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• Re: Dumb question
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 18:42:55 -0400
  ...I'm also in the middle > of switching over to a 2.1l from a 1.9l. Some things disappeared out > of the Van...
• vanagon symptom
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 12 May 2017 16:36:35 -0700
  ...We check the throttle body switch, check for vacuum leak.. but it still has the hiccups... what else to checK? thanks dan
• Re: turn o2 sensor off
  Historical mailing list - Hotch
  Thu, 24 Oct 1996 13:11:06 -0400
  ...have only 1,000 vacuum tubes and weigh > >only 1/2 tons." -- Popular Mechanics, March 1949 Matt, The switch is located on the speedo...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:42:38 -0500
  ...You just have to route the vacuum lines accordingly (see the Bentley). Mike Mike Collum wrote: > The switch, on the later model 1.9s...
• Re: Fuel pressure question (FI)
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Thu, 19 Jul 2001 11:36:14 -0400
  ...Fuel pressure question (FI) > > > > >Did you happen to note the idle rpm and the available vacuum? > > > >Joe > > > Yes, the vacuum was 11 inches and...
• Re: Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 15:13:50 -0400
  At 02:25 PM 6/11/2003, Stan Wilder wrote: >The AFM has a fuel pump micro switch in it at the zero vacuum...
• Re: Nice WBX....
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:44:39 +0000
  ...mdrillock <mdrillock@COX.NET> > A highly questionable endeavor, that one. > > Mark > > Todd Last wrote: > > He is also offering a vacuum controlled throttle switch to...
• Throttle Switch Wear Was: Re: Throttle switch confusion
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 4 Jul 2015 14:34:26 -0700
  ...switch makes more sense but I found that aspect of wear interesting and worth noting. (says he with a vacuum actuated GoWesty switch installed...
• FS: vanagon factory cruise control system..
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 20 Feb 2007 19:30:32 EST
  ...includes the turn sig stalk w control switch, wiring harness, relay, vacuum pump, linkage to throttle, pedal switches, etc.. this is a factory vanagon...
• Re: Cruise control diagnosis progress - ambient temp?
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 13:25:02 -0600
  ...Bellows good. >> Pedal switches good. >> >> Removed vacuum pump and put 12V to it. It runs noisily, but doesn't >> seem to pull any discernible...
• Re: Running on Tap Water
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Thu, 18 Jul 2002 10:55:32 -0400
  ...It had two vacuum (pressure) switches to measure the engine vacuum (load) and a rpm input from the coil. As you stepped on it...
• Re: Nice WBX....
  Historical mailing list - Tim Clark
  Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:57:24 -0700
  ...endeavor, that one. > > Mark > > Todd Last wrote: >> He is also offering a vacuum controlled throttle switch to replace the >> factor mechanical/electric one. >> >> Todd >> >>
• Stumble/stall/high idle '91 carat
  Historical mailing list - Rick Koller
  Sat, 24 Sep 2005 18:29:36 -0400
  ...Any ideas out there? Bad ground somewhere perhaps, don't seem to hear any vacuum leaks, have pulled off varios vacuum lines. The one...
• Dumb question
  Historical mailing list - Ken Nelson
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 17:25:28 -0500
  ...I'm also in the middle of switching over to a 2.1l from a 1.9l. Some things disappeared out of the Van...
• power locks: + mode, - mode or vacuum?? wireless entry system install
  Historical mailing list - Matthew
  Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:31:53 -0700
  ...switch to lock/unlock the doors A - system allies ground through the switch to lock/ublock the doors Then there is the vacuum system...
• Re: Quick throttle body re-bush
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 13 Sep 2014 13:01:42 -0700
  Hi Neil, I'd look into tencentlife's vacuum switch as well as GW's. Wear issue with HDPE? I can't see it...
• Re: Reverse Gear in Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Fred Porter
  Thu, 12 Mar 1998 08:29:33 -0700
  ...The locking diff knob is used on a vacuum driven switch. It may be possible that the vacuum lines have been switched on the...
• Re: stereo power comsumption
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Sun, 24 May 2009 08:42:02 -0700
  ...com> wrote: > 'vacuum florescent' ? - new one on me. > what I like to do is get an old heated rear wiper switch, or whatever, and...
• WTB: 2.1 Throttle switch
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 17 Aug 2017 13:10:37 -0700
  ...It has a GoWesty vacuum operated throttle body switch which feels unreliable and a near new Rocky Jennings throttle body; I need the entire...
• Re: Mystery module. what the heck is it? '72
  Historical mailing list - William A. McKinley
  18 Sep 96 12:23:30 EDT
  ...It's a vacuum advance cutoff switch. If you don't have the stock carbs and distributor, it's useless. As with all emissions...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 23:19:50 -0500
  ...On gasoline > engines it's > > > >actually VACUUM braking, i.e. the pistons are pulling against > a vacuum in > > > >the intake tract. The big air...
• 83 Vanagon stalling again!
  Historical mailing list - DIGEST Jesse Falsone
  Mon, 20 Oct 1997 11:49:31 EST
  ...1) Vacuum leaks 2) 02 sensor - I think mine's disconnected anyway 3) Fuel pressure regulator 4) bad thermo time switch Its clear to...
• Re: [Syncro] Front diff lock light not blinking
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Tue, 26 Oct 1999 12:16:57 +0200
  ...If I remember correctly, neither does the front diff lock light blink if there's no vacuum at the diff lock switch nor does...
• Fw: Re: Emission Failure - Excess Hydrocarbons - Oxygen Sensor? (
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 28 Apr 2000 23:19:56 EDT
  ...in the vacuum the engine can produce at idle. Check that the throttle switches are working and causing the computer to switch to idle...
• Re: Install a 5 speed syncro tranny in my 2WD Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:45:08 -0800
  ...However the diff lock actuator is controlled via vacuum switch. And yes, those switches on a Syncro are vacuum switches, with corresponding lines going...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - George Laubach
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 07:49:28 -0400
  ...Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > > > > > > I think tencentlife had a vacuum switch out before GW did. I thought about > buying his but stalling...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list - dooley
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 12:56:48 -0500
  The idle switch can't shut off fuel flow while coasting or the motor would die. Sure if the van was in gear and...
• Re: sluggish on take off
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 16:19:56 -0400
  ...Clogged fuel filter.Low fuel pressure.Vacuum hose disconected.Dirty air filter?Throttle switch in need of adjustment?
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Thu, 27 Oct 2011 12:35:12 -0700
  ...AM, T Collins <tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> wrote: | |> |> |> Short story is: |> TB switch |> Vacuums |> Idle staibalizer |> Timming |> |> |----- |No virus found in this message. |Checked by...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 14:30:59 -0500
  What I read in the one of the Bosch Fuel Injection manuals is that the fuel is cut off if the idle switch is...
• Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:56:04 +0000
  ...On the clutch (assuming std trans) and the brake pedal, there should be two "switches" which break the vacuum and disengage the cruise control...
• frequently dying
  Historical mailing list - Anne Dickens
  Mon, 8 Nov 1999 07:04:08 EST
  ...I My husband bypassed the ignition switch ( hot wired) and it still died after 5 seconds. Is there anything else we can check? It...
• Re: I Love My New Cruise Control (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Mon, 29 May 2006 22:57:28 -0400
  ...It too is a vacuum type and I installed a vacuum reservoir at the beginning. It works perfectly and has for two years now...
• Re: low torque
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 2 Oct 2012 21:15:28 -0400
  ...As for the vacuum retard as soon as the throttle is opened the timing should quickly advance if all is well. If the throttle...
• Re: Dumb question
  Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
  Sun, 6 Aug 2000 20:15:07 EDT
  ...1.9L vacuum system? I have had more than my share of problems with the centrifugal advance timing. I would recommend switching to digifant...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 5 Oct 2020 10:26:52 -0700
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are > >> > >>> vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering > >> column, > >> > >>> vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Re: 91 Vanagon Multivan rebuilt motor hiccoughs
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Fri, 7 Mar 2003 12:22:43 -0500
  Have you check the fuel pump Fuel filter- clogged Fuel pressure- is there enough pressure Is the vacuume line for the regulator OK Fuel...
• Fw: Re: Reverse Gear in Syncro
  Historical mailing list - Larry Sanford
  Sat, 14 Mar 1998 12:45:41 -0800
  ...The locking diff knob is >used on a vacuum driven switch. It may be possible that the vacuum >lines have been switched on the...
• Re: Porsche 6 in late bus
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Fri, 13 Jan 1995 16:01:02 EST
  ...78 and later CIS has a switch that opens when the engine draws vacuum. They use it with a relay that turns off the...
• Re: [WetWesties] 82 Westy issues (frustrated)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Mon, 12 Feb 2001 12:54:54 EST
  ...Cylinder head temp sensor fuel pressure regulator air flow sensor full throttle switch exhaust gas recirculation injectors cold start valve A vacuum leak anywhere...
• is there a difference in distributor, FI between automatic and ma nual 2.1L?
  Historical mailing list - Smola, Tony
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 21:37:22 -0600
  I have an opportunity to get a 2.1L cheap....the only catch is that it is an automatic.......Besides switching the flywheel and...
• Re: '87 GL AC
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:52:03 -0400
  ...companion switch next ot it for the power steering. They look the same.The electrical plug may be disconected, or the vacuum hose felloff...
• Re: will a 2.1L long block work with 1.9L FI and hardware?
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 13 Mar 2002 09:14:41 -0500
  ...My chassis number is 053314? It has the late throttle switch design and vacuum hose layout? Is this the correct airbox for a 2...
• Re: Cruise control diagnosis progress - ambient temp?
  Historical mailing list - Anthony Egeln
  Wed, 1 Nov 2006 07:48:40 -0800
  ...Pedal switches good. Removed vacuum pump and put 12V to it. It runs noisily, but doesn't seem to pull any discernible vacuum. Should...
• Re: Idle Issues with my 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 18:05:37 -0600
  The Stumble It did When You Gave It Throttle made Me think > Idle Switch (Probably should call that Throttle Position Switch) Out Of Adjustment...
• black smoke + more
  Historical mailing list - Blake Thornton
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 14:27:33 -0600
  ...are vacuum leak (but I've looked for one and haven't been able to find one) and idle switch (the little switch on...
• low torque
  Historical mailing list - Mike Riley
  Tue, 2 Oct 2012 19:39:17 -0400
  ...distributor has been oiled regularly and the idle position switch is working properly and it is smooth running. timed via tencentlife method<did not...
• Re: help! ('75 Fuel Injection Problem)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Nov 95 20:52:07 -0500
  ...I have one small line coming from the brake line vacuum on the other side of the firewall connected to the thermal vacuum switch...
• Re: Full Throttle AC Cutout?
  Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
  Sun, 27 May 2007 14:36:02 -0700
  ...anyway the idea was that there are some vehicles out there that use a vacuum (or maybe it's lack-of-vacuum) switch of...
• Surging idle on '87 2.1
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 21:37:09 -0700
  ...He may have messed up the throttle body switch. Any thoughts on what to check? I will hook up a vacuum guage and look...
• Re: Looking for new TBS # 067906028 (was Idle Surge)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Wed, 7 Aug 2013 09:56:43 -0600
  ...does throttle body rebuilds and also has developed a vacuum-based replacement for that switch. Chris Corkins, Tencentlife on Samba can be found here...
• Re: help! power doorlock problem (2nd try)
  Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
  Mon, 22 Mar 2004 19:12:55 +0100
  Sorry, no vacuum pump on the Vanagon�s power locking system. Just pure electric wires But your explanation is right. Bad switch or bad...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Bob Mccullough
  Mon, 5 Oct 2020 20:53:35 -0500
  ...besides electrical wiring, there are > >> > >>> vacuum pump, vacuum switch under the pedals, switch on the steering > >> column, > >> > >>> vacuum diaphragm linked the throttle body at...
• Mystery Switch
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:29:00 -0500
  ...is to release the switch. It has one elctrical connection n one end, and it appears to have a vacuum hose attached to it...
• bug tranny swap ?
  Historical mailing list - Ed Gould
  Fri, 3 May 1996 23:52:41 -0400 (EDT)
  ...Would it take anything other than plugging vacuume lines to switch an auto stick tranny for a true automatic? I think the beetle in...
• ARRGHHH ... not the Throttle Postion Switch
  Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
  Sun, 12 Jan 2003 20:37:26 -0800
  Matt, If it stumbles under breaking, especially at a stand-still, you could have a vacuum leak in the brake booster or booster hose...
• Re: sluggish on take off
  Historical mailing list - Robert Cardo
  Sat, 22 Oct 2005 15:24:35 -0500
  ...Do you have an early 85 or a late 85? The difference is a low speed switch, and a high speed switch, or just...
• Re: FS: 7" round E-code lights, square headlight grille, left side square headlights
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:18:44 -0700
  ...My Mercedes has little vacuum motors built into > the headlights for just this purpose. I need the switch to make it > operational. I had...
• OEM vanagon cruise control system FS...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:20:52 EST
  ...cruise switch, wiring harness, relay for fusebox, switches at pedal, tab that clips to pedal, vacuum hose, cruise control programmer behind glovebox and mounting...
• synchro
  Historical mailing list - Mark Watts
  Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:20:48 EDT
  ...BTW the dash has three green lights for the diff lock but the owners manual only has one???? The vacuum switch only has two...