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• Diff Lock in 2WD trans
  Historical mailing list - AA Transaxle
  Thu, 13 Dec 2001 17:23:39 -0800
  You have to replace the case and add the locker gear carrier and shift fork to the innards along with adding the servo and...
• Rostra 250-1223 Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Tue, 6 Jul 2021 00:08:45 +0000
  ...ve been very happy with the Audiovox CCS-100 unit.  But Servo failed; replaced with one from Murphs Kits, and all was good again...
• Re: brake booster hiss
  Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
  Thu, 16 Nov 2000 16:38:07 +0000
  >> Nope! Any hiss from the vacuum server when the brake pedal is not being >> depressed probably means a leaky servo diaphragm. Unfortunately, these >> cannot...
• Re: Substitute for air-cooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 02:16:29 -0500
  ...Substitute for aircooled thermostat Seems like a thermistor and a servo could substitute for the NLA thermostat for aircooled engines. The servo could be...
• Re: What cruise control system should I buy/
  Historical mailing list - Paul Anderson
  Fri, 20 Dec 1996 03:31:55 -0500
  ...The controller box goes behind the dash; the servo (naturally) goes in the engine compartment. To boost servo performance, I added a vacuum resivoir...
• WTB: known good Brake Booster servo
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Mon, 10 Jul 2006 12:38:06 -0600
  Anybody have a Brake Booster for an '89 GL cluttering up their garage? Not that the workout I'm giving my quads is unwelcome...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 18:58:32 -0700
  ...Under their listing of "excessive brake pedal > travel", they list sevo vacuum leak, and shot brake servo. I don't > know if this makes...
• Re: German classified
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Thu, 12 Aug 1999 20:28:18 -0400
  ...VW bus T2, TD; BJ86 "Camper light" Servo; 5-Gang; Vehicle is in RO In German; VW Bus T2; TD; BJ 86 "Camper-Light...
• Re: Getting rid of interference from distributor?
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 25 Jul 1995 15:43:41 -0400
  ...It is integrated with the vacuum servo that controls the accelerator. Lisa -- Lisa Quinn at cp682@cleveland.freenet.edu
• Re: Rostra 250-1223 Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 22:58:08 +0000
  ...It was failure of the servo itself, most likely electrical (for fun, I took apart a previously failed servo hoping to see a tear...
• Re: Syncro Diff Problem
  Historical mailing list - Don McCallum
  Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:46:35 +0100
  Malcolm, Just realised I missed something - at the start of step 4 on my previous message, remove the servo mounting bracket, one circlip and...
• Re: vacuum servo question
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 4 Jun 2003 07:17:45 -0400
  ...cylinder to >discover--- > >fluid or oil, lube? in the the vacuum servo unit! > >Is this normal? I hope so or else cha ching! at...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - phil cain
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 19:11:28 -0700
  ...Under their listing of "excessive > brake pedal > travel", they list sevo vacuum leak, and shot brake > servo. I don't > know if this makes...
• Re: A throttle puzzle Pictures of Insatll on Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Mon, 19 Jun 2006 18:08:54 -0700
  ...Nice work. > > I considered drilling a hole in the throttle arm to affix the servo > cable in exactly the same spot you drilled yours...
• '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: I Love My New Cruise Control (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 23:12:28 -0700
  ...First, I changed the DIP switches on the servo unit to '5000 pulses per minute' (switch one off, switch two on, I believe). Second...
• Re: SA T3 Ventilation System
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 2 May 2008 18:43:56 -0700
  ...If it was knobs, i bet it was servo controlled. One could probably adapt the parts from another vehicle to the Vanagon. Oh boy...
• Syncro: to lock or not to lock
  Historical mailing list - Wiesner Craig
  2 Feb 1996 15:03:12 -0800
  ...I talked to a couple of mechanics and they told me that it is common for the servos to go bad and should be...
• re: Re: Cruise control for '80-82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Dec 95 16:21:07 PST
  A few folks have asked me about the ARA unit I posted about that has the electric servo. Well I called to get some...
• Diff lock in a 2wd
  Historical mailing list - Jeff K
  Wed, 5 Mar 2003 13:00:19 -0700
  ...cheap) guy I am, I found a vacuum servo from a subaru loyale (actually two servos) - $10 U-pull-it price, $260 dealer price...
• Syncro starter removal question
  Historical mailing list - van man
  Sat, 1 Sep 2001 15:27:28 -0700
  Hi, Im trying to remove the starter on my 87 syncro and am having a problem getting the differential lock servo off. I removed...
• Master Cylinder - Help!
  Historical mailing list - pete
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:42:38 -0700
  80 Westy - installed a rebuilt brake MC from a list vendor - the male from the servo and the female on the MC are mated...
• Re: 2wd locking diff - followship question
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Thu, 7 Nov 2002 07:50:24 -0800
  ...It is spliced from the vacuum line to the brake servo to a vacuum reservoir and then to the dash mounted vacuum switch. Mark...
• Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:53:10 -0600
  ...Substitute for aircooled thermostat > > Seems like a thermistor and a servo could substitute for the NLA > thermostat for aircooled engines. The servo could be...
• Fwd: Vacuum pump
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 22:18:39 -0400
  ...It's a long run from engine to brake servo and I'd >> love to be able to narrow it down to common fault...
• Re: A throttle puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:41:37 -0700
  ...I'm trying to find an elegant way to attach the servo >> ball-chain cable to the throttle. >> >> Jason Simpson seemed to have installed...
• RE: troubleshooting rear locking differential on syncro
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Mon, 8 Apr 1996 21:01:36 -0700
  ...They are enabled via a vacuum-servo mechanism that is controlled by a switch on the dash. If yours is not working, I'd...
• Re: Syncro lock light
  Historical mailing list - Cort, Joel
  Tue, 18 Aug 1998 06:32:38 PDT
  Rob, Crawl under the van and check that both little vacuum hoses are well connected on the differential lock servo. The servo is right...
• Re: That Audiovox Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 26 Oct 2004 11:27:12 -0400
  ...I used beaded chain to attach the servo's cable to the Westy's throttle. That part was a piece of cake. While I...
• Re: Brakes inconsistent
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Wed, 06 Sep 1995 09:47:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...But guess what I found-- the vacuum servo for the power brakes (master cyl bolts to it) was COMPLETELY FULL of old, grungy-looking...
• Re: Cruise control
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 25 Sep 95 09:26:18 PDT
  ...What I liked about this unit is that it is servo controlled instead of using a vacum. A spendier unit; it was about a...
• Cruise control progress
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 06 Jan 1997 15:03:00 -0500 (EST)
  ...The vacuum pump will be hooked up to the canister which will be hooked up to the cruise control servo. If the vacuum becomes...
• Re: A throttle puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Sun, 18 Jun 2006 13:52:30 -0700
  ...But the Audiovox CC's servo cable has only 45mm of travel. The new mounting location puts the servo cable so far from the...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:27:17 -0700
  ...Under their listing of "excessive brake pedal > travel", they list sevo vacuum leak, and shot brake servo. I don't > know if this makes...
• Re: '88 Vanagon - cruise control - problem fixed
  Historical mailing list - developtrust
  Tue, 12 Aug 2003 10:14:52 -0700
  ...William > Brief recap - Cruise control failed due to pin hole in vacuum servo unit. > Had suggestions from the list to coat it with 'Amazing...
• Re: Diff Lock not going off (86 westy)
  Historical mailing list - Zoran Mladen
  Tue, 1 Apr 2003 07:43:19 -0800
  ...The problem turned out to be the diff lock servo. There is a red "seal" around the shaft. This seal was torn, so that...
• Re: power door locks
  Historical mailing list - Leon
  Thu, 16 Sep 2004 09:10:52 -0700
  ...Is there way to check servo electricaly? Does it have some sensor sending signal it is at each end of travel(like microswitch)? Or...
• RE: Attention all '71 Bus Owners
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Thu, 14 Sep 1995 09:26:00 -0700 (PDT)
  ...The master cylinder also bolts to the servo, obviously. The '71 bus engine has a large tap in its dual-port manifold, to feed...
• NVC: VW vacuum actuated heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 29 May 2007 15:38:33 EDT
  ...Who does a series of hoses and servos running throughout the vehicle benefit? The Fox's control head (heater/air cond. buttons) has got...
• Vacuum pump
  Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
  Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:11:53 -0400
  ...Power brake servo uses engine vacuum exclusively? cheers, mordo
• Re: Power Door Lock Consternation
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 5 Jul 2006 22:20:25 -0700
  Well, coincidentally I happened to tear into my front door lock servos this weekend--they were way wiggy. I disassembled each of them, and...
• Re: CENTral locking funny ...
  Historical mailing list - Sam Walters
  Wed, 13 Sep 2006 18:23:31 -0400
  ...Or, if water is in the servos, they will open and close over and over again . Since you have new servos, it's possible...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 22:54:53 -0700
  ...Under their listing of "excessive brake pedal >> travel", they list sevo vacuum leak, and shot brake servo. I don't >> know if this makes...
• Re: Brake problems
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 14:17:30 -0700
  ...Is the servo unit the same for all >>water cooled vanagons? >>Could I have a combination of two problems - a poor servo and a...
• size of bleeder screws and vacuum bleeders?
  Historical mailing list - Andy Morse
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 22:46:53 -0400
  ...My hesitation is I'm a bit wary of the brake servo ( i should have tested it before I took the dash out) Is...
• Re: Rostra 250-1223 Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Mon, 5 Jul 2021 19:48:04 -0700
  ...But > Servo failed; replaced with one from Murphs Kits, and all was good again. > Unfortunately, even though Murphs somehow got the tooling and was...
• oil pump pump only for sale
  Historical mailing list - vwghost
  Sat, 1 Dec 2001 10:15:55 -0500
  oil pump to fit a diesel engine with brake servo for sale .it comes as is just the pump with no (NO) pick up...
• Re: Syncro: to lock or not to lock
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 3 Feb 1996 11:51:52 -0500
  ...hours and can only >tell me that it is not the servo and that some thing is stuck. They say that >they will have...
• Re: More Syncro DIff-lock Questions
  Historical mailing list - L&A Johnson
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:28:45 -0500
  ...Malcolm Stebbins wrote: > The 'plunger' into the tranny seems to work OK as does the servo unit. Is > it > possible to hook up a...
• Re: Electrical puzzle
  Historical mailing list - Karl Mullendore
  Fri, 15 Jun 2018 03:11:31 -0400
  ...There should never need to be any 'butchering' of the difflock servo. Karl westyventures.com
• Electric Cruise for '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
  Tue, 5 Nov 96 00:03:43 -0800
  Nov 5, 1996 12:02 AM Hello, Isspro in Portland sells an electric servo cruise control kit for Vanagons complete with stalk etc. for...
• Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control--gROUP pURCHASE
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:11:26 EDT
  ...The electrically actuated servo is just the right solution for underpowered, high mass, high frontal area vehicles. There may well be other manufacturers of...
• Power Door Lock Consternation
  Historical mailing list - Tom Forhan
  Sat, 1 Jul 2006 06:36:54 -0700
  ...After a full circuit trace proved everything intact, I replaced the drivers side servo with the associated genuine VW wiring harness. Now everything works...
• Re: Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 5 Aug 2008 23:08:47 -0700
  ...Under their listing of "excessive brake pedal travel", they list sevo vacuum leak, and shot brake servo. I don't know if this makes...
• RE: Q's about your cruise control installation
  Historical mailing list - Michael A. Radtke
  Tue, 31 Dec 1996 14:23:08 -0700
  ...In my '72, I put the servo under the floor near the gas pedal and let it pull the throttle cable. My '84 is...
• Cruise Control parts wanted
  Historical mailing list - Mark Rokus
  Sat, 7 Oct 2000 05:23:34 -0700
  ...What wasn't in it were the sensor in the speedo and the vacuum servo. If any of you have these available, I would...
• Electric Cruise Control for '87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Paul Albert
  Tue, 5 Nov 96 00:13:42 -0800
  Nov 5, 1996 12:08 AM Hello, Isspro of Portland sells and electric servo cruise kit for about $200, (Dana brand). Has anybody purchased...
• Rear diff lock
  Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
  Mon, 22 Jun 1998 23:36:55 -0700
  ...The vacum servo unit or a seized plunger. I read in the archives back on June 10th that Dan from the UK had been...
• cruise control
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:39 -0500
  ...the sensor (plugs into the speedo?), electronic controller, vacuum pump, vacuum servo, throttle linkage, hoses, a couple of switches for the pedals, and the...
• Re: Power locks that won't
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 8 Dec 1999 02:05:14 +0100
  ...Scirroco), that is, with > a central air compressor, and little diaphragm-servos at the individual > lock sites. Yes or no? No, how would you...