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Date:         Mon, 25 Dec 2006 13:54:50 -0500
Reply-To:     Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mike Collum <collum@VERIZON.NET>
Subject:      Re: Idle switch
Comments: To: Ronald Michaels <rbm1024@NETSCAPE.NET>
In-Reply-To:  <vanagon%2006122513033845@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
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Several online vendors carry that switch, Ronald. It's the same switch used on '86 and later Vanagons. For example:

http://www.van-cafe.com/vanagon_parts.jsp?pa=p&p=1870592475&ct=1257588058

Look under the later vanagons in your Bentley for how to adjust it.

Mike '84 GL 7 pass (with 2 switches on top) '85 GL Westy (with 1 switch underneath)

Ronald Michaels wrote: > Hi - > > The throttle valve switch has failed on my 85 Westy. This switch is located > under the throttle rather than above the throttle body as shown in the > Bentley Manual. There are no switches on top of my throttle. The part > number is 025 906 017. This number is on the plastic plate that holds the > actual switch. The actual switch has the following: Hartmann Serie 506 4A > 250V~. The switch is open all the time, so I am unable to know whether it > should be NO or NC. There is a little cam on the throttle shaft with two > bumps, one that is supposed to actuate the switch at idle and another that > actuates the switch at full throttle. > > If anyone knows where I can get a good replacement switch I would be glad. > > Alternatively, I can get a new microswitch and adapt it to the existing > holder. If anyone would care to give me an opinion as to whether it is a NO > or NC switch I would like to hear from you. I know the 84 switches on top > are NO. > > Coming out of closet, I am an Engineer engaged in small company startup. > Currently living in East Tennessee near the Great Smokey Mountain National Park. > > http://www.phenotypescreening.com/ > > I have owned several 356A Porsches, bugs, a Karmann Ghia, Alfa Romero, a > Brazilian Bus, a South African bug, a 78 Van and now two Westies, 84 and 85. > Also motorcycles, a Renault 6 and a Peugeot 504. While I never owned a > Land Rover, I have driven them extensively. My daily driver is a 94 Buick. > Coming back from Chattanooga on the afternoon of Christmas Eve, I noticed > that while I was just keeping up with traffic on I-75N the 85 MPH > speedometer on the Buick was pegged. I can't do that in a Vanagon &#8211; yet. > My 84 is a prime candidate for a Subaru engine transplant. > > Ron >


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