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• 82 won't start when hot
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Mon, 26 Sep 2005 13:14:07 -0400
  ...Although, it is better about not dying when I let of the accelerator, like at a light or something. When I try to start...
• Re: Accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - EMZ
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 16:29:07 -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: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Martin Laycock
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 16:32:56 +0000
  ...With the rpm's at 2000 >at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back to >reduce...
• 1982 accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Sat, 7 Jul 2007 08:22:45 -0600
  Some time ago, due apparently to arcing from the accelerator cable to my battery isolator terminals, that cable broke in mid-trip. I managed...
• Re: Weber setup on a '73 bus...
  Historical mailing list - David Easterwood
  Wed, 27 Sep 1995 11:19:34 -0400
  ...a period of hesitation after you've pushed down on the >accelerator to speed up the car...". My former 73 bus had a 2...
• Re: FOR SALE: '82 Vanagon w/'98 Jetta TDI Engine
  Historical mailing list - Joseph Fortino
  Wed, 31 Aug 2005 08:28:43 -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: Hi Speed Vanagoning
  Historical mailing list - Bill Collins
  Mon, 09 Jun 1997 19:08:53 -0400
  ...too close when I drive my Diesel! (If they do, I just stomp on the accelerator a few times and they usually back off)
• Re: Hesitation with acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Paul Borghese
  Sun, 14 May 2000 03:32:28 -0400
  ...Then 1-1.5 seconds later the > car will start to respond to the accelerator input. Full accelerator input > results in normal rapid vehicle...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Accelerator Cable Sticking
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 21:58:11 -0800
  ...VW didn't change the part number, but (per tech info #90-01) "...a modified accelerator cable has been introduced which can be identified...
• Re: Camelback VW / Accel. cable
  Historical mailing list - S Sittservl
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 16:14:58 EDT
  ...accelerator cable for my '88 with > auto-tranny? And get it here tomorrow so I can install it over the > weekend? When my accelerator...
• Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:38:52 -0500
  ...It is powerless, though, and it feels as though the throttle is connected to the accelerator by a long, soft rubber band, meaning that...
• Accelerator cable question
  Historical mailing list - Tom Young
  Tue, 1 Oct 2002 17:12:34 -0700
  ...The last time I ordered an accelerator cable from Bus Depot for my '81 Vanagon I actually ordered 2 cables; one for the immediate...
• Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Thu, 13 May 2010 21:40:24 -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...
• Help: Stuck accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Dick Taylor
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 09:18:06 -0800
  ...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: Replacing Accelerator Cable on an 87 syncro, manual
  Historical mailing list - john russell
  Tue, 12 Jul 2011 15:18:52 -0700
  ...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: Help: Stuck accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list - Carrington, Tom
  Sun, 30 Jan 2000 12:08:53 -0500
  ...Stuck accelerator pedal > > Help. 1987 syncro. My accelerator pedal is stuck in the full-on position. > I > can pull (hard) on the cable in...
• Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Wed, 15 May 2013 22:28:15 -0400
  ...Jeff Lincoln" <magikvw@gmail.com> wrote: > I have to replace my accelerator cable - where the cable connects at the > throttle it is held in...
• fuel consumption
  Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
  Wed, 31 Aug 94 13:39:38 EDT
  Eric Lowe wants better fuel mileage -- who doesn't? You could probably adjust your accelerator cable real slack, so that when you floor it...
• Re: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Wed, 14 May 2003 13:04:28 EDT
  In a message dated 5/14/03 1:00:29 PM, JSchaper@SCHSA.ORG writes: << Are there any tricks to installing the cable? >> BEFORE...
• Re: vanagon speeds
  Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
  Fri, 12 Feb 1999 23:28:11 -0800
  ...One of the first impressions received by a motorist changing from a large American car to a VW is that pressure on the accelerator...
• It's not moving...UGH!!!
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 11:07:48 -0700
  ...Now my Vanagon has had some recent transmission problems where when you step on the accelerator, it just revs and then accelerates very slowly...
• Re: Sticky Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Jean-Guy Savoie
  Wed, 4 Jul 2001 23:43:29 -0300
  You don't really describe what you mean by "sticky accelerator", so just in case this might help, or in case the list members...
• Frozen accelarator cable?
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Tue, 12 Feb 2008 21:40:32 -0900
  I too was a victim of a frozen accelerator cable. For the price, I don't think I would bother with trying to fix...
• 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: Stuck accelerator at throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:34:37 -0400
  ...Recently the engine has been racing and my normal > solution was to give a quick tromp on the accelerator to get it to settle...
• Re: puzzler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 09:14:47 -0400 (EDT)
  In regard to the carb holding a loose accelerator pump tube in place....NOPE....doesn't do it. I had a 67 Ghia 'bout...
• 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 Cable - Broken?
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Sat, 13 May 2006 19:33:58 -0400
  ...It was running fine, it was accelerator when I pushed the cable, then I went to to start the van later in the day...
• Re: New to list
  Historical mailing list - BenT Syncro
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 19:00:19 -0700
  ...needs. > Does anybody out there know where to buy a replacement accelerator rod > for an 84 GL? > Not much luck at local junkyards. The...
• Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 08:58:13 -0500
  ...driving the idle to zero unless you press down on the accelerator pedal to keep the idle up. Once the engine is fully warmed...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:52:26 -0400
  Yep, no foot on the accelerator. Coming down from Monarch I didn't need to downshift. Just stayed in 4th (or was it 3rd...
• Re: Vanagon gas mileage
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Tue, 23 Dec 2003 14:47:53 -0500
  At 11:26 AM 12/23/2003 -0800, Mark Tuovinen wrote: >...and drive as if there is an egg under the accelerator pedal, and...
• 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: vanagon trivia..who can answer this???
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Fri, 13 May 2005 14:24:45 -0600
  ...transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator >>> pedal >>> reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a >> plastic >>> accelerator pedal with no metal reinforcement...
• Cruise control issues
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Wed, 20 May 2009 12:06:57 -0400
  ...When I set the cruise I feel it kick in through the accelerator but then it fades out pretty quickly. Do you think this...
• 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...
• Clunking noise??
  Historical mailing list - Randy Charrette
  Tue, 30 Oct 2001 17:33:47 -0500
  ...If I let off the accelerator it goes away. I can also get it to happen in 3rd gear 4000rpm if I hit a...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 23 Feb 2000 01:06:03 -0600
  ...With the rpm's at 2000 > at a stop light I used my toe to try to bring the accelerator pedal back to > reduce...
• Accl. cable retainer
  Historical mailing list - John
  Tue, 8 Aug 2000 23:47:22 -0400
  Hi List, I'm in the middle of reinstalling my motor when the accelerator cable retainer went flying to parts unknown. Does anyone have...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 14:53:45 -0700
  ...Though the >>> engine >>> would turn over alot, if I depressed the accelerator that engine would >>> finally begin running. >> >> -- >> Neil n >> >> 65 kb image Myford...
• Re: CV Joints knocking?
  Historical mailing list - W. Silva
  Sat, 30 Dec 2000 13:42:57 -0500
  ...If I let off the accelerator, > it goes away Stick with your first guess, I will be IT IS the CV joint(s) believe...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal (accelerator cableauto transmission)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 13:21:02 -0500
  Birkenfeld Jeff wrote: > The transmission linkage then controls the throttle > body giving you acceleration. Once completed, adjustment may be necessary > to give proper shift...
• Re: where to find accelerator cable fast N.NJ.
  Historical mailing list - Jeffrey R
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 00:44:52 EDT
  ...it meets the metal end clip thingy that hooks to the accelerator lever. I suppose there is an easy rigging I could work out...
• 2000 rpm buzzer of oil pressure
  Historical mailing list - thewestyman
  Fri, 5 Apr 2019 09:37:59 -0700
  I don’t know why the buzzer comes on if I press the accelerator over 2000. I have changed the two senders already, wires...
• Throttle Body Removal
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Thu, 5 May 2011 14:03:04 +0000
  Hey Folks, Trying to get the accelerator cable off the throttle body, threaded rod passing through the linkage, have the Bentley out but still...
• Re: where to find accelerator cable fast N.NJ.
  Historical mailing list - Benjamin Tan
  Sat, 5 Aug 2000 07:32:52 EDT
  In a message dated 8/5/00 4:24:21 AM Pacific Daylight Time, Puzerewski@email.msn.com writes: << Jeff's idea >> It's...
• Re: Accelerator Cable Question
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Mon, 8 Jun 1998 17:21:55 -0700
  ...At 19:46 6/8/98 -0400, Malcolm Stebbins wrote: >Is there such a thing as generic accelerator cable?? > >I need ONLY the cable...
• Re: Throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Tue, 22 Feb 2000 09:00:06 -0700
  ...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: Accelerator sticks
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 23:00:08 -0400
  ...vw4x4.htm On Wed, 1 Sep 2004, michael martens wrote: > My accelerator pedal is sticking when I floor it. I assume it would be...
• Re: Automatic Trans Question...
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Sat, 13 Dec 1997 02:52:18 EST
  ...many of you with Auto transmissions find yourself driving w/ the accelerator mashed to the floor... >> Often. Also in my Syncro too! Jim Davis
• Glow plug relay
  Historical mailing list - Harry Patrick
  Mon, 15 Oct 2001 08:37:46 -0400
  ...WTB these parts as well as cold start cable and accelerator cable assemblies. Thanks, Harry Patrick
• Re: Instrument cluster screws
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sun, 10 Jul 2005 22:06:41 -0700
  ...I found it this afternoon while changing the accelerator cable. It had managed to fall down through the little tiny hole behind the gas...
• Re: Idling downhill? (Was: Calculate fuel consumption when idling?)
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:56:29 -0500
  ...Of course if you touch the accelerator at all, the usage must change radically.
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 15:19:21 -0700
  So as luck would have it, I actually found what is most likely a spare accelerator pedal barrel clamp; it looks the same as...
• part numbers
  Historical mailing list - eric luebbers
  Fri, 2 Jun 2006 18:44:38 -0700
  Hello list, I am looking for part numbers for the following: accelerator cable positive battery cable to starter the above parts are for a...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:43:03 -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...
• 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: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 17 May 2013 09:20:18 -0400
  That sounds right David - I couldn't remember exactly - but I know that 1.5mm was too small. So 1.5875mm (1/16") makes...
• Sticky Throttle Cable
  Historical mailing list - Mike Plickys
  06 Jan 95 20:12:36 EST
  ...is beginning to bind and makes some weird noises when the accelerator pedal is depressed. The problem seems to be worse during colder days...
• Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
  Historical mailing list - Skip
  Sun, 26 Aug 2012 17:52:00 +0000
  I also thought that by stepping on the accelerator, that would inhibit the amount of fuel being pushed into the fuel injectors, thereby reducing...