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• Re: Throttle Body Question
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:41:10 -0500
  ...Throttle Body Question > > >> I have an '88GL, 2.1L WBX, manual tranny. The fuel system is Digifant. >> >> The throttle body lays transverse over the...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:15:36 -0400
  ...Throttle body question-Throttle switch! I think tencentlife had a vacuum switch out before GW did. I thought about buying his but stalling as...
• Re: My Vanagon's Inspection Report
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 15 Aug 2000 16:53:37 -0400
  ...The throttle switch indicates both closed-throttle and wide-open throttle. Early engines used two switches for this, clearly visible around the throttle body...
• Re: Questions regarding throttle valve switch
  Historical mailing list - Roger Sisler
  Tue, 24 Jan 2006 18:04:21 -0500
  You can get that switch anywhere, but it costs about $50.Gotta remove the throttle though. The switch just pushes onto the throttle body...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Sun, 9 May 2010 23:18:14 -0500
  ...throttle body fun On 9-May-10, at 2:01 PM, Scott Daniel - Turbovans wrote: > > a concern I have is that a worn TB...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:52:22 -0700
  ...Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues? >> >> Hey guys, >> >> I recently messed with the tps adjustment to try to fix a 'bucking' with >> on/off...
• Re: More Vacuum leak Qs 83 Westy
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 30 Jun 1997 07:10:01 EDT
  Jeff - I recently swapped my Throttle Body onto a 2.1 Center Air Plenum when I did my 2.1 conversion. My only advice...
• 28.8 MPG
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Tue, 31 Aug 2004 15:47:38 -0700
  Well, I finally got around to replacing my air plenum, throttle body, air runner gaskets, FI seals, setting back timing to stock setting and...
• Re: Got our new Throttle Body- going to the mechanic
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 3 Apr 2011 09:55:44 -0400
  ...Got our new Throttle Body- going to the mechanic We put in our new ( rebuilt) throttle body today-- van still runs super rich. We...
• Re: cleaning engine upsets throttle body switch
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Thu, 17 Feb 2005 10:53:31 -0500
  ...Good luck! Tim At 06:21 AM 2/17/2005 -0600, Warren Lail wrote: >I have not replaced the throttle body switch, but I...
• Replacement Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Stuart Fedak
  Tue, 20 Aug 2013 08:43:21 -0400
  Replacement throttle body and Vacuum Switch Module.... http://www.vanistan.com/Vanistan/other_accessories.html Has anyone on list installed this product in their...
• idle problem - fixed
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 16 May 2005 16:22:49 -0700
  ...Yesterday I took off throttle body and cleaned it up. I took out idle adjusting screw and cleaned screw and orifice. It was dirty...
• Adjusting throttle linkage on automatic
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Sat, 23 Feb 2002 16:11:32 -0500
  ...If i turn the rod on the throttle body in too far, it begins to open up the idle on the throttle body.....I...
• Re: Idle Stabilizer Valve - Later UPDATE: problem *NOT* solved!
  Historical mailing list - David McCallum
  Wed, 24 May 2006 15:39:01 -0600
  Quoting Tim Demarest <tim.demarest@POBOX.COM>: > I hope you pulled and cleaned the throttle body first... it's amazing what > gunk between the...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 13:20:04 -0800
  ...Time for a rebuilt throttle body? Anything else I can try first? Is it possible to rebuild a throttle body myself? Thanks
• Re: Throttle body/idle stabilizer woes...
  Historical mailing list - Germain
  Mon, 15 Sep 2003 21:42:22 -0400
  ...Throttle body/idle stabilizer woes... > Hey Everyone, > I am having two problems...first is...my idle stabilizer is not > working...the valve itself has...
• Re: Things your throttle body doesn't want you to know.
  Historical mailing list - David Clarkson
  Sat, 29 May 2010 05:32:16 EDT
  ...David Clarkson 90 Westy-tired old throttle body In a message dated 5/28/2010 12:05:07 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, Jones...
• FS- H4's and 2.1 throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Matt F
  Wed, 7 Nov 2001 13:45:57 -0500
  ...New condition, I bought them from another list member and never used them. $27- includes shipping (1) 2.1L Throttle body, good condition. I...
• Re: Vacuum leak/throttle body seal thread
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Strickrott
  Sat, 16 Nov 2002 10:13:31 -0500
  ...Could the list memeber who posted the part number for the throttle body seal send it to me again? I've had a hard...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 14:39:59 -0500
  ...Apparently the problem is at the throttle body. > This morning it hung up at high RPMS and would not dislodge until the > engine lid...
• Re: Runaway Engine RPMs
  Historical mailing list - John Meeks
  Thu, 10 Oct 2013 21:33:24 -0400
  ...Throttle body and related mechanical stuff are on my weekend list. BTW no recurrence on my commute today. I really don't like intermittent...
• 2.1 Throttle Switch Assmebly on 1.9 with later style switch?
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Sat, 21 May 2016 14:15:41 -0700
  ...Can the Digifant 2.1 throttle switch assembly be used on the 1.9 throttle body with later style switch? I've read of...
• Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shelton
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:27:59 -0400
  ...I was looking at the throttle body and noticed that a lever above the accelerator lever, the one that's attached to a long...
• Re: Oettinger Prepped Vanagon from German Car Mag
  Historical mailing list - Pat Dooley
  Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:12:51 -0500
  In USA, all A1 chassis cars (rabbit, scirocco, jetta 1, cabriolet) have throttle body on flywheel side. Even some A2 cars, like the G60...
• Re: Throttle Switch Adjustment Screw
  Historical mailing list - Ben huot
  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 13:25:11 -0400
  ...Car, plane & stuff) They will have everything you need, especially small metric screws lol, Ben http://www3.sympatico.ca/huotx/engine/throttle_body1.jpg
• Re: Doing a 1.9l to 2.1l swap
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 3 May 2000 22:34:35 -0400
  ...Then I went to put the 1.9l throttle body on the >air box. It is smaller in diameter and won't fit! So...
• WTB: 2.1 WBX throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 26 Mar 2003 22:27:52 -0800
  Hi All- if anyone has a good condition throttle body from a 86 WBX 2.1 engine with switch they would sell me , please...
• pushrod from auto. trans to throttle
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 03:17:35 -0500
  ...When I put in new long block in 2003, engine ran fine with idle screw 1/2-turn CCW and throttle body used with...
• Re: Just replaced the throttle switch and am having drivability issues
  Historical mailing list - Ron Mueller
  Tue, 7 Feb 2006 01:22:30 -0600
  ...However,both throttle bodys have wiring harnesses from the ECU that contain only 2 wires. The throttle body that has the 2 switches ,has...
• Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Pablo Bonilla
  Thu, 18 May 2006 14:26:11 -0600
  ...I'm being told that the throttle valve has worn out the throttle body with the years of use, so it is not closing...
• 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...
• vanagon syndrome plus poor gass economy
  Historical mailing list - Ellen Robey
  Tue, 4 Aug 2009 08:08:40 -0400
  ...mechanic thinks it is coming from the throttle body itself, all hoses intact. I am going to get: idle control valve, new throttle body...
• Re: Throttle body question
  Historical mailing list - Angus Gordon
  Wed, 11 Jun 2014 11:49:30 -0700
  ...Angus On Wed, Jun 11, 2014 at 9:04 AM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: > The little vacuum port on the throttle body...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Craig Cowan
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 08:09:14 -0400
  ...Throttle body question-Throttle switch! > > I think tencentlife had a vacuum switch out before GW did. I thought about > buying his but stalling as...
• Tiico fuel rail spewing solved
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:10:56 EDT
  ...The throttle-body housing was making too much contact with the fuel rail, which put pressure on it and made it leak. I took...
• Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
  Historical mailing list - Brendan Slevin
  Sat, 11 Apr 2009 07:38:11 -0700
  ...body. >> This is a 91 engine, did they have one? >> > > Yes, the single switch is beneath the throttle body. You absolutely need a > throttle...
• Re: Throttle body/idle stabilizer woes...
  Historical mailing list - Marla Stelk
  Wed, 17 Sep 2003 11:36:15 -0400
  ...I had similar problems - my idle stabilizer wasn't buzzing and my throttle body was all gunked up from when my transmission seal blew...
• Re: Bogging 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Fri, 30 Jun 2006 16:21:32 -0400
  ...Once I cleaned out the throttle body, so that the throttle could *close* far enough to trigger the switch, I was able to get...
• Re: Advice needed: engine speed jumping abruptly
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Thu, 28 Jan 1999 19:59:00 PST
  >3.) reset the switches on the throttle body. I recently had the tranny >out for a rebuild, and I had not adjusted the accelerator...
• Re: throttle body fun
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sun, 9 May 2010 18:13:43 -0700
  ...Shaft was not nearly as worn as my spare throttle body which I am in process of rebuilding with delrin bushes and new butterfly...
• Re: Auto tranny slipping
  Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
  Sat, 21 Aug 2004 13:54:53 -0400
  ...start with the throttle cable to the arm making sure it tight then the linkage from the arm to the throttle body Bob Donalds
• Re: An intro and Throttle Body leak question
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 16 Mar 2011 13:13:08 -0700
  keep in mind there are two styles of 1.9 throttle body .. depending on which switch arrangement it has. it Susie's has a...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 01:14:36 EDT
  ...slop in the fit of the throttle plate shaft to a worn throttle body can allow the throttle to rotate about a slightly displaced...
• Re: Looking for new TBS # 067906028 (was Idle Surge)
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Wed, 7 Aug 2013 09:00:55 -0700
  Got GoWesty's mailer the other day; they have a complete rebuilt throttle body including switch for $299. Also, for around $80, Van Cafe...
• Re: FS: ECU and AFM for 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Tom Stone
  Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:40:18 EDT
  ...I'm not sure about the throttle body though. I converted my '85 to use a 2.1 and the '85 throttlebody fit the...
• 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
  ...Apparently the problem is at the throttle body. >> This morning it hung up at high RPMS and would not dislodge until the >> engine lid...
• throttle position switch
  Historical mailing list - Ed Carroll
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 15:19:48 -0400
  ...Is the eccentric cam adjustment component of the Digifant throttle position switch a function of the switch body, or of the throttle valve body...
• First, apologies
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Thu, 22 Jun 2006 17:11:41 -0700
  ...remove the air filter / intake stuff until everything is clear to the right of the throttle body, disconnect everything you need to from the...
• Throttle adjustments help wanted
  Historical mailing list - Johan Nyberg
  Thu, 13 May 1999 17:39:09 +0100
  ...I'd like some tips on the two settings on the FI throttle body. 1. The idle position of the throttle, and its relation...
• 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: Surging at Idle (2.1 Digifant)
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 16:58:20 -0700
  ...Check the adjustment and operation of the throttle switches, namely the throttle-closed switch. While you are at the throttle body, check for excessive...
• Re: Throttle Body Problems
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Fri, 21 Jan 2000 18:50:13 +0100
  KENWILFY@AOL.COM wrote: > > What would cause a throttle body to go bad (dirt coming past the filter?)? Isn't there a small potentiometer...
• 83 vanagon parts for sale
  Historical mailing list - Brian Jones
  Tue, 10 Oct 2000 18:19:44 EDT
  hi all- selling parts from my subaru conversion parts are: > wiring harness- engine compartment $25.00 ; intake manifolds-center section and throttle body-$60...
• Re: throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:58:15 -0400
  ...throttle body housing > Greetings everyone, > > I need a new throttle body housing, complete. Mine is worn inside and the butterfly valve is sticking. > The...
• Re: pushrod from auto. trans to throttle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:28:29 -0800
  ...I'd be checking how the shaft fits in the throttle body. the length of the rod affects when it shifts . I forget which...
• throttle bodies - older motor with 85 tb??
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 1 Apr 1997 18:21:15 -0500
  ...The first question I have is about the throttle body. On mine there is ONE switch for idle and wide open. The engine now...
• Re: AFM, throttle body needed
  Historical mailing list - George Goff
  Tue, 19 Jul 2005 07:04:29 EDT
  In a message dated 7/19/05 6:09:07 AM, RAlanen@AOL.COM writes: << rebuild throttle bodies. They are completely disassembled, cleaned, wear...
• Re: 2.1L throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:00:56 -0500
  Hi Chris, I have had plenty of offers for the throttle body, plus plenty of good advice on repairing my old unit. So I...
• Re: Lever on Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 14 Jun 2014 06:03:03 -0700
  ...1985 1.9L for some time. > > I was looking at the throttle body and noticed that a lever above the > accelerator lever, the one...
• Re: vanagon syndrome plus poor gass economy
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 5 Aug 2009 06:15:11 EDT
  ...Throttle bodies do wear out, especially the butterfly grinding a groove in the throat of the body opening. I fix this and add shims...