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• Behr A/C Controls
  Historical mailing list - Jon Kanas
  Tue, 18 May 2010 13:11:09 -0600
  ...The Behr controls are simple. If you have the unit I am familiar with, there are two fans, each with a resistor pack whose...
• Re: what is deal with "d" ecu
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Fri, 14 Jul 2006 08:56:44 -0700
  > what is the deal with "D" type ecu and idle control unit?? does this > really > make a difference especially in an 87 van? > > For...
• Re: looking for a Behr front AC unit for a Westy.
  Historical mailing list - steve meassick
  Wed, 10 Aug 2016 18:37:31 +0000
  Hi Larry I have the stuff that goes under the dash (evaporator unit with coil, blowers and controls.) Thanks, Steve -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon...
• Idle stabilizer testing
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 20 May 94 14:27:17 EDT
  ...So, should I really be able to hear and feel the unit operate? Anyone know where the idle stabilizer control unit is mounted? In...
• Idle stabilizer control unit...? Do they go bad?
  Historical mailing list - jesse johnson
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:03:40 -0500
  ...Do the Idle Stabilizer Control Units ever go bad? I pulled mine and cleaned the terminals... and no change. Anyone had this go bad...
• Re: '90 GL Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Jim Davis
  Tue, 6 Oct 1998 02:41:20 EDT
  ...Sometimes the controller and actuator are assembled together into a single unit. Most units also have a function whereby if the actual speed if...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 13:54:43 -0500
  ...I >suspect this control unit functions much as an electronic relay, switched >on and off by the Hall signal, and handling the higher currents...
• CC problem solved (was: Cruise control problem stumps dealer)
  Historical mailing list - Jerry Hudgins
  Wed, 22 Oct 1997 22:46:44 -0400
  ...Even the $500 control unit was replaced. A fine and very persistent independent VW mechanic here in Wilmington NC, Dave Metz, finally figured it...
• Re: digijet control unit
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 01:27:36 -0500
  ...Sat, 21 Jun 1997 23:00:46 -0400 >>To:vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu >>From:rainmr85@oneonta.edu (Marc Rainville) >>Subject:digijet control unit...
• Re: Vanagon Toys FS
  Historical mailing list - TC
  Wed, 14 Dec 2005 08:08:54 -0800
  >Slightly on topic, after I finish the plug and play harness for our >van, I will be selling fully assembled Megasquirt units. These are...
• Re: '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 13:20:16 -0800
  ...Was looking at "Hall control unit" P 28.28 Bentley, but wrote the wrong thing. Yes of course. Sender is on the distributor. Thanks...
• Re: cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Joe Federici
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 16:17:58 -0500
  ...It's a cone shaped rubber unit that had developed a leak and therefore the cruise control wouldn't work anymore. It was simple...
• engine surge on idle ,, '85 vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Bill Layton
  Mon, 04 Apr 1994 12:53:44 -0500 (EST)
  ...DIAGNOSTICS; everything seems to point to the control unit. first we replaced the temp sensor [thanks joel!] no luck! if another new sensor is...
• Re: Troubleshooting the Basic Idle Stabilizer System - Manual Transmissions- Part I
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 25 Mar 2009 23:29:47 -0700
  ...tester should flash while cranking. > > If YES: - replace the idle stabilizer control unit and proceed. > > If NO: - repair open circuit between terminal 1 of...
• Re: Addendum: Boston Bob Big Valve Engine Update
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 30 Jun 2005 13:15:53 -0700
  ...I'm under the impression/delusion that a digital idle control unit would be unbelievably easy to implement compared to the analog one, as...
• Re: Idle stabilizer control unit...? Do they go bad?
  Historical mailing list - Daniel L. Katz
  Sun, 22 Feb 2004 16:36:55 -0500
  check out vanagain. recall price about $30. dlk
• Re: high Idle / stabilization control question
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sat, 10 Mar 2007 11:31:07 -0800
  The idle stabilzation unit on the digifants is in the ECU.
• Re: Idle stabilization control question
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Fri, 9 Mar 2007 16:06:16 -0800
  ...Also, the control unit (behind the tail light) could be bad. Swap with known good units, and see if that solves the problem. Neither...
• A/C compressor Power usage
  Historical mailing list - Ezra Hall
  Tue, 18 Apr 2000 15:41:14 -500
  ...Not wanting to lug around a household A/C unit or install an oversize R/V unit, I thought, why not use the existing...
• WTB: bad Idle Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - jbange
  Fri, 29 Apr 2005 10:35:27 -0700
  Looking for a couple BROKEN idle control modules for a reverse engineering project. Investigating the feasibility of replacing it with a simple microcontroller based...
• Re: Follow Up on Yesterdays Post About New Stereo
  Historical mailing list - James V
  Fri, 17 Jun 2011 10:46:51 -0700
  ...And a few head units allow you to control it directly, so you can - view artist / song, thumbs up/downs, etc on the display...
• Idle stabilizer control
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 9 Jul 2016 12:16:46 -0500
  I am replacing the failed unit, but find that the new unit won't seat all the way. Has about a1/16th or so...
• WTB: Digifant Idle Stabilizer Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Dave
  Tue, 8 Sep 1998 08:28:53 -0500
  I am looking for a used working idle stabilizer control unit for a 2.1 L Digifant system, anyone selling? If you don't...
• digijet control unit
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 21 Jun 1997 23:02:58 -0400
  ...Sat, 21 Jun 1997 23:00:46 -0400 >To:vanagon@lenti.med.umn.edu >From:rainmr85@oneonta.edu (Marc Rainville) >Subject:digijet control unit...
• Hall control unit failure, was: Quantum no-start problem solved( no Vanagon content)
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 2 Nov 1999 07:12:15 -0500
  ...That got me thinking about two things, the coil, it was OK, and the Hall control unit, it was bad. Does anyone know what...
• a fuel pump relay story
  Historical mailing list - brian j
  Thu, 12 Aug 2004 13:43:29 -0700
  a year after my Hall Control unit adventure, my van started doing the same thing again - occasionaly when I hit a bump, the motor...
• idle stabilizer: valve, control unit or both?
  Historical mailing list - Chad Morris
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 17:08:23 -0600
  ...Does this indicate a bad valve, control unit, or both? Aside from replacing with "known good parts", of which I have none at my...
• Re: Idle stabilizer
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 12 Jan 2002 18:49:28 -0500
  ...percent dwell - the >on-off ratio - of the digital control signals from the control unit... The >greater the on-off ration the further open...
• '85 Ignition Control Unit
  Historical mailing list - Dug Smith
  Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:42:51 -0700
  ...I'm now pretty sure it's the ignition control unit. The thing is, BD lists 2 different part numbers (211905351 and 191905351), and...
• WTB: BA-6 Dash Control unit
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 15:45:33 -0500
  ...vanagon for the next 8 weeks and have discovered that the control unit (on-off switch) in the dash has come apart and is...
• Re: Cruise control con't
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:38:28 -0600
  ...Vehicle speed control. Manufactured by: Volkswagen of America,inc Date of Manufacturing: From Aug. 1, 1987 to Dec. 1, 1988 Units Affected: 300 Defect...
• Re: Cruise control tips
  Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
  Tue, 20 Feb 2001 04:41:28 -0000
  ...The control unit location is stated as "behind instrument panel - right" What they mean is: "Behind the glove compartment. If you drop the glove...
• Re: Parts Wanted
  Historical mailing list - Chris Donaldson
  Thu, 28 Mar 2002 22:22:09 -0600
  ...Fuse box cover in black 2 alloy wheel hubcaps Cruise control control unit All 3 Westfalia outlet covers Grey theater style jumpseat Grey front...
• Re: No spark
  Historical mailing list - Shawn
  Sun, 23 Jul 2000 18:23:36 -0500
  John, Thanks for the info, But i thought that was a fuel injection control unit. Shawn
• espar b1l
  Historical mailing list - Kai Mei
  Mon, 17 Dec 2007 00:37:14 -0500
  I have all the parts except the control unit... Anyone know of a source? Prefer used, working.
• WANTED: Idle Stabilizer Control Valve (PN 025906457A)
  Historical mailing list - Fuzzy :philippe
  Wed, 9 Jul 2003 20:33:34 -0700
  This is the 6-8" cylindrical piece typically sitting on top of the engine and is connected to the Idle Stabilizer Control Unit hidden...
• Re: Need help to determine type of Hall control unit
  Historical mailing list - The Old Volks Home
  Tue, 13 Aug 2002 20:29:26 -0700
  ...The Bentley says that "Two different types of Hall control units can be installed." (Fairchild or AEG). Does this mean that either will work...
• Questions & Help
  Historical mailing list - Lee Schelin
  Sun, 20 Jun 1999 10:50:08 -0700
  ...the Idle Speed Control Valve to see if I could get the idle under control. The little valve inside the unit moves freely. I...
• Re: repairing the idle stabilizer unit?
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 18 Dec 2002 12:58:42 -0500
  ...to repair the idle stabilizer unit > in a > 2.1L wasserboxer? It was repairing the idle stabilizer CONTROL unit (that super relay device hiding...
• No spark -- Ignition Control Unit?
  Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
  Wed, 9 May 2007 10:34:17 -0400
  ...good per Bentley, and there's power to the Ignition Control unit (Hall control.) Still, there's no spark. The voltage test across the...
• Re: Idle control relay
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 11:13:06 -0800
  ...On 12/31/2013 1:13 PM, Alain Thibault wrote: > Allo all > Are the idle control units prone to break? Is it a must...
• Emisson Control unit question
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 11 Jun 2003 06:05:44 -0700
  Hello, Does the ECU control the fuel pump? as in .. does it tell it to turn on when the key is turned to on...
• 86-91 vanagon ECU, AFM, ISV controller, etc for sale
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 24 Jan 2004 13:27:43 EST
  ...AFM (have for both 2.1L and 1.9L) ISV controller module relay unit for 2.1L alternator (fits 83-91) plus a bunch...
• Re: Digifant Idle Stabilizer
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 7 Feb 1995 01:15:17 -0400
  >Does anyone out there have the part number for the idle stabilizer control >unit. This is the one located behind the passenger side rear...
• FS: Digifant 2.1L ISCM
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:11:54 -0700
  For sale good used Idle Speed Control Module for Digifant. I tested this unit for about a month of running. Held Idle OK, did...
• bad hall control unit = no spark?
  Historical mailing list - jeff kennedy
  Fri, 11 Mar 2005 07:44:30 -0700
  ...Would a bad hall control unit cause this? The tiico reuses the original digijet one, mine is the telefunken type, original to the van...
• Re: Passed inspection...Now idle is messed up.
  Historical mailing list - S_J_ WACKER
  Fri, 3 Jul 1998 04:22:56 -0700
  ...Could also be the idle stabilizer control unit, located behind the right tail light. This unit can be repaired if you can locate the...
• Re: need some ID on parts
  Historical mailing list - Dave Vieira
  Wed, 28 May 2003 13:42:24 -0700
  ...the > >engine transfer control unit? > > No -- but I don't actually understand what you mean > by "engine transfer > control unit" -- if you mean the...
• OEM vanagon cruise control system FS...
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 26 Jan 2006 20:20:52 EST
  speaking of cruise control....for those of you who are interested in adding cruise control, i have an OEM factory cruise control system for...
• cruise control
  Historical mailing list - John Y. Hung
  Fri, 13 Nov 1998 11:25:39 -0500
  Dear Listmembers, How difficult (and costly) is it to install a cruise control unit on a Vanagon? I have an 84 GL, manual transmission...
• HELP 1985 Westy Losing Power
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 3 Oct 1996 21:13:33 -0700
  ...Lost ignition in Arizona, replaced Hall sender in distributor and Hall generator (control unit) Power problem reapeared in Nevada running north on 95. Seems...
• Euro-Drive: 84 Volkswagen VANAGON, No-start
  Historical mailing list - "Charles Barnes (by way of Derek Drew )"
  Wed, 5 May 1999 12:58:55 -0400
  ...stabilizer ,hall control unit , coil, wires, plugs, OK CLeaned all grounds on engine replacedfuel inj. ,control unit ,same problem -control unit shorted out again...
• Re: Installing Idle stabalizer.
  Historical mailing list - Greg Marshall
  Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:12:41 -0400
  ...Three wires run to the hall control unit, and three > wires run of to the distributor. The idle stabilizer has to plugs, a > short...
• Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 03:44:07 EDT
  ...This can occur for a variety of reasons, but in this case, it was the Hall control unit. My engine management system is Digifant...
• Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - mccullough bob
  Sun, 27 Sep 2020 18:23:43 -0500
  Hey Friends I have a old cruise control unit that came out of my 91 Westy when I rebuilt it. It wasn’t working...
• Re: Idle gremlins still at play
  Historical mailing list - Roy Nicholl
  Tue, 27 Jul 2021 14:56:23 -0300
  ...idle control unit) and more expensive? > > What's the impact of running with the power to the idle control valve disconnected while I await...
• Climate Control Help
  Historical mailing list - Kellen Dengler
  Tue, 30 Nov 2004 16:55:21 -0700
  Hi, So after my last post about the missing mystery knob below the climate control panel on my 1980 Vanagon I had come to...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mike
  Thu, 11 Mar 2010 17:03:01 -0500
  I installed an Audiovox cruise unit in my own ' 87 Westy GL. I needed to add a vacuum storage canister from a Golf /Jetta...
• Cruise Control help
  Historical mailing list - Leigh Ann Zaolino
  Sun, 13 Nov 2005 22:52:01 -0500
  ...cruise control unit located behind the glove box seems to be the problem. Anyone have one of these for sale? Let me know because...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Unit Placement
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 24 Mar 2020 18:27:45 -0400
  ...idle air control valve, but > noticed the idle is still not performing correctly. > > He wants to install an idle stabilizer control unit, but wants...