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Subject:Re: Cruise Control Parts Shared With Rabbit?
From:mark drillock
Date:Tue, 11 Aug 2009 13:31:57 -0700

I wonder if the 2wd Vanagon uses a different control unit due to the
speedo cable driven speed sensor only spinning at half the speed that it
does in the VW cars. Syncro speed sensors turn at about the same speed
as the cars. What type of Vanagon did you have?

Mark

Raimund Feussner wrote:
> The Vanagon also shares the vacuum pump, the throttle control element,
> the brake/clutch valves.
> You can also use the control unit itself, although most cars use the
> 443... part number from the audi 100/5000 (even Passats etc).
> The vanagon uses 251 number, but the audi part definitely works in the
> vanagon (similar pin assignment). I used it for two years in my Vanagon.
> Maybe the vanagon part has a different software setup which will work
> smoother in the Vanagon, but however the 443 unit will work...
>
> Regards
> Raimund
> BTW: most of these parts can be found in any VW/Audi up the mid/late 90s
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> miguel pacheco schrieb:
>> Wondering if any of the Rabbits shared cruise control parts with the
>> Vanagon.....as in the switch on the blinker stalk that I've been
>> trying to hunt down?
>>
>> --
>> Miguel
>>
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