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• The Lost is Found!
  Historical mailing list - David Baker
  Wed, 28 Aug 2002 15:34:09 -0500
  Found it! The throttle valve switch is located waaaay underneath the throttle intake housing. I was looking for it directly beneath the control mechanism...
• WTB: Throttle Valve Housing
  Historical mailing list - Melvin Mudgett-Price
  Mon, 29 Oct 2001 18:11:24 -0500
  Hi, If anyone is parting out an 84 vanagon I need a Throttle Valve Housing. My mechanic says he can't get the valve...
• Re: throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - Jeff at Vanagonparts
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:23:19 -0700
  ...throttle body housing Greetings everyone, I need a new throttle body housing, complete. Mine is worn inside and the butterfly valve is sticking. The...
• Re: Throttle Valve Housing for 1986 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 10:11:35 -0400
  ...Throttle Valve Housing for 1986 Vanagon Does anyone have a good used Throttle Valve Housing and Throttle valve switch for an '86 Vanagon GL...
• WTB: Throttle Valve Housing for 1986 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Jason Pufahl
  Thu, 17 Jun 2004 10:07:48 -0400
  Does anyone have a good used Throttle Valve Housing and Throttle valve switch for an '86 Vanagon GL? I am not 100% sure I...
• Re: Looking for Used Throttle Valve Unit
  Historical mailing list - Robert Lilley
  Sat, 12 Feb 2000 00:01:38 EST
  ...fit, press them in and ream the bushings to fit the throttle shaft. A machine shop can easily fix the worn-out housing. Robert
• Re: 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Mark Drillock
  Sat, 9 Dec 2000 06:54:51 -0800
  The diesel engines used in Vanagons have no throttle housing or AFM. The air supply to the intake is neither controlled or measured. Diesels...
• throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 20:42:39 -0500
  Greetings everyone, I need a new throttle body housing, complete. Mine is worn inside and the butterfly valve is sticking. The part number 025133067A...
• Sticking throttle (long)
  Historical mailing list - Barry Muller
  Tue, 21 Feb 2006 02:48:29 -0800
  ...As the van has a slush box (don't all Carats?), I checked out the "multispring cluster" on the throttle-valve housing. Sure nuff...
• Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Chad G
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:16:22 -0400
  As an attempt to remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my throttle valve housing (I've done everything else I could...
• Re: Butterfly in Throttle Valve Housing Part# 022 133 141B
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 5 Jul 2010 00:48:26 -0700
  ...Butterfly in Throttle Valve Housing Part# 022 133 141B > Is this part supposed to have the 6mm hole in it as highlighted by the...
• Re: Sticky Throttle...
  Historical mailing list - Antaki
  Fri, 27 Aug 1999 16:10:17 -0700
  ...The cable can be removed so it and the housing can be greased. I lube the moving parts of the throttle linkage and the...
• stiff gas pedal in AT
  Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
  Sun, 7 Oct 2001 08:31:53 -0400
  ...Several folks mentioned situations causing increased friction of the throttle shaft in the housing. I don't find this on mine, just too much...
• Re: throttle valve switch
  Historical mailing list
  Sun, 19 Feb 1995 09:52:10 -0500
  ...I've found that the best way is to completly remove the throttle body housing with the switch attached, and do the adjusting on...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 21:45:34 -0400
  ...Throttle valve housing question...... As an attempt to remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my throttle valve housing (I've done...
• Re: throttle body rebuild
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Mon, 19 Aug 2013 06:26:25 -0500
  ...The shaft is much harder than the throttle body housing & it should have no wear. This makes a shim a good solution. I've...
• Re: throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - walt spak
  Sun, 26 Sep 2004 22:58:15 -0400
  ...throttle body housing > Greetings everyone, > > I need a new throttle body housing, complete. Mine is worn inside and the butterfly valve is sticking. > The...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Mark Ingalls
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 22:08:52 -0500
  ...Throttle valve housing question...... >Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 20:16:22 -0400 > >As an attempt to remedy crap fuel mileage I took a...
• Re: WTB: Throttle Valve Housing for 1986 Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Fri, 18 Jun 2004 07:21:54 EDT
  ...Does anyone have a good used Throttle Valve Housing and Throttle valve = switch for an '86 Vanagon GL? < < See my _Vanagon Items Forsale_ (http...
• Re: Regarding Darrell and his Digitool
  Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
  Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:20:00 -0500
  ...the throttle butterfly valve shaft. The microswitch is supposed to open with the aid of a spring built into the switch housing. On the...
• Re: Starts then dies. What to check?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:09:04 -0700
  ...the throttle body is not on the air filter housing. But the Air Flow Meter is on the air filter housing though. and a...
• Re: Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Raceing Cajun
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 22:35:13 -0500
  ...I have sprayed stuck gaskets with carb/brake cleaner before, and used a sharp putty knife, to drive between the housing. Very carefully taped...
• Timing the watercooled?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Maurer
  Mon, 16 Dec 1996 20:16:47 +0000
  ...I found no vacuum at the rear throttle housing fitting for vacuum retard. Bentley shows (page 24-24a-b), on the later version, distributor...
• Throttle switch
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 21 Mar 1996 23:07:31 -0600
  ...Removed the throttle housing from the intake air distributor (remove intake air hose....plus 2 screws--see Bentley p 24.47) then cleaned some...
• Butterfly in Throttle Valve Housing Part# 022 133 141B
  Historical mailing list - zzyzx
  Sun, 4 Jul 2010 22:56:18 -0700
  Is this part supposed to have the 6mm hole in it as highlighted by the arrow? http://zzyzx.org/butterfly.html Comments please.
• Tiico fuel rail spewing solved
  Historical mailing list - Bill Marshall
  Sat, 26 Apr 2003 12:10:56 EDT
  ...The throttle-body housing was making too much contact with the fuel rail, which put pressure on it and made it leak. I took...
• 85 Digijet throttle switches -- information please
  Historical mailing list - Kyle Hamilton
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 16:21:40 -0400
  ...switch in single housing" version, not the "separate switches in multiple housings" version.) If I need to change the throttle assembly, where can I...
• Re: Shortest rubber motor mount? (Vanagon/Jetta conversion)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Thu, 25 Sep 2008 13:48:16 -0700
  ...Jetta throttle cable housing is mounted to this bracket and the cable is coupled to the stock air cooled throttle cable. I relocated the...
• 85 Uneven idle again
  Historical mailing list - Douglas Miller
  Fri, 8 Dec 2000 21:53:15 EST
  ...Could the idle speed adjusting screw/throttle valve housing be my problem? Is a 1.9 throttle housing interchangeable with a diesel or a...
• Freezing throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Spooner, Robert E.
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 07:41:38 -0600
  ...to a freezing throttle cable. Is there any magic solution I can squirt in the end of the cable housing to stop the freezing...
• Re: throttle valve switch replacement
  Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
  Mon, 14 May 2001 18:34:05 -0700
  Remove the air cleaner housing to better get at the throttle body. There is a gasket under the TB, and if it is pretty...
• Re: 2.1L throttle body housing
  Historical mailing list - Warren Lail
  Tue, 28 Sep 2004 11:00:56 -0500
  ...2.1L throttle body housing(part between the air flow meter and the shet meta > In a message dated 9/26/04 11:02...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - John Haddad
  Sun, 9 Sep 2001 21:59:09 -0400
  ...remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my throttle > valve housing (I've done everything else I could do..........replaced the > following...
• Re: Throttle valve housing question......
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth D Lewis
  Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:22:38 -0400
  ...remedy crap fuel mileage I took a look inside my > throttle > valve housing (I've done everything else I could > do..........replaced the > following...
• Re: Trouble with snorkel from AFM to TBH
  Historical mailing list - Neil N
  Thu, 6 Oct 2016 10:27:53 -0700
  ...I'm having difficulty getting the snorkel > that goes from the AFM to the Throttle Body Housing to stay attached on the > AFM > side...
• TIICO: Throttle Cable - Automatic
  Historical mailing list - Bill Knight
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 09:06:48 -0400
  ...the throttle cable should attach to the transmission. The kit contains a bracket which looks like it should bolt to the transmission housing but...
• Idle problems
  Historical mailing list - Tom Boldway
  Wed, 9 Nov 2011 00:58:35 -0500
  One thing I have not seen mentioned regarding idle problems is the age and wear on the throttle body throttle shafts and housing. When...
• Re: Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 22:40:09 -0500
  ...I have sprayed stuck gaskets with > carb/brake cleaner before, and used a sharp putty knife, to drive between > the housing. Very carefully taped...
• 2.1 Engine in an '85
  Historical mailing list
  Sat, 11 Jul 1998 21:35:16 EDT
  ...Am I missing anything? It has been reported that the throttle housing from the 1.9 must be used when the 2.1 engine...
• Re: throttle lube
  Historical mailing list - Bill N
  Thu, 5 Jun 2003 06:27:01 -0700
  When mine was sticking it turned out to be my cable fraying and sticking in the housing. Hopefully, yours is just crudded up. Take...
• Re: 85 Digijet throttle switches -- information please
  Historical mailing list - Chuck Mathis
  Tue, 29 Jun 2004 18:09:06 -0500
  ...switch in single housing" version, not > the "separate switches in multiple housings" version.) If I need to > change the throttle assembly, where can I...
• Re: Accelerator linkage is sticky..
  Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
  Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:43:03 -0800
  ...There is a curve in the throttle cable housing as it clears the 'fire wall' to enter into the engine bay from above the...
• Re: minor idle problem
  Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
  Tue, 25 Aug 1998 20:10:04 -0700
  At 06:25 PM 8/25/98 -0400, Mark Schrope wrote: > I finally got a chance to pull my throttle housing and clean it...
• Re: Throttle body
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Wed, 1 Jul 2015 20:49:23 -0700
  ...I have sprayed stuck gaskets with > carb/brake cleaner before, and used a sharp putty knife, to drive between > the housing. Very carefully taped...
• Re: high idle
  Historical mailing list - Austin
  Thu, 11 Sep 1997 22:46:35 -0700
  ...More likely is that the bearings and/or the butterfly shaft that rides in the bearings of the throttle housing have become worn. Austin
• Re: Poor power until warm
  Historical mailing list - Jared Planter
  Fri, 17 Aug 2018 21:07:51 -0700
  Ha! Do you mean the blue Temp II sensor next to the thermostat housing? If so, I replaced that one about 1.5k miles...
• Re: ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts
  Historical mailing list - Daniel O Stevens
  Tue, 14 May 2013 16:37:06 +0000
  ...ABA into 1.9 Vanagon was coolant overflow fears and thoughts Throttle cable. I spend 3 hours searching the Internet looking for = throttle cable...
• Re: TIICO: Throttle Cable - Automatic
  Historical mailing list - selten2
  Fri, 3 Aug 2001 15:24:02 -0500
  ...the throttle cable should attach to the transmission. > The kit contains a bracket which looks like it should bolt to the > transmission housing but...
• Re: Lube the accelerator cable on a vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Don Hundt
  Fri, 14 May 2010 22:29:38 -0400
  ...They slip over the cable and seal the end of the housing, you stick the nozzle of a can of spray lube into it...
• Re: high idle
  Historical mailing list - Justin B. Jensen
  Fri, 12 Sep 1997 08:23:20 -0700
  ...rides in > the bearings of the throttle housing have become worn. > > Austin If you need a new throttle body, you can expect to have...
• Throttle cable '71 bus
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 5 Sep 1995 09:18:20 -0500 (CDT)
  ...I have heard from others that this combination requires moving the throttle tube up in the fan housing to get a better angle on...
• adjusting idle on 1.9
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Farrugia
  Thu, 19 Aug 2004 22:49:45 -0400
  ...the throttle body has some light scraping on the bottom where the butterfly plate is starting to scrape on the throttle body housing. this...
• Re: Popping out of 4th gear!!
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:55:22 -0500
  ...If the shifter pushes toward your hand and then releases while changing throttle an overhaul including machine work or replacing that housing is in...
• throttle body modification question 84 to 85
  Historical mailing list - Dave Caston & Sherrie Payne
  Thu, 18 Feb 1999 00:45:00 -0500
  ...replaced the original throttle body with a modified 84. This was due to excessivly worn components inside the bushings and housing/plate areas. It...
• Re: Freezing throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Thu, 5 Feb 2004 09:07:25 -0500
  ...to a freezing throttle cable. Is there any magic solution I can squirt in the end of the cable housing to stop the freezing...
• Re: Digitool test results--no throttle switch LED at idle
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 2 Oct 2008 17:00:13 -0700
  ...the throttle body. The old ones (up through early '85 > I think) are out in sight. The newer one is in a housing with...
• Re: Conduit for throttle cable
  Historical mailing list - Stephen Grisanti
  Sun, 15 Jul 2018 17:22:46 -0400
  Old fashioned choke cable housing from a FLAPS might do it, but you might need to snip the engine end off your cable and...
• hi/low idling on '87 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - Richard C Welsh
  Thu, 6 Jan 2000 18:12:51 -0500
  ...possible travel) -has anyone ever "explored" their throttle valve switch (the thing under the throttle housing). i took the cover off mine last night...
• Re: Engine Racing (not racing engine...)
  Historical mailing list - Evan Mac Donald
  Thu, 24 Jul 2008 20:34:59 -0700
  ...The little rubber boot at the end of the housing rots away after a time, and the cable rusts into its housing. Or, it...
• Re: Sticking Accelerator cable
  Historical mailing list - Madsen
  Tue, 7 Sep 1999 00:13:10 -0400
  ...with the sticky throttle. All I did was remove the spare tire and look straight up and found the black housing for the lever...