Date:         Sat, 29 Apr 2000 22:02:36 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@IBM.NET>
Subject:      Re: Throttle switch questions
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At 21:31 4/29/2000, Sean Birkner wrote:
>      My question is; Is this what I'm supposed to hear from my bus? I see
>what looks like a small box under the throttle. Is this the switch (my bus is
>a '90)?

Yes


>      Biggest concern... how much of a PITA is it to pull the throttle body
>and clean/adjust the switch?

If you're not unlucky you won't have to.  Clean the crud off the box and
you'll find two little allen screws.  The left one is metal and is a
clamp.  The right one is plastic and is a gear that moves a rack with the
switch. *Plastic, remember.*  Loosen the left one, then adjust the right
one until the switch does not click with a .004 feeler in the throttle
stop, but does click with a .002 feeler.

If that is impossible, you'll have to take it apart and fiddle, but that's
not too difficult.  It's a lot harder than adjusting it the right way,
though, if it works.

david


David Beierl - Providence, RI
  http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/
'84 Westy "Dutiful Passage"
'85 GL "Poor Relation"