on 4/14/2000 9:12 AM, Karl F. Bloss at bloss@ENTER.NET wrote: > Volks, > > At the PA Vanagon breakfast last weekend, I ended up staying around for lunch > (he bought...thanks) with one fellow from New York City who had driven down in > his '85 Westy. We popped engine hatches to check stuff out here and there, of > course. > > Anyway, this 1.9 didn't have throttle switches. Now, I'm used to the buried > system under the throttle on the 2.1, but I'm pretty sure (and we confirmed in > Bentley) that the 1.9 has two switches (one for idle and one for WOT), but > this > van had neither. It seemed to purr just fine at idle and generally had a good > sound for a WBX with over 150K. > > Anyone know if the 1.9 ever came without throttle switches? > > -Karl > > Karl and Kristina Bloss, Trexlertown, PA > '87 Westfalia Weekender "Beverley" - 195K miles > http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/ > PA/NJ Vanagon owner's mailing list: http://www.enter.net/~bloss/vw/pavanagon/ > Karl, 85's can be either of two configurations. Two switches on the top or a single switch "way" under the throttle body (really hard to see and adjust while on the engine). Vinnie has a single switch on the underside of the throttle body. VW made this change sometime mid 85 I think. Dave C. Williamsburg, VA zzzzzzzzz__ |E[__] [__]|[_]\\ | _DC&SP | _ || * * * =-( )---------( )--= '85 GL Westy (His) '91 Cabriolet (Hers) |
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