wed, 26 Nov 2003 12:28:18 -0800
  ...Removed right tail light and found my Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (ISCU) and cleaned contacts with no help. Opened up ISCU and found a...
• Re: Retro Digital Idle Stabilizer Control
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:35:41 -0700
  ...Retro Digital Idle Stabilizer Control Anyone heard anything lately about this project by a List Member?? It now seems that I'm going to...
• Installing torsion bar bushings?
  Historical mailing list - Gregg Carlen
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 15:34:50 -0400
  Anyone know the secret to installing the torsion (stabilizer) bar bushings? Old ones came right off as they were worn. New ones..not so...
• Analog to Digital Idle Stabilizer Control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 7 May 2010 10:55:40 -0500
  My apologies - but I can never remember who is was/is working on a digital replacement for the analog box just forward of the...
• Re: Recall for Fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 2 Jun 1999 16:55:22 +0200
  ...a open recall on > the gas tank, sending unit, and idle stabilizer on the '87 Syncro Camper! G, I wish those were valid in...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Tue, 9 Jan 2007 14:31:06 -0800
  > > Interesting about GoWesty. I knew they were working on something, but > didn't know it was available. I took a quick look at their...
• Re: idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 03:32:00 -0400
  In a message dated 97-09-11 08:22:05 EDT, Soineydg@MAIL.MILWAUKEE.K12.WI.US writes: << My idle stabilizer seems to have...
• Idle hunts except when in gear
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 16:13:25 -0700
  ...I asked a local VW mech about it, and he bypassed the idle stabilizer electronic thingy (plugged the two cables into each other) to...
• Re: Van dies when cold
  Historical mailing list - Chris Smith
  Mon, 9 Aug 1999 16:02:02 -0500
  ...The idle stabilizer appears to >> be working. It hums and the van runs and idles fine once it warms up. A >> friend thought it...
• Re: I'll try this again - Idling issues
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sat, 9 Dec 2017 10:36:21 -0800
  ...So for now - I have unplugged the idle stabilizer and the idle has come down to about 900 rpm and the van operates fairly...
• Re: 1.9 idle woes
  Historical mailing list - Stuart
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 09:10:26 -0800
  ...Disconnect the idle stabilizer plugs and plug them together. Then adjust the timing and idle to specs (650 rpm I think) and reconnect the...
• Re: 85GL won't turn over...help please?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 28 Feb 2003 07:35:17 -0500
  ...If you have none then I would unplug your ignition module and plug it back in and also unplug your idle stabilizer and plug...
• failed coolant gauge, temp gage
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Wed, 7 Jul 2004 15:37:03 -0400
  ...i checked the voltage stabilizer and it check out fine. a note here that both the clusters that i have have different voltage stablizer...
• Re: Idle update
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Tue, 21 Jan 2003 22:04:28 -0500
  ...That would be a definitive way to test the idle stabilizer valve. In my case, the valve is buzzing as it should, I cleaned...
• Re: Read your manual: Oil pressure nonsense
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 18:58:34 -0400
  ...If the idle speed then changes to something different from what you had with the idle stabilizer bypassed, the stabilizer itself could be bad...
• Re: Voltage Stabilizer in Instrument Cluster
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 8 Dec 2010 17:39:39 -0500
  At 05:16 PM 12/8/2010, Marius Strom wrote: >Baby TO-220? I ask because the Van Caf� photo >of the part shows...
• Re: Diagnostics needed 2.1
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:16:08 -0500
  ...If it idles down with Idle Stabilizer Valve unplugged, then it should be something in the idle stab system -- John Rogers posted the complete...
• What is this?
  Historical mailing list - Darren
  Sat, 1 Jun 2002 21:27:37 -0500
  ...I'm assuming this is my idle stabilizer control unit? But where this mounts looks to be a spot for some type of relay...
• removing front end stuff without jacking up?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 19 Mar 2006 15:07:39 -0500
  Which of the front end components can I remove without jacking up the car? Could I have removed the stabilizer bar with the car...
• Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Thu, 22 Oct 2009 19:14:38 EDT
  ...gauge at the 3000 rpm level, I cleaned the connections on the idle stabilizer control unit as well as soldering a joint that had...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Ikard
  Sun, 6 Jul 2008 08:20:06 -0700
  ...Do the after market gauges need the voltage stabilizer? I am thinking not but would like to know what you all think. By the...
• Re: Retro Digital Idle Stabilizer Control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 20 Aug 2007 12:32:38 -0500
  Idle Stabilizer Control Box - located in front of the right rear tail light. Someone on the list - and I am afraid I have forgotten...
• Repair advice . . .
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Jones
  Thu, 20 May 1999 13:33:26 -0600
  ...High idle requires a new Idle Stabilizer and a myriad of other parts ($500). $100 + parts to replace the rear brake pads. $150 to...
• Re: Thanks guys, Now how do you set Idle Speed and Timing?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 8 Dec 2001 18:00:54 -0500
  ...Sounds like maybe you're trying to adjust things with the idle stabilizer still in the circuit? It actively fools with the timing to...
• Questions on Winterizing a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jack R.
  Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:19:19 -0400
  ...Since Gasoline starts to breakdown over time, I understand that a fuel stabilizer should be used. The two products I�m considering are: 1...
• New damping ring ans spacer installed
  Historical mailing list - Bryan Feddish
  Mon, 13 May 2013 08:02:53 -0400
  Thanks everyone for help in identifying the missing parts and suggestions on compressing the stabilizer for installing them. I’m still suspicious of why...
• Re: Engine lopes at idle
  Historical mailing list - Allan Streib
  Sat, 14 Feb 2009 18:18:09 -0500
  Idle stabilizer? -- 1991 Vanagon GL George Averill <averill@MCHSI.COM> writes: > All, > I am trying to get my 84 Vanagon up and running again...
• Emission Testing.....PASS!
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 12 Jun 1996 18:33:56 -0400
  ...Shocked me as the is a hole in the muffler, a hole in the connecting pipe and the idle stabilizer module is unplugged. Don...
• no sway bar = no improvement
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Sun, 19 Mar 2006 14:56:12 -0500
  So, without the the stabilizer bar and associated links, my problem is exactly the same---popping/knocking noises coming from the front end, especially...
• Re: IR Guns (formerly) RE: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Mon, 7 Jul 2008 08:54:27 -0700
  RE: IR Thermometers Radio Shack used to carry a small unit around $30 but I don't see it in their online catalog now...
• Front End Suspension - 1985
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 9 Jan 2013 11:05:25 -0500
  ...So here is my list - Have I missed anything? Upper and lower control arm bushings Upper and lower Ball Joints Front Shocks Stabilizer Link...
• Re: Recall for Fuel tank
  Historical mailing list - Dana E Hager
  Fri, 11 Jun 1999 21:55:47 -0700
  ...gas tank on my '87 > Syncro Weekender sending unit and idle stabilizer had a recall. So, check > it out with your local dealer. > > > >From...
• Re: Temp/fuel gauges
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Thu, 14 Mar 2002 07:08:24 -0500
  ...I read here that both gauges go through the > voltage stabilizer, so my first step was to look at that... I had a new...
• Re: Purpose of "Voltage Stabilizer" in Instrument cluster?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Sat, 5 Jul 2008 15:55:35 -0400
  ...Hi Neil. >Does the voltage stabilizer work in conjunction with the engine >coolant temp gauge? Yes, it provides a constant 10 volts for the...
• Re: Gas and temp gauge QUIT
  Historical mailing list - Charles D Earl
  Wed, 7 May 1997 15:46:50 -0700 (PDT)
  ...Lift out as unit, stabilizer on back. Carefully bend the leads of the new stabilizer w/needlenose. I paid $7.25 for the part...
• tranny, ball joints, stabilizer bushings
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 12 Dec 2004 01:02:31 -0600
  ...Now I want to tackle the upper ball joints and stabilizer bushings. What am I in for? Warren Lail 88 Westy "Billy Bones" "'And...
• FYI - Vanagon ECU and Idle Stabizer Relay on ebay
  Historical mailing list - Larry and Avery
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 09:59:04 -0400
  ...From the pictures it looks as if both the ECU and Idle Stabilizer Relay are included. Ebay item numbers 7915613067 and 7915613800
• Re: Speaking of idle stabilizers ...
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 25 Oct 2012 00:30:43 -0400
  ...Speaking of idle stabilizers ... As my AC cycles off and on, my idle changes from 900 or so to around 1800rpm. Seems to me...
• Re: Power Steering Pump Wiring Question?
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Fri, 2 Oct 1998 10:34:04 -0700
  ...I suspect that it allows the idle stabilizer to increase idle when steering wheel is moved while stopped... If you have no problem with...
• Re: "Hunting Idle" SOLVED!
  Historical mailing list - Dane Tessler
  Fri, 20 Mar 1998 12:34:44 -0800
  ...I asked him to swap out his Idle Stabilizer unit with mine to see what happens. That did it. It ran perfectly at all...
• Re: Well, it's over. (Prices)
  Historical mailing list - Brad Spear
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 20:57:52 EST
  ...I can't find that receipt.) The trans, instrument cluster, and stabilizer link all came from the same Syncro that was, or maybe still...
• Idle Stabilizer Control Unit Reverse Engineering
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 7 Jan 2007 13:30:40 -0800
  ...The control unit consists of 16 op-amps (4 LM2902 quad chips), a 4 Amp PNP power transistor for driving the idle stabilizer valve...
• Re: pick n pull
  Historical mailing list - Matthew Snook
  Wed, 2 Apr 2008 13:42:55 -0700
  ...Let me know if there are any parts I should be pulling off this thing! I pulled the voltage stabilizer and horn control. They...
• idle woes!
  Historical mailing list - CBC N.O. Radio
  Mon, 07 Jul 1997 11:24:30 -0700
  ...a friend here at work is in need of a idle stabilizer relay control unit. This would be for an 87 westy. If anyone...
• Re: Adjusting intake air sensor
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 24 Dec 2002 11:02:23 EST
  ...Which way leans the mixture?" >> With the OXS and the idle stabilizer disconnected, turning the CO-adjusting screw of the intake air sensor CW...
• '83-'85 hunting idle
  Historical mailing list - Rocko Flamefart
  Tue, 4 Feb 97 08:56:48 -0600
  ...the basic throttle plate setting, the idle screw setting, the idle mixture setting, the actions of the black box idle stabilizer (which regulates speed...
• Re: Stalling at stop lights
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 25 Apr 2005 19:01:59 -0400
  85 1.9 does not have an idle stabilizer valve. Idle stabilization is done by advancing the ignition timing. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Stabilizer Bar Assembly Question
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Sat, 19 Aug 2000 15:54:27 -0700
  Is it true that the stabilized bar, where it bolds into the lower control arm with bushings, should be tightened upon reassembly only when...
• Re: scammed? Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - John McLean
  Thu, 7 Sep 2000 09:00:28 -0700
  > > if you have a guy that is trying to help > you, don't begrudge the man his money > > > Thanks, > Ken Wilford > Van-Again > John...
• Idle Stabilizer Control Unit guts
  Historical mailing list - Daniel D
  Mon, 23 Feb 2004 23:41:26 -0800
  I've done the web & list searches but haven't come across it yet. Has anyone seen documentation on the ISCU's internal circuitry...
• Re: Stabilizer bar link (Vertical bar)
  Historical mailing list - Richard A. Jones
  Fri, 26 Dec 2003 21:32:35 -0700
  For a view of a repair via welding a bolt on, see: http://jones.colorado.edu/jones/droplink.jpg This repair was ~5 years...
• part numbers for link hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Wesley Pegden
  Thu, 6 Apr 2006 00:39:45 -0400
  Hi all, Does anybody have the part number for the plate that fits above the bushing at the bottom of the stabilizer link? I...