This morning, I fired up my vanagon and everything sounded normal.  After
the engine idled for a short time, I put it into gear and started
moving.  About half way down the street, it started loosing power
and died.  I tried to restart it three times and each time the
engine idled for a short time and died.  I suspected the idle switch
and manually toggled the idle switch many times making sure I heard
the 'click' in the microswitch.  Nothing else was touched.  I then
started the engine and everything was back to normal.

The engine was cold. Was the switch stuck in idle mode or non-idle mode?

I have had prior problems with this switch not going into idle mode
when the throttle closes.  This caused a high rpm idle.  It sounds
like I need to replace the switch.  Is it still available or do I
need to buy a generic microswitch and design a new mounting bracket?

Thanks in advance for advice.

--
William

Live a balanced life. Learn some and think some, and draw and paint
and sing and dance and play and work every day some.
-Robert Fulghum, author (b. 1937)