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Subject:Is a aircooled vanagon ECU different between automatic and manual transmissions?
From:Vanagon man
Date:Wed, 18 Dec 2002 10:45:18 -0500

The injection systems between the air-cooled manual and automatic
transmissions (federal model) are identical except the A/t does not have a
deceleration valve........

The A/T van that I currently am restoring had a dead ECU...............no
pulse at the injectors, but at the cold start valve...............so, we
swapped ECU's with a good manual transmission one, and it seems low on
power...........

I know in the Bay window busses they had different ECU's....I figure this
probably had something to do with duration of the injector pulse, or
something..........

Any advice is appreciated.

Adam P
81  Westy "The Brick "
70 Single Cab "Whitey"
74 Beetle "Ol Yeller"
73 Transporter (STILL at paint shop)
1988 Vanagon Wolfsburg
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