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• Re: idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 17 Aug 2010 17:09:30 -0700
  ...switch ok and working. > all idle booster and cold start valves have the vacuum blocked at the > manifold<makes no > difference>. > vacuum advance seems...
• Re: bug tranny swap ?
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 4 May 1996 10:49:27 -0400
  ...Ed Gould) writes: > >Would it take anything other than plugging vacuume lines to switch an >auto stick tranny for a true automatic? I think...
• Re: throttle body rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Lewis
  Thu, 15 Aug 2013 13:56:37 -0400
  Mark, Did you notice Gowesty's "Vacuum-Operated Throttle Position Switch (TPS)" replacement? Has anyone experienced this? Ken L. On Thu, August 15, 2013...
• Re: Air Conditioning
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sun, 28 Jul 2002 08:41:11 EDT
  ...an R-134 switchover is easy. Now, getting your system vacuumed and filled is a lot cheaper. (always pull a vacuum!) When you do...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 17:20:37 -0800
  ...have the vacuum tube. > You just have to route the vacuum lines accordingly (see the Bentley). > > Mike > > > > Mike Collum wrote: >> The switch, on the...
• NVC: VW vacuum actuated heater controls
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Oxroad
  Tue, 29 May 2007 15:38:33 EDT
  Having spent the day yesterday troubleshooting the vacuum heat/air cond. control head on my trusty around-town '93 VW Fox I wanted to...
• Re: Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:59:31 -0400
  ...I did use the brake booster vacuum line for my vacuum pickup. I replaced the supplied "T" with one I got from a FLAPS...
• Re: I Love My New Cruise Control (Long)
  Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
  Tue, 6 Jun 2006 23:12:28 -0700
  ...First, I changed the DIP switches on the servo unit to '5000 pulses per minute' (switch one off, switch two on, I believe). Second...
• Re: Idle speed an A/C
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 7 Jun 2006 12:08:31 -0400
  ...I have recenlty repaired or replaced the TB switch, temp sensor 2, injectors, vacuum lines, and cleaned grounds.
• Re: Moral qestion--Now diagnostics
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Thu, 18 Jan 2007 10:54:21 -0800
  ...idle switch tested good, rebuilt AFM, AAR > removed/cleaned/tested good in freezer and warm stove (car starts fine.) No > vacuum leaks--vacuum tests...
• Re: RPM surge
  Historical mailing list - Ken Wilford
  Thu, 16 Jun 2011 09:36:07 -0400
  Idle position switch at throttle body not functioning when engine is hot (I had this on my own personal van and it drove me...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 20:09:14 -0700
  ...Throttle body question > > The little vacuum port on the throttle body - I believe the orifice is > covered by the throttle plate when throttle closed...
• Re: syncro help: diff lock won't disengage
  Historical mailing list - Steven Denis
  Wed, 12 Dec 2001 20:08:41 EST
  ...What to do? TIA, JinNJ >> mae sure it's really locked and not a bad switch.. jack up one side wheel and , with the...
• HOWTO: Audiovox cruise control install experience
  Historical mailing list - Eric Brown
  Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:19:01 -0700
  ...dip switches etc. by just taking off the rear tail light assembly. I left enough room back there to install a vacuum canister if...
• Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Bill Kenneke
  Thu, 9 Oct 1997 23:07:29 +0000
  ...if you can't get it to idle stable) checked vacuum pressure, replace vacuum hoses The engine will surge at idle from 1500 to...
• Re: CO Adjusting Screw. PO Set it All The Way In? Base Setting?
  Historical mailing list - Mike S
  Fri, 22 Jun 2012 09:59:49 -0400
  ...The fuel pump depends on the AFM being open enough to close an internal switch. With the engine off, the throttle plate is closed...
• need parts sources around Ottawa, Canada
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Mon, 21 Jul 1997 17:27:55 EDT
  ...Any mechanic the Ottawa list members can suggest for this job? 3) Need a vacuum pump for the diesel engine ('82 / '83). The vacuum...
• Re: Mystery Switch
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Thu, 12 Aug 2010 06:28:30 EDT
  ...is to release the switch. It has one elctrical connection n one end, and it appears to have a vacuum hose attached to it...
• Re: Understanding AFC fuel injection--question
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 30 Dec 2001 20:39:06 -0500
  ...the AFM fuel pump switch) when the flapper in the AFM opens from intake vacuum. If your thermo time switch (activates a time sequence...
• Vacuum Brake Booster
  Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
  Fri, 23 Aug 2002 09:17:05 -0400
  ...Does anyone have a schematic of the 3 terminal brake pressure switches? My Westy came with 2 terminal brake pressure sensors(a simple switch...
• Re: TRACTION ABUSE re.fr.difflock etc
  Historical mailing list - Dr. Rainer Woitok
  Wed, 2 Dec 1998 13:11:28 +0100
  ...d) You don't have enough vacuum. The diff locks have a separate "vacuum tank" which is sucked empty by the normal air intake...
• Re: opening rear hatch from inside van
  Historical mailing list - Steve Johnson
  Thu, 11 Apr 2002 14:14:46 -0700
  ...switch. I took it into the house and tested it. The electrical part worked: on when depressed, off when not depressed. The vacuum part...
• Re: VDO Fuel Pressure sender?
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Thu, 7 Oct 2004 12:15:47 -0500
  ...Now if I can just get a toggle > > > switch to make the vacuum gauge read volts(yes, I'm taking that too far). > > > > > > thanks...
• Junkyard finds, 85 Syncro (F)
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:30:00 -0700
  ...One thing I saw right away that I wanted was the diff lock vacuum switch and led panel. I am planning to put a...
• Re: Digijet Distributor Questions
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 22 Aug 2001 13:07:23 -0400
  ...Digijet Distributor Questions > I have an '85 1.9l with the vacuum advance/retard distributor. I realize > the two vacuum ports are connected to...
• Re: Throttle body question-Throttle switch!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Fri, 13 Jun 2014 23:14:43 -0400
  The cam is larger and the steps are steeper, the switch has a different lever and requires less travel to operate. Dennis -----Original Message...
• RE: Cruise control for '80-82 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Maher, Steve (SD-MS)
  Tue, 19 Dec 1995 15:05:00 -0800 (PST)
  ...Perversely, when you open the throttle, you get less vacuum. Larger engines have enough extra vacuum to work well anyway, but guess where a...
• Re: Hesitation off idle, throttle body issues?
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Mon, 12 Jan 2015 11:52:22 -0700
  ...throttle body preventing >> accurate adjustment of the switch. Also, the braided hose that the purple >> vacuum tube slips into seems a little damaged, may...
• Re: Surging idle on '87 2.1
  Historical mailing list - vwwoody
  Wed, 8 Oct 2014 23:58:05 -0500
  ...He may have messed up the throttle body > switch. Any thoughts on what to check? I will hook up a vacuum guage and > look...
• Re: Brake light sensor switch adj.
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Tue, 10 Apr 2007 13:39:37 -0400
  The brake light switches are on the master cylinder and only turn on the light when they see pressure. If you pump the pedal...
• Re: black smoke + more
  Historical mailing list - Joe Romas
  Sun, 2 Sep 2001 18:12:57 -0400
  ...are vacuum leak (but I've looked for > one and haven't been able to find one) and idle switch (the little switch > on...
• Re: 85 vanagon throttle body swap... top mounted vs bottom mounted TPS ????
  Historical mailing list - craig cowan
  Sat, 28 Feb 2009 20:35:34 -0500
  ...have the vacuum tube. >> You just have to route the vacuum lines accordingly (see the Bentley). >> >> Mike >> >> >> >> Mike Collum wrote: >> >>> The switch, on the...
• Re: [Syncro] Syncro Lights
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 18 Jan 2000 19:21:34 -0500
  ...The switch to the light is located on the end of the Differential Lock shaft (LHS of Differential). It is a simple switch with...
• Re: I'm Lazy. (Fast idle when cold, sometimes)
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Thu, 8 Sep 2005 09:54:38 -0700
  Well, since it goes away by tapping the throttle, it's probably not a vacuum leak. If the throttle switch and its associated wiring...
• Re: 1.9 Throttle Body
  Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
  Tue, 8 Jun 2004 21:50:17 -0400
  ...There is also a difference in the way the vacuum lines are set up between the 1 switch and the 2 switch installations. Mike...
• Re: vdo gauge
  Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
  Sun, 2 Jan 2000 14:17:33 -0800
  ...above my headlight switch. Then I made the rectangular hole into a round one, and there lives my VDO Vacuum gauge. This was is...
• hesitation
  Historical mailing list - Jason Willenbrock
  Sat, 15 Jul 2006 13:52:00 -0400
  ...what i have done so far is i replaced, ecu, icu, idle stabilizer, idle switch, temp II sensor, cleaned up grounds, sprinkled black butte...
• Re: Throttle valve switch, checking/adjusting
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:34:47 -0400
  The surging at idle is actually a sigh the throttle switch is working. If it wasn't closed when the throttle is closed the...
• Re: Isolating an idle problem?
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Sun, 21 Dec 2014 11:33:35 -0800
  ...My idle control thingy hums as normal and I have no obvious new vacuum leaks. Multiple different fuel sources. Throttle switch seems to conform...
• Re: Compression braking & Power Loss
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 24 Feb 2006 11:48:31 -0500
  ...On gasoline engines it's > >actually VACUUM braking, i.e. the pistons are pulling against a vacuum in > >the intake tract. The big air...
• Re: 1.9l vs. 2.1l throttle body?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:50:21 -0500
  ...have the fitting for the distributor vacuum retard. The earlier 1.9 also has two separate switches for closed and full throttle. Dennis -----Original...
• Re: '89 Auto 2.1 Digijet stalling when pulling away (sometimes).
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Mon, 9 Sep 2002 14:03:22 -0400
  Check all the vacuum hoses and the intake boot. Check the throttle position switch adjustment. Also check the Temp II sensor and fuel pressure...
• Re: cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Golen
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 11:00:04 -0500
  You might want to check the "safety switch" on your brake pedal. It disconnects the cruise control when you touch the brake pedal. Sometimes...
• Re: Rostra 250-1223 Cruise Control
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 7 Jul 2021 22:58:08 +0000
  ...control switch; the power to it; the wiring to the rear of the van; the wire to the brake light for shutdown; vacuum hoses...
• Re: It continues - Engine RPM Hunting 200-500 rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 11 Oct 2010 00:23:40 -0400
  ...Bad intake valves are worse than vacuum leaks. Compression/leak down! For vacuum leaks inspect the manifolds if any signs of rust. They can...
• Re: Aftermarket Cruise Control on a Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - SyncroHead
  Tue, 5 May 1998 02:40:18 EDT
  ...Control mounted on the steering column This might be more accurately described as the "driver input switches". The switches here are inputs to the...
• Re: 1.9 flooding
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Wed, 20 Mar 2019 23:26:23 +0000
  ...Oh...a long time ago with with my '70 bus with aircooled engine, I goofed up and got two of the sparkplug wires switched...
• Re: Rough/nonexistent idle
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Mon, 17 Jan 2000 17:12:34 -0500
  Sounds like a vacuum leak to me. Have you checked for this? I would first suspect the lower injector seals (cost $.25 each), and...
• Zemco Cruise Control, out of business?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 26 Feb 1997 16:51:58 +0200
  ...AP 150 Basic box 'vacuum' with ABE AP 250 Basic box 'electric' with ABE CM 1 Control CM 2 Control CM 3 Control CSI...
• Re: Cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Tue, 3 Dec 2002 10:25:44 -0500
  ...I could probably make it work better with a vacuum reservoir but I havent bothered. My van is stick shift so it just uses...
• Re: Idle Issues with my 2.1 engine
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Fri, 3 Apr 2020 15:56:10 -0600
  The Stumble It did When You Gave It Throttle made Me think > Idle Switch Out Of Adjustment or Not Working ~ On 2 Apr , 2020...
• Re: Cruise Control Sensors
  Historical mailing list - Randy Bergum
  Tue, 20 Oct 1998 10:31:25 -0700
  ...dash, under and to the right of instrument cluster. c. Vacuum Pump. d. Switch stalk at steering wheel. e. Others that I can't...
• Re: Why doesn't fuel shut off?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 30 Oct 2007 00:19:31 -0400
  ...This combined with high manifold vacuum will pull extra fuel through the injectors. They used to use throttle dash pots or the air cooled...
• does air cond. = h.p. loss?
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 12 Sep 1996 23:11:20 -0700
  ...Years ago someone used to sell a vacuum switch that would cut out the AC when the engine was under load so Jim's...
• Re: Mystery module. what the heck is it? '72
  Historical mailing list - Ed Gould
  Thu, 19 Sep 1996 11:05:10 -0400 (EDT)
  ...McKinley wrote: > Ed, > I'm assuming you have a '72. > It's a vacuum advance cutoff switch. If you don't have the stock...
• Re: erratic cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Mon, 6 Apr 2020 13:42:55 -0700
  ...I check all the vacuum lines, no > leaks.. > since it's touchy to the brake pedal I suspect that the switch under > the brake...
• Re: Another heating/cooling question
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Sun, 19 Nov 2000 11:44:37 EST
  Agreed, The coolant pressure gauge readily shows the overnight residual vacuum (~ 1 to 2 inches), air in the system (rate at which pressure rises...
• Re: Idle Surge
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 28 Oct 2011 07:25:55 -0500
  ...AM, T Collins<tonycollin@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > | > |> > |> > |> Short story is: > |> TB switch > |> Vacuums > |> Idle staibalizer > |> Timming > |> > |> > |----- > |No virus found in this message. > |Checked by...
• Audiovox CCS-100 Cruise Control Installation
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Sun, 19 May 2002 12:57:07 -0400
  ...Anyway, I mounted the cruise control switch in place of the rear heater fan switch, since I no longer have a rear heater (http...
• Re: 100v -> 220v switch on fridge?
  Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
  Mon, 7 Jun 1999 14:45:44 -0700
  ...It also makes it easy to vacuum the inside of the car, since you can plug right into the socket in the van rather...