----- Original Message -----
From: The Gunnings <ngunn@landmarknet.net>
To: <mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 8:56 PM
Subject: Power Assisted Steering.....What exactley is it?

> 1985 WBX 1.9 Wolfsburg claims to have "Power Assisted Steering".  I wonder
> how this is different from regular power steering.  The power assisted
> steering pump has two wires coming out of the top switch.  One of them is
> brown colored (but clipped short) and assumed to be ground.  The other one
> is missing.  Both power assisted steering and ac supply input to ecu, I
> believe, but what happens when they are no longer hooked-up to the ecu?
> Does this in any way affect the operations of the ecu?  Or of the running
of
> the engine under normal conditions?  Or any conditions?  Steers hard, like
> manual steering.  Which is ok with me just so long there are no adverse
> mechanical effects to consider further down the road.
>
> David Gunning
>
> 85 Wolfsburg
> Kubota 4wd
>
>