Looks like a vacuum booster pump for cruise control.
> Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 18:52:28 -0600 > From: vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM > Subject: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"? > To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > > Hi Volks, > > Okay don't laugh... well maybe a little! > > This is my first vanagon, so I've never really seen in and around the engine > bay before and being a WBX it looks nothing like what I am used to engines > looking like! Anyway, whilst messing around with the radiator fan motor > yesterday (thanks to all), I came across some wires that were just hanging > around and not terminated. One was a ribbon type cable and looked out of > place on the van. Well I stripped them out today, and find that they are > connected to this "Thing" that I had assumed served some useful purpose back > in the engine bay, mounted on the LHS on the sidewall. > > Well I would like to remove said "Thing", but I'm not sure what to do with > the two "lines" that are somehow connected into the van. One runs forward > between the gearbox and the gas tank and disappears. The second tee's off > into a pipe running from the intake manifold forward (sorry not sure what it > does). When I start the motor with it disconnected it creates a vacuum on > that line > > I've posted some pics of the thing to a spare page on my website here: The > Thing - http://tinyurl.com/6dlp4d > > It also had a wire connected to the feed to the coil. > > TIA, > > Paul _________________________________________________________________ It’s a talkathon – but it’s not just talk. http://www.imtalkathon.com/?source=EML_WLH_Talkathon_JustTalk |
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