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• Re: New to list
  Historical mailing list - Rob
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 21:22:08 -0700
  At 9/12/2006 06:14 PM, Scott Schuyler wrote: >Does anybody out there know where to buy a replacement accelerator rod >for an...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 22 May 2023 14:53:27 -0500
  ...detached accelerator pedal. >>> >>> Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Re: accelerator/throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:02:55 -0700
  ...accelerator/throttle cable > My 83.5 has a very sticky gas pedal. It refuses to go always, But > when it let go it let...
• Re: Toolkit
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Wed, 24 Nov 1999 17:54:18 -0500
  Or for those who prefer preventative maintenance, you can easily access, inspect, lubricate with graphite, or replace your accelerator cable today in your drive...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Accelerator Cable Sticking
  Historical mailing list - Frank Terhaar-Yonkers
  Thu, 12 Dec 1996 11:11:59 GMT
  You have water in the cable. Crawl under you van and trace the cable back fron the front. You'll find various couplings along...
• 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: Just when you think...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:40:24 -0800
  ...what they call a mountain here in the Smokies) when the accelerator cable broke. We were alone, around 60 miles from home, well out...
• '84 1.9L 2-WD -- cold start problems still the same after new O2-sensor, new Temp II sensor, and new plugs
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Sat, 18 Jun 2011 12:43:56 -0400
  ...Start engine w/o foot on accelerator pedal. Engine starts and goes to around 800 rpm (instrument panel tachometer). If slight pressure put on...
• I-4 conversion begins
  Historical mailing list - John \"Shaggy\" Donovan
  Mon, 7 May 2001 19:16:57 EDT
  ...Any insight on wiring or what else may be a problem(accelerator cable?) would be helpfull. thanks again. shaggy
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Mon, 22 May 2023 11:11:01 -0400
  ...detached accelerator pedal. >>> >>> Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Re: Still need help/ball and socket joint end of throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Ian Cameron
  Mon, 28 Jun 1999 11:40:11 -0700
  ...has deigned to help out. >At the rear end of the accelerator cable installation (85 automatic) there >is a snap on (ball & socket) union...
• QUICK! Need someone to measure their syncro van...
  Historical mailing list - Simon Reinhardt
  Sat, 5 Oct 2002 15:24:35 -0600
  ...of metal that goes between the two castings that hold the accelerator cable and the clutch cylinder bracket. I need to know how far...
• Re: Compatibility of A1 Rabbit/Jetta Autotrans
  Historical mailing list - Karl Ploessl
  Sun, 13 Dec 2009 20:29:55 -0500
  ...With the selector lever at E, the declutching valve, build into the kickdown valve is opened by the accelerator cable whenever the accelerator is...
• Re: 1982 accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
  Sun, 8 Jul 2007 19:16:39 -0500
  ...I believe all I really need is an appropriately sized cable > (bicycle shop?), the cable ends or stops, and some way to attach them...
• Re: D'oh! Accelerator cable woes...
  Historical mailing list - Bob O'Shaughnessy
  Wed, 21 Jul 1999 21:11:22 -0400
  ...driving along and by gas pedal falls to the floor! The cable >snapped in the back where it connects to the throttle mechanism. It...
• Re: 80 Vanagon Accelerator Cable Sticking
  Historical mailing list - Thoreau
  Fri, 13 Dec 1996 11:42:15 -0600 (CST)
  On Fri, 13 Dec 1996, Beth Young wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Dec 1996, Mark Howser wrote: > > > > Hey folks, > > > > My acclerator cable is sticking when...
• Acceleratro cable
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 08:24:03 -0500
  ...I have a brand new accelerator cable for my 90' Carat (automatic) and I need to install it. Shouldn't be too hard except...
• Can O2-sensor make engine run too lean?
  Historical mailing list - John Lauterbach
  Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:15:00 -0500
  ...We made sure connections were tight and connector end of cable was not grounded. Once engine is warmed up, it lacks power when starting...
• Re: 85 vanagon; aaccelerator (throttle) cable snapped
  Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
  Wed, 23 Jun 1999 19:22:10 -0300
  ...pulled the old cable out of the sleeve (this of course involved removing the spare tyre, the cover to the accelerator linkage up under...
• '72 engine questions
  Historical mailing list - Ed.
  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:56:18 EDT
  ...It is spring loaded and actuated by a cable that goes straight down. It is resemblent of the accelerator hookup. If any one could...
• 1.9 Manual Trans Accelerator Cable Replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 16 May 2013 10:43:07 -0400
  Per a request from a list member here is my write up on replacing the Accelerator Cable for a 1.9 Manual Trans (this...
• Re: help needed re removal of ball and socket joint
  Historical mailing list - Denis Mezihorak
  Fri, 25 Jun 1999 21:35:51 -0700
  ...help needed re removal of ball and socket joint > Hi again > Still stuck on the final step of installing accelerator cable on 85 Vanagon...
• Re: Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Mon, 10 Sep 2012 07:12:08 -0400
  ...cable ! > > > On 2012-09-07, at 11:44 AM, Automatic digest processor <LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> wrote: > >> I don't know whether that cable...
• 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: Rusty parts (Auto Trans and accelerator cable)
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:31:12 -0400
  ...So eventually the cable end let go it's death grip on that ball. Had I been thinking I would have ordered some POR...
• Re: Transmission in Portland
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 28 Sep 2013 09:03:15 -0400
  ...The accelerator linkage is critical. The first adjustment is the cable between the pedal and the transmission lever. The lever has a detent for...
• Just when you think...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Sun, 27 Feb 2011 17:53:21 -0800
  ...I wish I had a spare accelerator cable! Let see, with some fishing line and chewing gum... Fortunately I'm only 60 miles from...
• High idle (possible fix)
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 14 Apr 1997 18:30:48 -0700
  ...didn't completely close of its own accord even with the accelerator cable removed from its clamp). I fished the spring out from under...
• cool LED testers on Ebay
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 00:31:55 -0700
  ...Also for sale is a automatic vanagon accelerator cable. my eBay name is wrmrwgn Thanks- Robert K 1982 Westfalia _________________________________________________________________ Compare Cable, DSL or Satellite...
• Re: Jerks/surges when going from coasting to acceleration
  Historical mailing list - Martin Jagersand
  Sat, 21 Apr 2007 13:52:56 -0600
  ...of the throttle cable. > > (so more cable pull is required for a particular accelerator motion) > > > > Tried the same here (though cable bracket won't...
• Re: Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon? and some more..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Fri, 14 May 2010 06:55:12 -0700
  ...He had made his own accelerator cable for the swap (ABA in line > four) and I decided to go with a Tiico cable that...
• Re: Important maintenance item for those with automatic transmissions
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Tue, 11 Jun 2019 11:54:19 -0700
  ...SeanG > On Jun 11, 2019, at 11:16 AM, Stuart MacMillan <stuartmacm@gmail.com> wrote: > > Accelerator cables have a hard life on the automatic...
• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Palmer
  Mon, 22 May 2023 16:16:47 -0500
  ...detached accelerator pedal. >>>> >>>> Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...
• Re: Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Roger VanTill
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 17:56:41 -0500
  ...So far as I can tell everything is hooked up properly - accelerator cable > is > new, throttle moved freely and easily by hand, return spring...
• Re: Failed emission test
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Wed, 1 Jun 2011 12:46:40 -0400
  At 12:19 PM 6/1/2011, Daryl Christensen wrote: >Might be as simple as the accelerator cable not releasing to idle quite >enough...
• Re: Throttle Body Removal
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 5 May 2011 09:34:12 -0700
  ...Throttle Body Removal > Hey Folks, > Trying to get the accelerator cable off the throttle body, threaded rod > passing through the linkage, have the Bentley...
• Re:Long distance driving
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 16 Apr 96 18:38:58
  ...cap, rotor arm, capacitor, plug lead and cap, points, fuses, accelerator cable, clutch cable...simple little annoyances that are a pain if you dont...
• 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...
• Re: "sticky" new Gowesty throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Stacy Schneider
  Thu, 5 Oct 2017 12:05:56 -0700
  ...TB sticking or the accelerator cable. Disconnect the cable and test the TB opening and closing smoothly. These cables have a bellows that fails...
• Re: Stuck accelerator at throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:01:17 -0700
  ...where the throttle cable connects to that ball there.. that you can barely see up on in there .. it's common that that cable...
• [Diesel]Fuel pump leak
  Historical mailing list - Chibong Oh
  Thu, 17 Jun 1999 03:53:52 -0400
  Dear VWfans, My Vanagon has fuel leak in inject pump, actually control lever shaft attached accelerator cable, I guess. The fuel drop directly over...
• Re: accelerator/throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:51:35 -0500
  ...accelerator/throttle cable > > >>My 83.5 has a very sticky gas pedal. It refuses to go always, But >>when it let go it let...
• Funny Problem (Ok it wasn't funny until after I fixed it!) - Kinda long
  Historical mailing list - Dave Williams
  Tue, 29 Feb 2000 08:19:19 -0700
  ...I went to reattach the accelerator cable and came up short. At this point I decided that it would be a good idea to...
• Re: Just when you think...
  Historical mailing list - Aaron
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 17:38:56 -0800
  ...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: Bit of Toyota Syndrome in '84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 15 Mar 2010 19:21:38 -0700
  True, the throttle cable with outer sheath on the rear part can get old/sticky/worn etc. But that's not what I find...
• Re: Frozen Accelerator Cable
  Historical mailing list - Tim Vogelin
  Tue, 9 Mar 1999 20:24:35 -0600
  ...Many of the answers I received pointed to taking out the throttle cable and greasing up the inside of the tube and stuff. I...
• Re: Essential replacement parts I keep in my camper
  Historical mailing list - Jim Arnott
  Sat, 15 Jun 2013 09:47:30 -0700
  ...I carry a couple feet of fuel line, an ECU and an accelerator cable. Jim No problem is too small or too trivial if...
• What's the best thing you've ever done to your Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Troy
  Sat, 28 May 2011 18:44:13 -0800
  ...difference, I thought I'd gone to heaven with a new accelerator cable. Limited slip differential is definitely high on the list. If you...
• Re: Stiff Accelerator - '90 2.1 Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 11 Nov 2009 05:42:41 EST
  ...So far as I can tell everything is hooked up properly - accelerator cable is new, throttle moved freely and easily by hand, return spring...
• Re: Gas pedal woes
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Thu, 6 Sep 2012 23:14:20 -0600
  ...is cheap. > > http://www.van-cafe.com/home/van/search?keywords=accelerator+cable&x=0&y=0 > > Mark > > David M wrote: >> Gas pedal was...
• Re: '72 engine questions
  Historical mailing list - David Schwarze
  Mon, 9 Oct 1995 08:26:04 -0700 (PDT)
  ...It is spring loaded and actuated by a cable that > goes straight down. It is resemblent of the accelerator hookup. If > any one could...
• accelerator stuck
  Historical mailing list - John P. Flaherty
  Thu, 16 Sep 1999 21:03:47 -0400
  ...The cable was snug, but not taut. Wiggling it didn't help. I nursed it home, but it was too wet to climb under...
• Re: and while we're at it ... (he's after the Unknowns again!)
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 13 Sep 1994 14:48:10 -0400 (EDT)
  ...clutch and accelerator cables are longer than >the ones for left hand drive! I had problem this year when my >cable broke twice! Once...
• Re: Accelerator Pedal
  Historical mailing list - Jamie Auch
  Sat, 3 Dec 2022 20:08:11 -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...
• Transmission quits after 310,000 miles
  Historical mailing list - Rico Dagastino
  Sun, 13 Nov 2011 11:30:36 -0500
  ...I have an automatic transaxle, accelerator cable, axles, shifter, starter from and 84 that I would like to install. The only part I am...
• engine revving at idle
  Historical mailing list - Mark
  Wed, 7 Jul 2010 23:36:03 -0400
  ...I haven't worked on this part of the van yet, so I'm not familiar with how the accelerator cable hooks up and...
• Re: Minimal vanagon support kit
  Historical mailing list - Al Knoll
  Sun, 6 Sep 2009 20:23:00 -0700
  Oh yeah, I forgot the throttle / accelerator cable. I tend to think of those things that will stop your diva in mid aria (stop...
• Re: How Exactly Does the Vanagon Automatic Know When To Shift?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Mon, 31 Aug 1998 00:49:52 -0400
  ...Make sure the accelerator cable is properly adjusted. Particularly the linkage to the throttle body. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Scott DeSanti <Scooter061@AOL.COM...
• Re: Sticky Throttle Cable
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 6 Jan 95 23:48:23 AST
  ...throttle cable without removing it.? My >cable in my 1987 Syncro is beginning to bind and makes some weird noises when >the accelerator pedal...
• Re: improbable fixes
  Historical mailing list - Theodore Hoekman
  Sun, 25 Nov 2012 09:22:03 -0500
  ...The accelerator cable on my 66 VW squareback disintegrated at the pedal, the little metal crank stamped onto the end of the cable came...