parts of an aftermarket cruise control system.
scott
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Connelly" <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 5:52 PM
Subject: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?

> Hi Volks,
>
> Okay don't laugh... well maybe a little!
>
> This is my first vanagon, so I've never really seen in and around the
> engine
> bay before and being a WBX it looks nothing like what I am used to engines
> looking like! Anyway, whilst messing around with the radiator fan motor
> yesterday (thanks to all), I came across some wires that were just hanging
> around and not terminated. One was a ribbon type cable and looked out of
> place on the van. Well I stripped them out today, and find that they are
> connected to this "Thing" that I had assumed served some useful purpose
> back
> in the engine bay, mounted on the LHS on the sidewall.
>
> Well I would like to remove said "Thing", but I'm not sure what to do with
> the two "lines" that are somehow connected into the van. One runs forward
> between the gearbox and the gas tank and disappears. The second tee's off
> into a pipe running from the intake manifold forward (sorry not sure what
> it
> does). When I start the motor with it disconnected it creates a vacuum on
> that line
>
> I've posted some pics of the thing to a spare page on my website here: The
> Thing - http://tinyurl.com/6dlp4d
>
> It also had a wire connected to the feed to the coil.
>
> TIA,
>
> Paul