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Subject:Re: Accelerator cable extras?
From:Bill Nolan
Date:Sun, 19 Mar 2000 13:34:46 -0700

Does your van have cruise control?

At 11:47 AM 3/18/00 -0600, Tim Wise wrote:
>I had so much good advice on my clutch problem I'll ask about another
problem...
>
>I have a frayed cable in the engined compartment. I don't know what it
does and can't find
>it in Bentley, but it looks like it needs to be replaced.
>
>The cable connects to the lever arm where the accelerator cable
terminates. Also connected
>to the lever arm is a spring that I assume helps the arm return to neutral
position when
>you let off on the accelerator cable.
>
>The other end of the frayed cable heads toward the driver's side of the
engine compartment
>and terminates into a big diaphram-looking thingy that has small,
vacuum-like hoses
>running out of it. I don't know what it does either.
>
>Does anyone know what the cable does and is called so I can ask for a
replacement?
>
>All this is in a '87 Wolfsburg Westfalia Weekender, 2.1 digifant, water
cooled.
>
>Many thanks.
>--
>Tim Wise
>'87 WWW
>
Bill (SE Arizona) (Bill@freeholder.com) HTTP://www.freeholder.com
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