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• Re: sticky accelerator pedal...
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Fri, 5 Dec 2003 17:38:44 -0500
  If it's an automatic, also check the linkage at the tranny. Edward At 07:00 AM 12/5/2003, you wrote: >In a...
• Re: gas pedal > accelerator linkage question
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Tue, 24 May 2011 07:12:21 -0700
  ...gas pedal > accelerator linkage question > | > |The issue is not the angle of the dangle, the issue is that > |the pedal needs more range of...
• Anyone have a Eurovan Diesel?
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 20 Feb 95 21:11:49 EST
  ...I never got better than 23-24 -- with the diesel, your foot tends to floor the accelerator at all times. Cetin cs@sypro.com
• vibrating noise??
  Historical mailing list - Jenny Loerzel
  Wed, 2 May 2001 11:59:16 -0500
  ...It continues to do it even if the accelerator is not being pressed down. It doesn't do it, however, when the brakes are...
• 82 won't idle when hot, hard hot start
  Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:12:34 -0400
  ...If I hold the accelerator down to make a fast idle it stays running no problem but this is a PITA as I decelerate...
• 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...
• Re: 87 Westy Trouble Starting in Cold
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Fri, 21 Jun 2002 19:49:44 -0500
  ...The only way it will > start is to floor the accelerator and hold it there (taken from an archive > suggestion; it works). Once it...
• 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: Fwd: Automatic Trans Question...
  Historical mailing list - Bob Berkemer
  Fri, 12 Dec 1997 16:59:54 -0600
  ...Vanagon@gerry.cdsc.edu > > just wondered how many of you with Auto transmissions find yourself driving w/ > the accelerator mashed to the floor... > > chris
• Cutting out
  Historical mailing list - Darrel Combs
  Sat, 23 Nov 2002 05:59:14 -0500
  ...Ok here is the problem when i mashed the accelerator down it wanted to almost shut off. But it would pick up and run...
• Re: Acceleratro cable
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Fri, 13 Apr 2007 11:05:37 -0500
  ...On 4/13/07, Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote: > > RE Accelerator Cable > You probably got the wrong cable, can be ordered for either...
• cruise control
  Historical mailing list - Mervyn Readman
  Tue, 4 Dec 2007 09:31:38 -0500
  ...Then I would press the cruise button and I could feel it press the accelerator slightly but then fully disengage. Now there is nothing...
• Re: Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 11:10:51 -0500
  ...driving the idle >to zero unless you press down on the accelerator pedal to keep the idle >up. Once the engine is fully warmed...
• transmission problem?
  Historical mailing list - Durby Suniga
  Thu, 22 Mar 2001 09:46:20 -0800
  ...When I step on the accelerator, the van doesn't move forward instantly. It feels like it's not engaged, then suddenly it engages...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:45:20 -0800
  On Tue, Nov 16, 2010 at 7:32 AM, Don Hanson <dhanson928@gmail.com> wrote: > �My gas pedal has become a little 'touchy' lately...
• Stumblin' and misfiren'
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 14 Jul 94 18:38:53 PDT
  ...Sometimes, when pushing down the accelerator, the engine hesitates and doesn't seem to be firing. This behaviour is worse when rpms are less...
• 84 Westy 1.9 TD
  Historical mailing list - Harry Patrick
  Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:38:40 -0400
  ...Relays are destroyed as well as the cold start cable, accelerator cable, vacumm hoses, crankcase vent hoses etc. Vehicle has only 132K and engine...
• 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...
• Re: Syncro Westie pages
  Historical mailing list - John Anderson
  Wed, 30 Oct 1996 23:13:34 -0500
  ...nearly 10 years after some idiot ran her kid through the garage wall with the accelerator slammed to the floor. John vwbus@netbiz.net
• Re: glad to meet you
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Tue, 26 Nov 2002 08:00:45 EST
  ...Driving down the road, if I eased back on the accelerator, even a little, the engine would cut out. Turn the key off then...
• Re: Simplest and best engine swap going
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Thu, 17 Jul 2003 06:12:31 -0700
  ...Dana > > Looks like he also kept the accelerator cable in the original location > and added an extension on it. > > On Wednesday, July 16, 2003...
• Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Tue, 7 Dec 2010 07:41:16 -0500
  ...It has been my impression that the accelerator pump in a carbureted system is, in part, designed to cope with the loss of vacuum...
• Re: It's not moving...UGH!!!
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 15:00:22 -0500
  ...Now my Vanagon has had some recent transmission problems where when > you step on the accelerator, it just revs and then accelerates very slowly...
• 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: Stalling at Idle when cold
  Historical mailing list - Ken Lewis
  Tue, 16 Sep 1997 12:56:32 EDT
  ...Have someone slowly depress accelerator pedal while you listening engine compartment. As the linkage starts to move you should hear the switch click. If...
• Re: need diesel vanagon accelator linkage
  Historical mailing list - Southard
  Sun, 22 Aug 1999 23:23:22 -0400
  ...This is the cable that has one end that gets screwed to the accelerator pedal and the other end that attaches to the lever...
• Fw: Re: Driving & camping in Mexico (No Vanagon Content)
  Historical mailing list - Roy O.
  Sun, 3 Sep 2000 12:59:14 -0500
  ...Whatever the reason for the many traffic fatalities along this route, seeing the white crosses certainly makes a person back off on the accelerator...
• Tiico won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Hinkle
  Wed, 6 Mar 2002 12:29:37 -0600
  ...When I try to start it and step on the accelerator, I can smell gas in the back. Am really stumped and would appreciate...
• Re: '90 MV running lean at 2500rpm
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Wed, 20 Nov 2013 08:20:21 -0500
  ...Mashing the accelerator closes the full throttle switch which will largely ignore the O2 sensor. As another test try cycling the ignition switch. If...
• Re: '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 - pickle vanagon
  Sun, 19 Jun 2011 19:54:13 -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...
• Sound conundrum - input requested
  Historical mailing list - Vanagon Man
  Tue, 19 Oct 2021 15:20:50 -0600
  ...It’s a variable knocking sound that happens under load when the accelerator is engaged. ATF is full, as is gear oil. Any suggestions...
• Re: 84 Westy stumbles off idle
  Historical mailing list - Geo
  Wed, 5 May 2010 11:24:58 -0400
  ...Up until operating temp is reached one can trounce the accelerator and the engine revs like you're a teenager at a stop light...
• Re: Vanagons: accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 7 Jan 95 11:18:04 AST
  >cable can be identified by a white plastic sheath enclosing the length >of the braided cable. This sheath protects the braided cable from >outside...
• 80 Vanagon Accelerator Cable Sticking
  Historical mailing list - Mark Howser
  Wed, 11 Dec 96 12:42:58 -0500
  -- [ From: Mark Howser * EMC.Ver #2.5.02 ] -- Hey folks, My acclerator cable is sticking when it is cold...Last year it never did...
• Re: Upper steering column grease recommendation and what else to do while replacing ignition switch
  Historical mailing list - MICHAEL H
  Wed, 12 Dec 2012 18:41:44 -0800
  David - does your column have a ground near the base ? what's been lurking under the carpet ? how's the accelerator pedal mount area...
• Re: '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 - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 20 Jun 2011 12:36:56 -0700
  ...Start engine w/o foot on accelerator >> pedal. Engine starts and goes to around 800 rpm (instrument panel >> tachometer). If slight pressure put on...
• Re: Cruise control con't
  Historical mailing list - Robert Stevens
  Thu, 6 Jun 2013 09:38:28 -0600
  ...When using the cruise control the accelerator cable tension may allow the cable to sag and become entangled with the water pipe bracket impeding...
• Re: accelerator cable housing '81
  Historical mailing list - Old Volks Home
  Wed, 20 May 1998 12:05:29 -0700
  ...so me thinks its a weak return spring or >pedal linkage needs lube.................. > >Well its neither the accelerator cable has chaffed thru the white...
• Re: Just when you think...
  Historical mailing list - Luke Bakken
  Tue, 1 Mar 2011 12:45:05 -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...
• Throttle Idle RPM question
  Historical mailing list - Ramon Hill
  Thu, 1 Oct 2009 11:58:17 -0500
  ...When I started it for her the other day it would not run unless I kept my foot on the accelerator pedal. If I...
• Re: Lost the post with the cute little vanagon trailers....
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:07:07 -0700
  On 9/23/2009 3:36 PM pdooley wrote: > With all the cooling and power steering system and shifter mechanism, > accelerator, dash, seats, carpets...
• C.V.Joint problem?
  Historical mailing list
  Wed, 7 Feb 96 23:09:26 EST
  ...rolling slowly (less than walking speed) with no pressure on the accelerator pedal. A mild lurching is associated with the noise. No unusual noise...
• Weber Progressive on '72
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 16 May 96 15:38:04 -0500
  ...The job went smoothly until I got to the accelerator cable. Where is the best place to go through the shroud. (the 2 holes...
• Re: Accelerator cable woes
  Historical mailing list - Kim Brennan
  Wed, 15 Jan 2003 17:48:53 -0500
  I had this problem on my Tristar in December. My "heated" garage space was to put it in my normal garage, add a couple...
• Re: Lubrication of Heater/Ventilation Control Cables
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Tue, 19 Dec 2023 15:59:08 -0500
  ...using that same item for years on my cables, even the “accelerator” cable to my diesel injector. It works perfectly and there’s nothing...
• Accelerator cable replacement (??)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Kraning
  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 17:09:56 EDT
  Hi all - Maybe this isn't the best time to be asking a question about Vanagons, but whenever anyone has a chance: My accel...
• New to list
  Historical mailing list - Scott Schuyler
  Tue, 12 Sep 2006 20:14:16 -0500
  ...Does anybody out there know where to buy a replacement accelerator rod for an 84 GL? Not much luck at local junkyards. The last...
• Re: Heads back on, runs OK and dies
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Shazam
  Sat, 29 Mar 2008 12:52:03 -0700
  ...It is powerless, though, and it feels as though the throttle is connected to the accelerator by a long, soft rubber band, meaning that...
• Re: books (Friday)
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:33:38 -0500
  ...Use the Bentley on your accelerator pedal as a cruise control. Stan Wilder On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 10:15:19 -0700 Peter Patal...
• Re: decelerator switch?Re: Clutch Problems?
  Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
  Wed, 16 Nov 2005 15:29:49 -0800
  ...You come off the accelerator and the bus slows. When the RPMS > go down to 1800 or 1500 and the bus starts to buck...
• Re: '85 1.9 Manual accelerator cable replacement
  Historical mailing list - Jeff Lincoln
  Thu, 16 May 2013 09:10:11 -0400
  Scott - At the throttle end mine does have that barrel clap - but it is not secured with a regular screw. The set screw is...
• Re: Why would it not accelerate?
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 7 Mar 2012 00:55:04 -0600
  ...But as soon as I press the accelerator, it >dies. And I have the air flow meter connected. I do have other >AFMs if...
• FS: 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jason B. Smith
  Thu, 6 Jun 1996 19:03:16 -0400
  ...1982 Vanagon Westfalia Diesel, 112K miles, 4-speed, body in great shape = with no rust, new quickstart glow plugs, new fuel lines, new accelerator...
• Re: puzzler
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 10 Feb 1995 12:18:13 -0500
  I had the accelerator pump tube experience too. After I rebuilt the engine for my 1972 Super Beetle, it ran very poorly. I did...
• FW: 1982 Diesel Westy
  Historical mailing list - Jason B. Smith
  Sun, 22 Sep 1996 00:42:56 -0400
  ...1982 Vanagon Westfalia Diesel, 115K miles, 4-speed, body in great shape with no rust, new quickstart glow plugs, new fuel lines, new accelerator...
• Re: tranny boots...
  Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
  Mon, 11 Feb 2002 06:11:31 -0800
  ...last time I replaced the clutch, > about five years ago. > > The accelerator cable boot has crumbled into o-rings as well - should > I even...
• Re: 82 won't idle when hot, hard hot start
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 26 Jul 2004 15:35:10 -0400
  ...If I hold the accelerator down to make a fast >idle it stays running no problem but this is a PITA as I decelerate...
• Of brakes, accelerator cables, exhausts, and dripping coolant...(long)
  Historical mailing list - Alan Bosch
  Sun, 15 Oct 2000 21:08:43 -0500
  ...Approaching Phred for the test drive, after installing the accelerator cable, I noticed a little puddle of coolant on the ground. It's never...
• Re: It's not moving...UGH!!!
  Historical mailing list - Steve Sandlin
  Tue, 19 Jun 2001 14:24:18 -0500
  ...Now my Vanagon has had some recent transmission problems where when >you step on the accelerator, it just revs and then accelerates very slowly...