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• 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...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal Attachment?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 8 Feb 2014 08:59:02 -0500
  ...07, 2014 10:34 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Accelerator Pedal Attachment? The pedal came loose at the floor. ETKA shows pop...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 11:15:10 -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: Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sat, 3 Dec 2022 17:11:44 -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: Automtatic Tranny Kickdown
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Thu, 12 Feb 2004 00:16:24 -0500
  ...will only kickdown to a lower gear when I push the > accelerator all the way to the floor, and then press even harder, and...
• 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: Redding?
  Historical mailing list - Andree
  Wed, 7 Dec 2011 12:26:51 -0800
  ...Of course the accelerator pedal detaches from the floor at about the same time! Andree Ps and I was hoping to get to San...
• Engine Racing (not racing engine...)
  Historical mailing list - Kevin Gilbert
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:41:51 -0400
  ...I have to throw it into neutral and give the accelerator a hard punch to drop the rpm. Tell me what to check. Thanks...
• Re: 1982 accelerator cable needs replacement-resend due to no replies
  Historical mailing list - Matt Price-Hutchinson
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 13:55:09 +0100
  ...1982 accelerator cable needs replacement-resend due to no replies Dear folks, I got no responses on this one last week, so I'm...
• Re: Camelback VW / Accel. cable
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Thu, 12 Oct 2000 22:08:17 -0400
  S Sittservl (Ssittservl@aol.com) said on the date of 10/12/00 4:14 PM >When my accelerator cable went bad a couple...
• Re: More Energy Saving (driving)
  Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
  Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:55:44 -0400
  ...26/2006 -0400, Kim Brennan wrote: >Yep, no foot on the accelerator. Coming down from Monarch I didn't >need to downshift. Just stayed...
• Re: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Steve Macaulay
  Fri, 9 Jul 1999 08:10:59 -0700
  >(far as I can tell anyway given the > obscure interface of the vent controls) - anyone got > > any idea where this Hi John, Check out...
• What causes the hopping action?
  Historical mailing list - Kent Allen
  Fri, 13 Aug 2004 19:10:10 EDT
  Can anyone provide some insight into this? What is it that causes the normal hop or engine shimmy when abruptly releasing accelerator or when...
• Re: O2 sensor problems
  Historical mailing list - Lastfogel, Darren
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 12:30:44 -0400
  ...when I put my transmission back in, the accelerator cable got loosened up a bit. I have tightened up the accelerator rod in the...
• Throttle switch--lazy sometimes, per digitool
  Historical mailing list - Tom L. Neal
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 10:10:16 -0700
  ...If the accelerator is let off abruptly, it switches, but if the accelerator is let off normally, the switch doesn't come on. Sprayed...
• 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: The Subtle Joys of Busdom
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Tue, 6 Feb 2007 12:15:10 -0800
  --- David O'Shea <DOShea@GEOMATRIX.COM> wrote: > but they hit the accelerator and rapidly vanished over the horizon. Ah, yes, now I know why...
• 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...
• Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Fri, 20 Apr 2007 12:12:00 -0600
  ...throttle cable. (so more cable pull is required for a particular accelerator motion) Tried the same here (though cable bracket won't move very...
• Re: Hesitation while driving (manual)
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Fri, 16 Oct 2015 19:29:06 -0700
  spark, fuel and air when the engine is idling, you already have spark when you press on the accelerator, fuel and air will going...
• Thanks re accelerator linkage
  Historical mailing list - Judith Barr/Leo Girard
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:51:30 -0400
  Thanks to all the listees (6 in all already after posting at midnight last night) about my broken throttle linkage. Haven't gotten under...
• Re: Sticky Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Kitzmann
  Sun, 1 Jul 2001 10:57:14 -0400
  I had the throttle keep sticking in my Syncro after and accident. Problem didn't crop up for about 400 miles after the accident...
• diesel pump parts
  Historical mailing list - Bradley Flubacher
  Tue, 11 Jun 2002 13:20:03 -0400
  ...Consequently, the accelerator pedal is a bit tough to depress. I'm wondering if anyone has the complete assembly for sale, springs, levers and...
• Throttle body questions
  Historical mailing list - lauterba
  Sun, 28 Sep 2003 16:12:09 -0400
  ...one has to do in change out the connection to the accelerator pedal and screw it back to the intake manifold? John Lauterbach Macon...
• Re: Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:56:48 -0800
  ...Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic > Jeff, I just went out and looked at my sticky tranny on my garage floor. > Check the joint...
• Re: Need advice on replacing accelerator pedal(correction!)
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Wed, 21 Aug 2002 12:52:24 -0500
  ...Since the accelerator on my van has recently started to stick again, your post reminded me to do something. I just went out and...
• Re: Accelerator pedal rivets
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 7 Apr 2005 06:07:38 EDT
  ...Last year, the rivets holding accelerator pedal to the floor gave up on my '84. Today, they gave up on my '85. Must be...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sat, 3 Dec 2022 12:58:05 -0800
  ...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: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:46:53 -0400
  ...2012 5:55 AM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: Accelerator cable If it's an automatic and the ball joint is rusted...
• Re: broken accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 13:34:46 -0400
  In a message dated 7/31/2015 1:25:58 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, monkey_lips@yahoo.com writes: the plastic "bendy" part...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - michael martens
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 14:47:58 -0500
  My accelerator pedal is sticking when I floor it. I assume it would be best to replace the cable. How long should this operation...
• Re: Accelerator sticks
  Historical mailing list - Mark Edwards
  Wed, 1 Sep 2004 15:54:56 -0600
  >My accelerator pedal is sticking when I floor it. I assume it would be >best to replace the cable. How long should this operation...
• 1982 accelerator cable needs replacement-resend due to no replies
  Historical mailing list - Paul Chubbuck
  Mon, 9 Jul 2007 06:39:05 -0600
  ...Thanks, Paul _____ Some time ago, due apparently to arcing from the accelerator cable to my battery isolator terminals, that cable broke in mid-trip...
• 1983.5 idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Ian Steele
  Wed, 1 Jan 2014 21:03:52 -0600
  ...But after about 30 seconds, the idle drops and will stall unless I quickly press the accelerator.. This must be held until I actually...
• Re: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 16:18:43 -0400
  > > Just trying to figure out why the part failed like it did. The bolt just > kept turning and the end splayed out further and...
• Re: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:56:55 -0400
  Thanks Larry - that's a good idea. I already have the lever removed and have tried many different "force" type things to get it...
• Thanks...
  Historical mailing list - Stu Schwartz
  Thu, 4 Mar 1999 04:29:27 -0500
  ...Several weeks ago my '91 MS MAGIC...started "racing" like the spring on the accelerator was stuck... Several of you suggested how to fix...
• Re: alternator kicking in after first rev up.
  Historical mailing list - dr
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 15:09:10 -0500
  ...I hit the accelerator once and the light goes out. >I have had two Vanagons where the alternator did'nt charge until the >engine...
• 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...
• Start/No Start 87 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Suniga, Durby
  Tue, 22 Apr 1997 08:01:02 -0700
  ...This morning, the van started but only with a little coaxing on the accelerator (if I did not press on the accelerator, it would...
• 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: Accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 22:24:28 -0800
  ...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: Accelerator Pedal problem, so I think....
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 01:41:25 -0400
  ...today down to the beach, cruising > down the > road and my Accelerator Pedal felt like It was literally leaning / > falling > off toward the left...
• Re: No reverse? Fixed
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Wed, 19 Nov 2008 19:44:06 -0800
  ...It was the accelerator cable (and covering) that was resting on the shaft, the shaft boot was pushed up against the transmission allowing the...
• Re: dies when overheated
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Tue, 7 Aug 2012 08:13:54 -0600
  ...Right foot > accelerator- left foot brake. > A few miles later its running on its own. > All fine? > Head for home: White Salmon to Washougal...
• Re: Solex Parts
  Historical mailing list - Mark A Thomas
  Tue, 27 Sep 1994 22:31:39 -0500 (CDT)
  ...Also, I recently bought locally a barrel nut that you use to attach the accelerator cable (they always fall out when I'm not...
• 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...
• acceleration flat spot
  Historical mailing list - William Duff
  Thu, 11 May 1995 15:48:47 DST
  ...Upon accelerating from any speed the engine sputters as if the accelerator pump is not doing it's thing ( it probably isn't). I...
• Auto to 4-Speed Trans Conversion...need help
  Historical mailing list - Dave Rodriguez
  Mon, 16 Aug 1999 23:50:05 EDT
  ...The only subsystems that I have to complete are the hydraulics for the clutch, the electrical stuff, and the accelerator cable. The hydraulics are...
• CV Joints knocking?
  Historical mailing list - Mary Beth and Chris Geiser
  Fri, 29 Dec 2000 22:34:44 -0600
  ...If I let off the accelerator, it goes away. I've had the van about a year, so I don't know the history...
• Re: Gas Consumption
  Historical mailing list - Sean Birkner
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 17:45:27 EST
  ...Sometimes when I start the van, put it in gear, and hit the accelerator, the van don't want to move. Other times I...
• 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: 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...
• 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: 1981 Accelerator Cable: Barrel Clamp Failure. How?
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 26 Apr 2018 19:33:57 -0400
  Or cadmium plating, but that has become uncommon over concerns about cadmium's nastiness. Yrs, d On Thu, Apr 26, 2018 at 7:29...
• Re: Passing another Westfalia
  Historical mailing list - Sam Williams
  Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:26:20 -0400
  ...They had a hand accelerator cable on the dash. It was working off the front of the accelerator pedal and was used to drive...
• 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: Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Thu, 8 Jul 1999 21:16:52 -0700
  ...Very Hot Blowing over Accelerator Pedal > At 15:41 7/8/99 -0700, Stuart MacMillan wrote: > >More likely the water control valve is not...
• broken accelerator pedal
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jul 2015 09:53:26 -0700
  so my gas pedal just detached from the floor of my 82 westy. it originally was a diesel, I'm not sure if the...
• Re: '81 air-cooled engine stall (increase idle speed)
  Historical mailing list - S DaRoota
  Wed, 23 Sep 2020 21:29:57 -0700
  ...It's fine if I > keep the idle speed up a little with my foot on the accelerator. And while > moving there's a...