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Subject:Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question
From:Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Date:Sat, 11 Apr 2009 17:24:17 -0700

it's got a switch on the bottom, ( of the throttle body ) and a short black
wire leading from the switch to a two prong connector.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brendan Slevin" <totorovan@GMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 11:35 PM
Subject: Re: 1.9 to 2.1 conversion question

> Maybe I'm missing it, but I don't see any switch at all on the t-body.
> This
> is a 91 engine, did they have one?
>
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> On Fri, Apr 10, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Mike Collum <collum@myfairpoint.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Brendan Slevin wrote:
>>
>>> Did you use the 2.1 Tbody, too?  I'm trying to think
>>> about what to do with the throttle switches if I use the 2.1 tbody.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, I'm using the 2.1 throttle body and S boot.  Like I said, I used the
>> 2.1 intake all the way through.
>>
>> My '85 used the single TPS with the 1.9 engine so there was nothing to
>> change there.  All one would have to do, if they have the 2 switch setup,
>> is
>> to get rid of one pair of wires (to the second switch) and make sure they
>> had the correct connector to the single switch. Electrically, either
>> setup
>> does the same thing.
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>