Date:         Thu, 17 Feb 2000 08:27:20 -0500
Reply-To:     "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
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From:         "Karl F. Bloss" <bloss@ENTER.NET>
Subject:      Re: Cold Morning Puzzlement Part Deux
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> In a message dated 2/16/00 9:51:46 PM, bloss@enter.net writes:
>
> << Does your throttle switch go on when you take the foot off the
> throttle? It's an LED on the Digitool.>>
>
> Karl, the only time I see the TP LED on is when I tromp the gas to get
> going quickly (a relative term).  Are you thinking the idle switch could
> be bad?

Yes, or maladjusted.  The TS LED should be on with your foot off the throttle
and at WOT (mashed to the floor).  The Digifant has one switch for both; the
Digijet has two.  The Digifant's is below the throttle assembly, but fairly
easy to get to.

What sold me on the Digitool is when Bill (2DNALI) Dummitt hooked his up to my
van and told me withing seconds "your throttle switch is bad."  Whoa!  So
that's why I got the hard starts and backfiring when going down hills in gear
and coasting!

If the switch works at WOT, it's probably just maladjusted at zero throttle.
Bentley has directions, but I just bent the cam and it has worked ever since.

-Karl

Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA
'87 Westfalia Weekender  "Beverley" - 192K miles
http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/
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