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• Re: Engine reving?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Sun, 6 May 2001 21:30:38 -0500
  ...Also check for frayed accelerator cable comming through your sheet matal front cover. Something is definately sticking. You may need to have someone press...
• Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:32:48 -0800
  ...I have checked and lubricated (with the SA Besto spray lube 2000 product I like) the portion of my accelerator linkage in the engine...
• 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 10:45:41 -0700
  ...Was the original barrel clamp at forward end of the accelerator cable designed with splayed legs? If someone drilled the hole to make it...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 22 May 2023 11:13:20 -0400
  ...detached accelerator pedal. >> >> Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:59:00 PST
  ...I recently had the tranny >out for a rebuild, and I had not adjusted the accelerator cable right, >which threw the stops on the...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:58:55 -0700
  ...Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal > > I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken > accelerator cables but nothing that...
• '73 Bus accelerator linkage
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 8 Jan 1996 03:52:28 PST
  ...I just had my accelerator cable snap on me. Okay you say, that's easy to replace, but..... I took it to a garage...
• Re: Still running rich
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sat, 19 May 2001 21:11:01 -0500
  ...Anybody ever take notice of this? >>> IIRC, the fuel injection book makes note that this overswing is in lieu of the accelerator pump that...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal (accelerator cable auto transmission)
  Historical mailing list - Birkenfeld Jeff
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 11:20:39 -0500
  ...Automatic transmission accelerator cable rusting under van seems to be a growing problem. I have an update for part of this problem. When replacing...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 07:30:20 -0700
  ...wood block glued to the accelerator? Driver's leg a half >inch too short to press the accelerator all the way down? More or...
• Re: Linkage broke to the accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Max/Joyce Wellhouse
  Tue, 2 Feb 1999 09:56:13 -0800
  ...Linkage broke to the accelerator pedal >Well I believe some linkage broke between the accelerator pedal and the engine...it races at >top speed...
• Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:38:51 -0400
  ...My van is an automatic - the accelerator cable connects to a "kick down lever" (sorry if that's not the appropriate name of the...
• Re: Linkage broke to the accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Frank Goodrick
  Sat, 30 Jan 1999 20:55:04 -0500
  ...Linkage broke to the accelerator pedal You can disconnect your accelerator cable altogether and A) Tie a string to the lever in the engine...
• Accelerator cable extras?
  Historical mailing list - Tim Wise
  Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:47:22 -0600
  ...The cable connects to the lever arm where the accelerator cable terminates. Also connected to the lever arm is a spring that I assume...
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:11:53 -0300
  ...When I replaced my accelerator cable, I put liquid graphite down the WHOLE cable assembly sleeve and on the cable prior to inserting in...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 22 May 2023 16:16:47 -0500
  ...detached accelerator pedal. >>>> >>>> Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Auto- accelerator cable repair
  Historical mailing list - Jim Morgan
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 11:27:34 EDT
  ...I was changing my accelerator cable on my 86GL/ automatic when the little ball that the end of the cable pops on to snapped...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 22 May 2023 14:53:27 -0500
  ...detached accelerator pedal. >>> >>> Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Auto accelerator repair
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Erlandson
  Thu, 13 Jul 2006 16:56:56 -0400
  ...Auto- accelerator cable repair Greetings All. I was changing my accelerator cable on my 86GL/ automatic when the little ball that the end of...
• 85 accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 00:38:30 -0500
  Well my accelerator cable broke today, luckily it was on the same street as my destination. Unfortunately I left all my tools with my...
• Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Tue, 20 Aug 2002 21:50:58 -0500
  I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken accelerator cables but nothing that really described replacing this cable. Just...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 22 May 2023 11:11:01 -0400
  ...detached accelerator pedal. >>> >>> Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 12:20:45 -0400
  Two years ago the rivets broke on my '84's accelerator pedal (auto trans) and I replaced them with small nuts and bolts. One...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Madsen
  Fri, 10 May 2002 12:44:23 -0400
  I replaced my accelerator cable for the same reason (sticky). At first the pedal with new cable was TOO easy to depress. I like...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal (accelerator cable auto transmission)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:44:40 -0500
  ...Or was just dropping the tranny the two inches enough to give you access? Tim >Jeff now writes: >Automatic transmission accelerator cable rusting under...
• '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 15 May 2013 16:51:50 -0400
  I have to replace my accelerator cable - where the cable connects at the throttle it is held in place by a small retaining ring...
• Re: Bucking/misfire on the Freeway. Its and 87 Syncro Manual tranny
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sun, 30 Jul 2006 03:08:24 -0700
  ...If > there is a steady constant > > speed, and I slightly lift the accelerator, the > behavior begins. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail...
• Re: puzzler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 08:32:32 EST
  ...The accelerator pump tube was missing. The next question I was CONCERNED with was: Where was it. Did it fall off when I was...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 07:47:12 -0500
  Tim Marciniak wrote: > > I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken > accelerator cables but nothing that really described replacing...
• Stuck again !!
  Historical mailing list - Sam P
  Mon, 25 Dec 2006 14:49:58 -0800
  ...Last year on several occasions when I did this the accelerator linkage " stuck" causing the engine to rev uncontrollably to the red line before...
• Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:09:14 -0500
  ...My accelerator is really stiff. It was like this before but I just lived with it. Well, I think I'm tired of living...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 23:07:11 -0500
  ...Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal > > >> >> I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken >> accelerator cables but nothing that...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 10:33:03 -0400
  ...So I am driving my 88 Wolfsburg today down to the beach, cruising down the road and my Accelerator Pedal felt like It was...
• Part Identification Help
  Historical mailing list - dusty edwards
  Sat, 7 Apr 2007 22:27:12 -0700
  ...It's a metal tube (about 1/2" in length) that comes directly off of the base of the accelerator and has a plastic...
• accelerator linkage question
  Historical mailing list - James G. Reed Jones
  Wed, 10 Sep 2008 18:34:58 -0400
  ...I was replacing my accelerator linkage today (87 GL AUTO) and the ball? connector end where it meets the shift lever was fused solid...
• Camelback VW / Accel. cable
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 14:10:15 -0500
  Anyone have the phone number for Camelback VW parts dept? Or, anyone know where I can get a accelerator cable for my '88 with...
• Re: vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 13 May 2005 12:21:08 -0400
  ...transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator pedal >reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a plastic >accelerator pedal with no metal reinforcement...
• Re: Rust warning - rust trap
  Historical mailing list - Jens Jakob Andersen
  Fri, 28 Apr 2006 19:04:20 +0200
  Speederr = Accelerator. Sorry - used a Danglish word :-)
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:13:10 -0400
  ...Sticking Accelerator cable > I'd suggest some WD-40 on all moving parts (also on any pins that go into > housings) - THEN some lubrication...
• '90 vanagon hopping/shimmy issue
  Historical mailing list - Kent Allen
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:58:03 EDT
  ...My vanagon now feels very strange in gear shifts and upon releasing accelerator at various speeds. Vanagon hops/shimmies (sometimes many times) after releasing...
• The word accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Andrew Grebneff
  Fri, 31 Mar 2000 10:45:15 +1200
  ...strictly speaking any normal car has three accelerators: 1) throttle 2) brake 3)steeringwheel This is because acceleration is ANY change in speed IN...
• Accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - Jay Brown
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 15:54:19 -0500
  ...My guess is that after washing the undercarriage last weekend, I have some water in my accelerator cable that is freezing (it was 4...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 09:07:48 -0700
  "Also do not step on the accelerator pedal when starting, this causes flooding." I thought the ECU controlled how much fuel the injectors spray...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 12:40:58 -0700
  Since the PO has experienced some degree of success by "stepping on the accelerator", my thought was toward a failed charcoal filter purge valve...
• 022D Digifant Upgrade Chip Performance Report...
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 20 Sep 2000 11:56:57 EDT
  ...I have been pressing the accelerator hard to check the power difference. Engine revs easier to 5000 rams now. With the increase in power...
• Re: sticky accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - t bill
  Wed, 12 Aug 1998 22:02:28 -0700
  > > I have an watercooled 83 Westy with a sticky > accelerator. I also have a 83.5 Westy and the throtle cable sticks when hot...
• Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 7 Sep 2012 07:49:59 -0400
  ...honest, I just read about a$ 250.00 repair bill for an accelerator cable replacement. No offence intended!! Velma 82diesel 1.6 na westy
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Williams
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:01:14 -0800
  ...I was leaving the garage at my work and suddenly the accelerator gave no response! I had the vehicle towed to the nearest mechanic...
• Re: Accelerator Cable Question
  Historical mailing list - Steven X. Schwenk
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 16:03:06 -0700
  ...Try Barnett Clutches & Cable...(310) 941-1284 steve Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > Is there such a thing as generic accelerator cable?? > > I need ONLY the...
• Re: broken accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 10:25:53 -0700
  the plastic "bendy" part tore.... Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
• Does anyone know how to replace the accelerator cable??!!
  Historical mailing list - Peter
  Sun, 17 Oct 1999 13:16:37 -0600
  Hi Syncronauts, I wanted to know if anyone of you has experience replacing the accelerator cable on a vanagon??!! Mine recently broke, way out...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:27:55 -0500
  fuel injected engines should not have the accelerator pushed or pumped to start. On some carburetor engines with a choke linked to the fuel...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 06:18:43 -0400
  ...So I am driving my 88 Wolfsburg today down to the beach, cruising down the road and my Accelerator Pedal felt like It was...
• Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 15 Jun 1998 20:28:20 -0700
  ...If you depress the gas pedal all the way down, should the accelerator cable pull past the full throttle open (switching point). With my...
• Re: alternator kicking in after first rev up.
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Wed, 4 Dec 2002 00:27:55 -0800
  ...I hit the accelerator once and the > light goes out. > > > > >I have had two Vanagons where the alternator > did'nt charge until the > >engine...
• Accelerator Cable Broke...Again! Why do they break?
  Historical mailing list - kevin obrien
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 08:30:33 -0700
  ...Well...with all my other Vanagon "issues" this week (PS leaking, windshield or other seal leaking, etc)last night my accelerator cable broke...for...
• Re: Sticky Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - T Berk
  Sat, 30 Jun 2001 13:42:52 -0700
  Bicycle shops have that 'Dry Grease' spray you are looking for. hth, TBerk
• 87 Westy Trouble Starting in Cold
  Historical mailing list - John W. Parkins
  Sat, 22 Jun 2002 05:39:11 -0700
  ...The only way it will start is to floor the accelerator and hold it there (taken from an archive suggestion; it works). Once it...
• Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autotrans
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:42:04 -0500
  At 08:29 PM 12/13/2009, Karl Ploessl wrote: >the declutching valve, build into the kickdown valve is opened by the >accelerator cable...
• Stuck accelerator
  Historical mailing list - Felix Bello
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 10:41:01 -0400
  In the last two weeks, the accelerator pedal has stuck three times after approximately 1" of travel. In two ocassions after a few minutes...