isn't there a fairly flush 'scerw' on the thottle body ?
a round 'thing' with screw driver slot in it, almost the size of a dime ?

if it's like I'm thinking...it points right at you as you are standing at
the rear bumper looking at the engine, right on the throttle body.
It's a 'air bypass' screw, not a mechanical adjustment on the throttle lever
or anything like that.

out, ( counterrclockwise ) is 'more' ...faster idle.
clickwise ( in ) is less air, slower idle.

it's a fairly non-technical adjustment ...in other words , changing it won't
mess anything up badly.
If it doesn't respond to turning that screw ...there are other issues going
on.

there's a decent picture of it on the left side of page 24.10 in the Bentley
manual.
arrow in the pic points right to the screw I'm discribing above.

have fun !
love your vanaogn.
scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Samantha" <yfsami@YAHOO.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Monday, March 22, 2010 12:32 PM
Subject: Adjusting the idle on '82 AC Vanagon

> Hello, I'm new to the list and new to owning a Vanagon! I'll probably be
> picking your brains a lot folks.
>
> My VW is an 82 air cooled non diesel non westfalia van. Mr. Mustard has an
> idle adjuster some where but we can't find it and neither can the other
> Eurekan VW heads.
>
> Where can I locate this elusive adjusting doo dad? And how far do i need
> to adjust it?
>
> Thank you so much!
>
> Samantha