At 07:36 AM 2/24/2011, John Rodgers wrote:
>  Volks,
>
>I have been studying what will be necessary to bring the AC back on line
>in my '88 GL with the proper controls for the engine. I find I
>apparently will need an idle stabilizer valve and the idle stabilizer
>control box that goes in front of the right hand tail light.  The prices
>on these two little pieces are horrific!!!! $800-$1000 depending where
>one shops.

Surprising that both parts would be bad...are you sure?

>Question: Is anyone currently experimenting with, developing, playing
>with, an alternative to the VW idle stabilizer control? Someone started
>out that direction but haven't heard anything about it is some time.

I wonder what would happen if you plugged in a 1.9l idle stab module
in the distributor line...it would be a dirty trick to play on the
poor unsuspecting ECU but I wouldn't be totally surprised if it would
do the job tolerably well.  And you could add the 1.9l air valve for the A/C...

Any experimenters out there?

Yours,
David