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Re: Thx for brake servo help
Historical mailing list - Jeffrey Schwaia
Thu, 5 Jun 2003 12:20:22 -0700
Craig, You need to neutralize the brake fluid in your servo (that's where the water comes in). If you don't, you'll...
Servo
Historical mailing list - Chris Snyder
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 02:16:38 EST
Good evening list, I am trying to find a transmission servo Cover Seal ('s) for my 1987 Van. With automatic transmission. My mechanic found...
Fw: 1981 Vanagon Brake Servo Replacement?
Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
Thu, 13 Nov 2003 17:06:20 -0500
...The brake m/c is one year old Busdepot unit, servo > unit original. Questions-- should I replace both brake M/C and servo? > Remanufactured...
96 Transporter brake servo
Historical mailing list - Reece Isaac
Fri, 6 Jun 1997 17:18:41 +1000 (EST)
...Anyway while at the wreckers having a chat about why I was getting an Audi servo for my VW they mentioned that servos wheren...
A throttle puzzle
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 11:35:10 -0700
...I'm trying to find an elegant way to attach the servo ball-chain cable to the throttle. Jason Simpson seemed to have installed...
WTB: Syncro diff lock servo...
Historical mailing list - No Name Available
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 22:44:39 EDT
...RSVP Thanks Chris VT 89 syncro Westiico (busted diff lock servo)
RE: disc brakes on earlier bus
Historical mailing list
Thu, 4 Aug 94 09:42:26 bst
With all this talk about whether you should use discs without a servo/booster or proportioning valve I thought I'd let you know...
Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 19:57:10 -0600
You'd need more than just a thermistor and a servo - you need some sort of controller in the middle that would monitor temperature...
Re: WTB: Syncro diff lock servo...
Historical mailing list - Don in Phoenix
Tue, 20 Apr 2004 20:22:54 -0700
...Syncro diff lock servo... > As mentioned. I am looking for used. > > I can get one at the dealer for 140$ but that is a...
Re: vacuum servo question
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Wed, 4 Jun 2003 00:12:41 -0400
There should not be any oil in the vacuum servo. You have a leaking master cylinder. Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto...
WTB Synchro servo unit
Historical mailing list - Zoltan
Tue, 14 Aug 2001 13:28:06 -0700
...I need that little servo unit for my syncro that resides just under the starter and controls the differential lock. Thanks for any info...
Re: A throttle puzzle
Historical mailing list - Sudhir Desai
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 15:17:32 -0400
...I'm trying to find an elegant way to attach the servo > ball-chain cable to the throttle. > > Jason Simpson seemed to have installed...
Re: Miscellaneous Bus Questions
Historical mailing list
Tue, 25 Jul 1995 11:28:27 -0400
In a message Stephen writes: >I have a servo/vaccuum assist >master cylinder after filling and bleeding the system I decided to take >it...
1981 Vanagon Brake Servo Replacement?
Historical mailing list - Michael S. Nichols
Wed, 12 Nov 2003 17:21:58 -0500
...The brake m/c is one year old Busdepot unit, servo unit original. Questions-- should I replace both brake M/C and servo? Remanufactured...
Re: Diff lock servo remove help!
Historical mailing list - EMZ
Tue, 1 Jun 1999 12:39:10 -0400
You should have removed the 2 bolts the hold the servo in place. Pull it out to extend the servo center shaft as if...
Re: Servo
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sat, 5 Jan 2008 09:45:19 -0600
...On Jan 5, 2008 1:16 AM, Chris Snyder <Ccsvanagon@wmconnect.com> wrote: > Good evening list, > > I am trying to find a transmission servo...
Re: A throttle puzzle Pictures of Insatll on Automatic
Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
Mon, 19 Jun 2006 16:10:42 -0700
...I considered drilling a hole in the throttle arm to affix the servo cable in exactly the same spot you drilled yours. I hesitated...
Thx for brake servo help
Historical mailing list - Craig
Wed, 4 Jun 2003 08:10:22 -0700
I sucked out all (almost) the brake fluid from the servo, but I didn't rinse it out with water. The pedal is still...
re: RE: Cruise control for '80-82 Vanagon
Historical mailing list
Wed, 20 Dec 95 9:04:05 PST
Hi folks, A couple other folks asked me about the ARA unit I have for my '85 that has an electric servo. Unfortunately ARA...
Re: HIGH BRAKE PEDAL EFFORT ('71 CAMPER)
Historical mailing list
Mon, 29 Apr 1996 15:32:01 GMT
...If your servo is bad, when you press the brake pedal the engine will die because of the massive vacuum leak inside the servo...
More Syncro DIff-lock Questions
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:27:22 +0000
...1) My diff-lock servo unit (on tranny) was taken off by the PO as the plunger into the tranny had broken off the...
Re: Rear diff lock
Historical mailing list - Don McCallum
Tue, 23 Jun 1998 20:18:52 +0100
...Remove the servo unit. This involves first of all knocking out a 3mm roll pin which locks the servo shaft into the diff lock...
Re: A throttle puzzle
Historical mailing list - Robert Fisher
Sun, 18 Jun 2006 12:01:23 -0700
...I'm trying to find an elegant way to attach the servo > ball-chain cable to the throttle. > > Jason Simpson seemed to have installed...
Substitute for aircooled thermostat
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 16:49:19 -0800
Seems like a thermistor and a servo could substitute for the NLA thermostat for aircooled engines. The servo could be mounted up on the...
Brake Servo Install question.
Historical mailing list - neil
Wed, 4 Apr 2007 15:18:18 -0700
...A new brake servo. It shipped with a plastic "cover" on end that connects to clevis/pedal. Am I supposed to use old rubber...
Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:19:07 -0800
...Substitute for aircooled thermostat > > Seems like a thermistor and a servo could substitute for the NLA > thermostat for aircooled engines. The servo could be...
2wd locking diff - followship question
Historical mailing list - Jeff K
Thu, 7 Nov 2002 08:16:17 -0700
...In either case, you have to buy the locker servo and all the other stuff seperately. Can anyone explain to me how the locking...
Re: brake booster hiss
Historical mailing list - The Bus Depot
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:37:30 -0500
> Nope! Any hiss from the vacuum server when the brake pedal is not being > depressed probably means a leaky servo diaphragm. Unfortunately, these > cannot...
Re: Tried this cruise control?
Historical mailing list - Jason Simpson
Wed, 7 Jun 2006 09:44:51 -0700
...Back in the engine compartment, I removed the nut from the end of the servo cable and, with the threaded bit of the servo...
Re: brake booster hiss
Historical mailing list - Christopher Darilek
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 10:31:25 -0600
> Nope! Any hiss from the vacuum server when the brake pedal is not being > depressed probably means a leaky servo diaphragm. Unfortunately, these > cannot...
Thanks: Diff Lock Info
Historical mailing list - Randolph Feuerriegel
Wed, 24 Jun 1998 01:08:58 -0700
...I do know that that the switch to the servo is ok, or appears so. Pulled the dash switch and then popped off the...
Re: '68 front-end into '59 Bus? Disc brakes?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 12 May 1996 01:57:42 -0400
...move the power assist servo too, and looking at the book, the '68 beam makes no provision for the servo. You might be best...
diff lock shaft madness (syncro)
Historical mailing list
Fri, 12 May 1995 10:42:57 -0400
...But the unit's vacume servo unit was smashed in shipping and I had to buy a spare one. But the spare one did...
Re: brake booster hiss
Historical mailing list - Peter Cassidy
Thu, 16 Nov 2000 15:00:06 +0000
...Is this normal? Nope! Any hiss from the vacuum server when the brake pedal is not being depressed probably means a leaky servo diaphragm...
Re: Syncro Question Rear Differential
Historical mailing list - No Name Available
Sun, 16 Nov 2003 22:56:29 EST
...sometimes it is the servo. the servo is the easy fix. it is only about 200$ at your dealer. and about 2 hours to...
Vacuum pump
Historical mailing list - Helmut Blong
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:33:08 -0400
...It's a long run from engine to brake servo and I'd love to be able to narrow it down to common fault...
Re: Power Door Lock Consternation
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:06:17 -0700
Tom, I went through the same bafflement until I took a complete harness, two servos, and a battery and ran the system spread out...
Re: Rear diff lock
Historical mailing list - Malcolm White
Thu, 17 Jun 1999 14:55:20 GMT
...If not dead servo, replace (can be split open to check diaphragm, maybe goop-able) If servo is good, but diff lock wouldn't...
differential lock servo 87 syncro? I need one.
Historical mailing list - Matthew Pollard
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:31:49 -0800
I cannot find the Differential Lock Servo Part at either busdepot.com or vanagain.com. Is this a dealer only item ( I called the...
Re: power door locks
Historical mailing list - Laurence Smith
Thu, 16 Sep 2004 01:20:27 -0400
Leon, Check the 5" rod from the top of the servo to the lock. If these become worn, wobbly or bent they can trigger...
Just Gotta Be A Vacuum Leak!!
Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
Tue, 5 Aug 2008 20:36:49 -0500
...Under their listing of "excessive brake pedal travel", they list sevo vacuum leak, and shot brake servo. I don't know if this makes...
Re: Cruise control progress
Historical mailing list - Pascal Giasson
Wed, 2 Mar 2011 10:08:34 -0500
...What happens when going up long hill and it goes to full throttle, the servo stick open at full throttle. Not fun at all...
Re: 2wd locking diff - followship question
Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:38:09 -0500
...In either case, you have to buy the locker servo and all the other stuff seperately. > >Can anyone explain to me how the locking...
Re: '68 front-end into '59 Bus? Disc Brakes?
Historical mailing list
Sun, 12 May 1996 21:41:12 -0400
...Servo isn't really required as VW often sold disc brake systems on 71-79 models outside of USA using a '70 Non Servo...
vacuum servo question
Historical mailing list - Craig
Tue, 3 Jun 2003 20:57:12 -0700
...cylinder to discover--- fluid or oil, lube? in the the vacuum servo unit! Is this normal? I hope so or else cha ching! at...
Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 20:26:39 -0600
...Substitute for aircooled thermostat Seems like a thermistor and a servo could substitute for the NLA thermostat for aircooled engines. The servo could be...
more Syncro-Diff questions
Historical mailing list - Malcolm Stebbins
Wed, 2 Dec 1998 17:56:53 +0000
...1) the PO removed the diff-lock-servo from the tranny as the connection from the servo to the plunger-pin (in the tranny...
Re: Syncro diff problem
Historical mailing list - Don McCallum
Thu, 11 Jun 1998 00:24:11 +0100
...Remove the servo unit. This involves first of all knocking out a 3mm roll pin which locks the servo shaft into the diff lock...
Re: '88 Vanagon - failed cruise control - problem identified
Historical mailing list - John Graham
Sat, 9 Aug 2003 22:18:01 -0400
...I had suspected something in the vacuum area and sure enough, I discovered that the cruise control servo unit (the one with the rubber...
Re: [2] Idle problems
Historical mailing list
Fri, 15 Sep 1995 08:23:06 -0400
...Also, if you go under the vehicle and look at the power brake servo and see a hose attached to it, this is the...
Q's about install of cruise control syst
Historical mailing list
Tue, 31 Dec 1996 13:49:00 -0500 (EST)
...The servo is a large black plastic 'can'. Control wires and vacuum line attach on one side and the cruise control throttle cable exits...
Syncro-I need the little locking pin for the rear diff....
Historical mailing list - David Devere
Sun, 8 Sep 2002 22:02:49 -0500
Hello all, Today I was trying to repair a broken rear locking diff servo with a new one that I got from Derek Drew...
brake fluid loss (still)
Historical mailing list - Bill H.
Fri, 16 Apr 2004 09:35:08 -0700
...But is this the failure of the Brake Master Cylinder or has something gone wrong with the Booster (Servo)? Thanks again. Bill H. 88...
need help fixing aftermarket cruise
Historical mailing list - Michael J. Kozak
Tue, 28 Mar 2000 11:07:06 EST
...There in no response at all from the servo unit. The engage light then goes out after a few seconds. The engage light will...
Re: Vacuum pump
Historical mailing list - Tim Demarest
Fri, 15 Sep 2006 12:57:27 -0400
...It's a long run from engine to brake servo and I'd >love to be able to narrow it down to common fault...
Re: Brake problems
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Fri, 28 Jun 2002 12:55:22 -0500
...Is the servo unit the same for all > water cooled vanagons? > Could I have a combination of two problems - a poor servo and a...
Re: Syncro diff light!!!!!!
Historical mailing list - Joel Cort
Thu, 30 Dec 1999 11:35:42 -0800
When I first pick up my van from the dealer the light/ and servo did not engage. I checked underneath and one of the...
Re: Vacuum pump
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Thu, 14 Sep 2006 21:43:54 -0400
...It's a long run from engine to brake servo and I'd love to be able to narrow it down to common fault...
Re: Substitute for aircooled thermostat
Historical mailing list - Mark L. Hineline
Mon, 21 Feb 2011 18:38:44 -0800
...Substitute for aircooled thermostat > > Seems like a thermistor and a servo could substitute for the NLA > thermostat for aircooled engines. The servo could be...
Re: '88 Vanagon - failed cruise control - problem identified
Historical mailing list - developtrust
Sat, 9 Aug 2003 19:37:21 -0700
...I disconnected the vacuum hose at the juction near the vacuum pump > and found that if I sucked on the tube, the servo moved...