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Re: Accelerator Cable - Broken?
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Sat, 13 May 2006 17:55:59 -0700
...Accelerator Cable - Broken? Robert, Be sure that something you lubricated hasn't slipped off or out of place. Just pull the hatch and look...
Re: Accelerator cable
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 17:10:29 -0400
...Accelerator cable I have been through this before and Frank is right. That is a bear to deal with if it's rusted. It...
Re: Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual
Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 16:28:39 -0600
...Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual > > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > > > On Jul 12, 2011, at 3:12 PM, john russell wrote...
Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:34:56 -0800
...So, I've been at both ends of the system, and squirted the linkages but where do I get "into" the accelerator cable housings...
Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:15:10 -0800
...Accelerator linkage is sticky.. > The linkage/cable is shown in chapter 20 of the Bentley manual. > > > I recall the accel cable on a stock...
Re: replacing accelerator cable on 82 diesel
Historical mailing list - Scott Sullivan
Mon, 3 Jun 2002 21:26:36 -0700
It is not a difficult job at all to replace the cable. The hardest part is taking the spare tire out and opening the...
Re: Accelerator cable woes
Historical mailing list - Dan Erlandson
Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:11:55 -0500
I would take the advice already given and thaw the cable out and then lubricate it. Changing it out can be a pain. I...
Re: Help: Stuck accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
Sun, 30 Jan 2000 17:52:48 +0100
...My accelerator pedal is stuck in the full-on position. I > can pull (hard) on the cable in the engine compartment and get it...
Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 07:55:20 -0500
...Cool > right? No not cool because the socket end that is ont he end of the > accelerator cable is completely rusted to the ball...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:48:06 -0500
...broken >> accelerator cables but nothing that really described replacing this >> cable. Just wondering how difficult it is. Near the auto >> transmission my cable is...
Re: No reverse? Fixed
Historical mailing list - Rob
Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:44:06 -0800
...I reached up there and easily moved the cable but it fell right back on the shaft. It was the accelerator cable (and covering...
Re: Just when you think...
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 18:38:41 -0800
...Accelerator cable is number four. Mark On Feb 27, 2011, at 5:53 PM, Aaron wrote: > Wow! I have this thing running well. > Oil...
P.S. Still Sluggish
Historical mailing list - Richard Ferguson
Thu, 14 Sep 2000 19:59:02 -0700
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Re: Accelerator cable
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:46:53 -0400
...Accelerator cable If it's an automatic and the ball joint is rusted so that ball sockert will NOT come off then it's...
Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Wed, 14 Oct 2009 05:53:57 EDT
...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: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal (accelerator cableauto transmission)
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:21:02 -0500
...Don't try to adjust shift points by tightening or loosening the cable from the gas pedal. There should be a little slack in...
Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:18:43 -0400
...Hard to believe > the cable stayed in place all these years! Looks like someone overtightened the clamping bolt and burst the fitting. Yrs, d
Re: AT Governor and fluid exchange with final drive
Historical mailing list - Jeff Ensing
Sat, 1 Mar 2003 22:40:38 EST
The valve body uses three "signals" of pressure they are the manual gear selector the kickdown cable from the accelerator cable and the governor...
Accelerator Pedal
Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
Sat, 3 Dec 2022 15:42:22 -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: Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:27:55 -0700
...Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual anyone done this? it broke just under the accelerator. i dropped the spare tire and have...
Re: Accelerator Cable - Broken?
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Sat, 13 May 2006 19:26:26 -0500
...accellerator cable and the entire mechanism, the springs etc , that > are > connected to throttle unit. > > It was running fine, it was accelerator when I...
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...
Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:43:03 -0800
...jump/lag/jump.....I'm thinking I might need a new accelerator > cable at the worst, or possibly just to lubricate my current one...
Auto Trans: Upshifting later, per GTA?
Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
Tue, 10 May 2011 10:17:36 -0700
...Instead, he said to tighten the accelerator cable. I got confused. "There's the kickdown," he said, "and the accelerator cable." I explained that...
Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:29:12 -0700
...Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable) > So here is my dilema. > > My van is an automatic - the accelerator cable connects to a "kick...
Frozen accelerator cable
Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 19:06:54 -0500
...Frozen Accelerator Cable > >'91 Carat has a frozen accelerator cable. Drove to Philadelphia last Wed night >in rainstorm. Driving to work Thursday in the...
Re: Sticky Throttle Cable
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Fri, 06 Jan 95 22:15:44 CST
...throttle cable without removing it.? My >cable in my 1987 Syncro is beginning to bind and makes some weird noises when >the accelerator pedal...
accelerator cable replacement
Historical mailing list - Gregory Smith
Thu, 3 Mar 2011 19:22:21 -0700
All this talk of bad accelerator cables encouraged me to pay attention to mine. Felt "notchy" and made me worry about it breaking. Ordered...
Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:29:25 -0400
> > yellow coloured metal That's chromated zinc plating against corrosion, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chromate_conversion_coating#Steel Yrs, d
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...
accelerator/throttle cable
Historical mailing list - Troy
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:08:02 -0800
Just had a new throttle cable installed in my 89 Westy. I wouldn't think that a throttle cable would make much of a...
accelerator linkage 85 Vanagon automatic
Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
Tue, 22 Jun 1999 23:25:51 -0400
...Stepped on the accelerator to pass a slow moving vehicle and something popped....the accelerator went dead to the floor seemingly unattached from whatever...
Re: Camelback VW / Accel. cable
Historical mailing list - Dave Caston
Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:18:06 -0400
...First the brakes, then the muffler, now > the accelerator cable. Please, reassure me that these thing happen in > threes, and that this is it...
Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal
Historical mailing list - Tim Marciniak
Wed, 21 Aug 2002 22:32:41 -0500
...vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >I searched the archives and find lots of posts on corroded and broken >accelerator cables but nothing that really described...
Re: Lubrication of Heater/Ventilation Control Cables
Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
Tue, 19 Dec 2023 07:50:26 -0600
I’ve been using that same item for years on my cables, even the “accelerator” cable to my diesel injector. It works perfectly and...
Re: replacing accelerator cable on 82 diesel
Historical mailing list - Maynard Southard
Tue, 4 Jun 2002 13:58:43 -0400
...65MPH :) > > It looks like a long run there under the van - Any tips on changing the > accelerator cable on an 82 Diesel van? > > Steve
Re: Air cooled and WBX accelerator cable same length?
Historical mailing list - neil N
Mon, 9 Jun 2008 18:28:46 -0700
...Air cooled and WBX accelerator cable same length? > > > Hi all. > > If it can be made to fit, I *may* use a spare WBX cable...
Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:57:25 -0400
Thanks Don - I will look that stuff up. -- Thanks, Jeff '90 Carat (Grover) '86 (We call this one Parts) '78 Bus (Melissa) Patty's...
Re: Vanagons: accelerator cable
Historical mailing list
Sat, 7 Jan 95 11:18:04 AST
>cable can be identified by a white plastic sheath enclosing the length >of the braided cable. This sheath protects the braided cable from >outside...
Frozen Accelerator Cable
Historical mailing list - Rob Lebo
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 08:05:00 +0000
'91 Carat has a frozen accelerator cable. Drove to Philadelphia last Wed night in rainstorm. Driving to work Thursday in the snow and throttle...
Accelerator Cable - revisited
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Sun, 15 Apr 2007 17:01:28 -0400
...This is the part that the accelerator cable coming from the front attaches to (ball socket). Sorry I don't have the actual part...
Re: where to find accelerator cable fast N.NJ.
Historical mailing list - Karl M.
Fri, 4 Aug 2000 23:52:17 -0400
...Karl ----- Original Message ----- > If anyone has an idea where I might find a new accelerator cable for 1983.5 > watercooled Westy with a 4...
Re: sticky accelerator pedal...
Historical mailing list - George Goff
Fri, 5 Dec 2003 07:00:46 EST
...If the throttle plate moves freely, then it is probably time for a new cable. From what I have seen, the plastic sheathing on...
Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:12:00 -0600
...of the throttle cable. (so more cable pull is required for a particular accelerator motion) Tried the same here (though cable bracket won't...
Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Tue, 13 Oct 2009 22:17:57 -0400
...I do have the lever off the trans - that wasn't too big of an issue - since the accelerator cable was shot I just...
85 accelerator cable broken again
Historical mailing list - Dart 330
Sun, 29 Jul 2001 23:45:32 -0500
Well my stupid accelerator cable broke again tonight as i was heading down the on ramp to I-70. The wire came out of...
Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Thu, 16 May 2013 00:32:08 -0700
...magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have to replace my accelerator cable - where the cable connects at the >> throttle it is held in place by...
Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Tue, 9 Mar 1999 13:03:50 -0400
...I'm glad I wasn't in a ferrari!!!! Malcolm S Rob wrote: > '91 Carat has a frozen accelerator cable. Drove to Philadelphia last...
Re: Accelerator cable
Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
Mon, 10 Sep 2012 08:33:36 -0400
...Accelerator cable > > If it's an automatic and the ball joint is rusted so that ball > sockert will NOT come off then it's...
Re: What snaps? Was: Passing another Westfalia
Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
Sun, 25 Jul 2004 21:01:26 -0400
...throttle. � �My past accelerator cable problems had to do with wintertime freezeups when the metal tube in which the cable travels fills with ice...
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: Accelerator cable replacement (??)
Historical mailing list - Stanley, Kerry
Thu, 13 Sep 2001 18:03:22 -0400
...Accelerator cable replacement (??) Hi all - Maybe this isn't the best time to be asking a question about Vanagons, but whenever anyone has a...
accelerator cable housing '81
Historical mailing list - Yo vanguy
Wed, 20 May 1998 11:07:29 EDT
...Well its neither the accelerator cable has chaffed thru the white plastic housing that it is enclosed in!!!!!!!! Has anyone else had this problem...
Accelerator linkage is sticky..
Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
Tue, 16 Nov 2010 07:32:48 -0800
...So, I've been at both ends of the system, and squirted the linkages but where do I get "into" the accelerator cable housings...
Looking for some Vanagon parts
Historical mailing list - kenneth wilford (Van-Again)
Wed, 10 May 2017 11:45:21 -0400
...The metal plate that supports the accelerator cable and the clip that holds the cable to it for a manual transmission Vanagon. If you...
Re: Just when you think...
Historical mailing list - Rowan Tipton
Sun, 27 Feb 2011 21:45:55 -0500
...what they call a mountain here in the Smokies) when the accelerator cable broke. We were alone, around 60 miles from home, well out...
Re: Bit of Toyota Syndrome in '84 Westy
Historical mailing list - David Milo
Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:02:06 -0400
...The sheath that transitions the cable from the rear body upwards to the engine will rust internally (along with the cable) and cause it...
Re: Acceleratro cable
Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:05:37 -0500
...On 4/13/07, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > RE Accelerator Cable > You probably got the wrong cable, can be ordered for either...
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...
Stuck accelerator at throttle body
Historical mailing list - Cecil Eastman
Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:50:10 -0400
...broken accelerator cable. I replaced it, hoping that the problem was a snagged cable, but that's not it. It seems now that the...