Date:         Mon, 13 Jun 2005 22:54:30 -0700
Reply-To:     Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Michael Elliott <j.michael.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
Comments: To: Dennis Haynes <dhaynes@optonline.net>
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Along these lines, does anyone have any wisdom regarding whether
stealing vacuum from the brake booster hose is any better or worse than
stealing it from the fuel regulator vacuum hose? Do they go to the same
place inside that bagpipe-shaped throttle body thing on top of the engine?

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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
83.5 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
KG6RCR



On 6/13/2005 8:16 PM Dennis Haynes wrote:

>Send it back and get the unit with the electric servo. The Vanagon does
>not have enough vacuum for this to work reliably. Will eventually
>disconnect on almost any hill.
>
>Dennis
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
>Of Michael Elliott
>Sent: Monday, June 13, 2005 2:38 PM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Vacuum from Brake Booster?
>
>Hi All,
>
>I'm still trying to find information where to grab vacuum for the
>aftermarket Audiovox cruise control I'm trying to wedge into my 84.
>
>How about teeing it off the brake booster line?
>
>I think I have identified it: it comes out of the throttle body just
>behind (rear is rear)  the #4 cylinder's intake manifold, then swings
>forward and through the firewall on the upper left.
>
>--
>
>Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>KG6RCR
>
>
>
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