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• Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Schaper
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 07:49:30 -0800
  ...With the rpm's at 2000 at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back to reduce...
• Re: Interesting Vanagon Dash
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Aug 2009 11:42:35 EDT
  ...and the goofy shaped metal accelerator pedal (vanagons accel pedals are plastic)...and.... a LT it is. sounds like the dude put some wrong...
• Bit of Toyota Syndrome in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 17:13:33 -0400
  ...I shot some WD-40 in and around the accelerator pedal, and around the throttle linkage. It seemed to help some, but my imagination...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Dave Mcneely
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 13:27:55 -0500
  ...Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution > > "Also do not step on the accelerator pedal when starting, this causes > flooding." > > I thought the ECU...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 14:24:04 -0400
  ...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: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 11:47:22 -0400
  ...When I >uncharacteristically floored the accelerator something snapped between the >pedal and the throttle linkage and I watched as the mystery Westfalia >disappeared over...
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 12:53:23 -0700
  ...sticking accelerator cable question, I want to try again. I have the same problem as described in the earlier post - the gas pedal will...
• Idle Problem (87 Wasserboxer)
  Historical mailing list - Chris Pittack
  Wed, 8 Apr 1998 11:09:24 -0700
  ...You can get it to idle if you very slowly bring the RPM's down to idle with the accelerator pedal. Warm: Idles perfectly...
• Re: Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Michael Modl
  Wed, 17 Jun 1998 01:05:17 EDT
  ...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: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 13:03:50 -0400
  ...very cold February, after keeping the pedal to the metal going up a long hill, my accelerator cable also froze - WIDE OPEN. The last...
• Re: No fly-by-wire in MY vanagon.
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Sat, 13 Mar 2010 12:18:58 -0600
  ...Do they do it for their 90 seconds of fame >on CNN? If for some reason your accelerator pedal is stuck what's >wrong...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:16:52 -0700
  ...Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal > At 15:41 7/8/99 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > >More likely the water control valve is not...
• Re: Just when you think...
  Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:38:41 -0800
  ...near tiger mt. - *snap* - and the gas pedal goes limp. > > I wish I had a spare accelerator cable! Let see, with some fishing > line...
• Re: '87 GL High Idle
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 10 Mar 1997 13:45:06 -0800
  ...starts and idles fine until as long as you >| don't touch accelerator pedal. >| >| 2. As soon as you start driving the rpms will...
• Re: 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 12:31:04 -0500
  ...When I try to start it the engine turns over and over and over and I feather the accelerator pedal and finally it starts...
• 85 accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dart 330
  Mon, 4 Jun 2001 00:38:30 -0500
  ...bottom side of the pedal? Any and all suggestions appreciated (other then get a subaru engine instead of an accelerator cable :) Thanks, Nathan 85...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Coffey
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:49:00 -0700
  John, If you can't figure out what a block of wood attached to the top of a gas pedal is most likely for...
• Accelerator Pedal Troubles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 20:31:51 EDT
  ...I found a ball joint used in accelerator linkages. I drove home, cut the broken rod at the proper length to screw into the...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:52:00 +0000
  ...Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution "Also do not step on the accelerator pedal when starting, this causes flooding." I thought the ECU...
• Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Rob Lebo
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:05:00 +0000
  ...accelerator cable. Drove to Philadelphia last Wed night in rainstorm. Driving to work Thursday in the snow and throttle stuck. Tapped the pedal and...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Tim Vogelin
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:24:35 -0600
  ...Once that froze it made the pedal stick. I ended up cutting some of the carpet out from around the pedal and have had...
• Re: 84 Westy stumbles off idle
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Wed, 5 May 2010 11:24:58 -0400
  ...Up until operating temp is reached one can trounce the accelerator and the engine revs like you're a teenager at a stop light...
• Frugal Gas Pedal Cable Repair
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 21 Apr 1997 14:14:09 -0400
  ...My '86 Golf's accelerator pedal cable snapped from wear the other night. Without warning, I found myself stranded in a car with a...
• Re: What snaps? Was: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:44:25 -0400
  I have even heard of folks with broken accelerator cables enlisting a 2nd person to sit over the open engine bay and operate the...
• Re: 1985 1.9l Gas - just took 300 mile trip, now no start?
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Sun, 17 Sep 2006 19:47:58 -0400
  ...To clear I would "stand" on the accelerator while cranking, releasing the pedal as soon as it catches. Did you know you are supposed...
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - KI4TLF
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:02:00 -0500
  ...looking up at failed accelerator pedal barrel clamp: https://tinyurl.com/y8exfdxh Image: 1.9 WBX barrel clamp used for replacement part: https://tinyurl...
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Mon, 6 Sep 1999 13:11:53 -0300
  ...sticking accelerator cable > question, I want to try again. I have the same problem as described in the > earlier post - the gas pedal will...
• Accelerator Cable Question
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Gilbert
  Thu, 30 Sep 1999 13:33:01 -0700
  Hi List, I recently noticed that the rubber boot on my accelerator cable (near throttle) is torn up in a few places. I was...
• Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Phil Menchions
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 02:37:07 -0230
  ...When I uncharacteristically floored the accelerator something snapped between the pedal and the throttle linkage and I watched as the mystery Westfalia disappeared over...
• Re: Belly Pan Saga(was re: Kelly Park...)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 11 Apr 95 14:32:44 EDT
  ...Nothing like driving on a slushy day and getting delayed responses > from both clutch and accelerator pedals--scary!! Plus, I imagine some > reduction in...
• cold start problem
  Historical mailing list - Willie T. Lafrades
  Mon, 1 Feb 1999 21:45:32 -0800
  ...On occasion it will not start unless I press the gas pedal. When I hold the pedal down to keep the rpms up the...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Williams
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 08:01:14 -0800
  ...With the rpm's at 2000 at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back to reduce...
• Re: sticky accelerator pedal...
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 22:02:17 -0500
  ...had ever since I got the van has been that my accelerator >"sticks" in the off position---So that when you go to start...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:15:10 -0800
  ...the portion of my accelerator linkage in the engine > compartment and above the tranny. Also, I've lubed the pedal and the > linkage above...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 18:14:34 -0400
  ...If slight pressure put on accelerator pedal to take rpm to > 1500 or so, and then pedal released, rpm drops to around 300 and...
• Re: '85 GL won't start
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Jul 1997 09:49 -0600 (MDT)
  ...systems is that by opening the throttle body (depressing the accelerator pedal), you expose the "vane" in the "air flow box" to damage from...
• Re: Failure to return to idle
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Mon, 1 Jan 2007 19:26:59 -0500
  ...If I tap the accelerator pedal, it >will drop back down to its typical 1k rpm idle. When I come to a stop at...
• Re: EBay item Throttle Cable
  Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
  Wed, 31 Oct 2001 21:18:14 -0500
  ...This is the accelerator cable on the diesel Vanagon. Goes from the accelerator pedal to the lever on the injection pump. You can look...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - ProfiTech Systems
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 15:01:08 -0700
  ...Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal > At 13:04 7/8/99 -0700, John Pattenden wrote: > >ventilation stuff was turned to cool (far as...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 6 Dec 2022 09:50:27 -0500
  ...I was driving along and I lost tension on accelerator pedal on my ‘89. Luckily it was not the cable but the pedal itself...
• Re: Accelerator Cable - Broken?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 13 May 2006 19:26:26 -0500
  ...accelerator when I pushed the cable, > then I went > to to start the van later in the day and I noticed that the pedal...
• D'oh! Accelerator cable woes...
  Historical mailing list - Stucco
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:29:37 -0600
  Today I'm driving along and by gas pedal falls to the floor! The cable snapped in the back where it connects to the...
• Re: Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Tue, 16 Jun 1998 11:20:25 -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: extended idling with a diesel?
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sun, 3 Mar 2002 07:23:18 -0600
  ...Since the pump governs the engine > speed, a simple knob attached somehow to the accelerator pedal would be > very handy for long trips. I...
• 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: Camelback VW / Accel. cable
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:14:58 EDT
  ...The van goes faster when I push the pedal, so I guess it worked. -Steven Sittser
• Re: how is the gas pedal affixed?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 11:54:35 -0400
  ...gas station, the accelerator pedal didn't work. On inspection, the pedal > had come loose from the floor. > > The pedal looks like this: > > http...
• Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:17:57 -0400
  ...I'd be willing to bet this was part of the stiff accelerator pedal issue I was having - possibly the occasional odd shifting too...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:43:03 -0800
  ...the portion of my accelerator linkage in the engine > compartment and above the tranny. Also, I've lubed the pedal and the > linkage above...
• Re: Freezing throttle cable temporary fix
  Historical mailing list - sam.cooks
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 10:55:39 -0500
  ...in the accelerator pedal. This pushes the cable and will bend it in the area where it attaches to the pedal linkage if the...
• Re: vanagon speeds
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 23:28:11 -0800
  ...large American car to a VW is that pressure on the accelerator pedal produces little change in car speed. This is true to a...
• Re: Engine Racing (not racing engine...)
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:17:20 -0400
  Check the pivot point where the accelerator cable meets the rod that goes to the throttle body. This point is right near the starter...
• Re: '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 16:32:25 -0700
  ...If slight pressure put on accelerator pedal to take rpm to > > 1500 or so, and then pedal released, rpm drops to around 300 and...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:32:41 -0500
  ...Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 22 May 2023 21:04:27 +0000
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• Re: snake oil VW Carriolet Carrado Cabrio VanagonSupercharger/Turbo ???
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Fri, 17 Mar 2006 21:47:05 -0500
  ...it compatible with the Barbie Head Fuel Economizer wedged under my >accelerator pedal? If I combine it with acetone, Brownian Motion Gas Pills < >http...
• Throttle Stuck Wide Open Leaving Me Stranded in Boise Idaho
  Historical mailing list - Christopher Gronski
  Sun, 18 Jan 2009 14:41:07 -0700
  ...Pressing the accelerator has no effect.I removedthe pedal and played ith the lever, again nothing. It's pretty damn cold in Boise and...
• Re: Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Thu, 13 May 2010 22:00:15 -0700
  ...Is there some way to make the accelerator cable move the vehicle's throttle more smoothly? Mine seems a little 'sticky'. I've lubed...
• Re: High idle again
  Historical mailing list - Matt Barclay
  Wed, 2 Feb 2005 13:43:59 -0800
  ...Prior to replacing it, I found I could pull on the accelerator pedal to slow down the idle to normal tolerances. Good Luck! Matt...
• gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Mon, 23 May 2011 15:16:07 -0700
  I'm looking at modifying the gas pedal linkage so I can get more cable action with less ankle action (I'm the guy...