Date: Wed, 16 Jul 2008 17:37:12 -0600
Reply-To: Paul Connelly <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Paul Connelly <vanagonhummingbird@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Can Anyone Identify This "Thing"?
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Hey Sean,
There is a small piece of chain attached to the throttle cable and always
has been - that was why I knew there had been a CC in there at some point.
That part was removed before I bought the van. The part that is still left
(I haven't had time to look at it today) is a tube, and with the sticker
beside the connection to the vacuum booster pump saying "High Flow" I can
only assume it would be air flow... So maybe it is some return from a pedal
switch to disengage the CC. I'll try to get a few minutes to dig around
tomorrow. I just can't think of anything in that vicinity - the gearbox and
fuel tank - that it might be (or have been) connected to.
Paul.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 4:39 PM, Sean B. <vgonman@earthlink.net> wrote:
> Paul,
> Did you already get the cable that is connected to the throttle? One end
> of that device is slightly dome shaped. At the center of that dome is where
> the throttle cable comes out of the CC.
> Having looked into installing a similar unit in one of my vans, you should
> look for something similar to a bicycle brake cable (but possibly a little
> beefier) looping from that dome to loop over the trans and come back into
> the engine compartment alongside the stock throttle cable.
>
>
> Paul Connelly wrote:
>
>> 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
>>
>>
>>
> --
> Sean B.
> '90 V'gon 2.0 ABA (under construction)
> '82 airsucker V'gon, "The Rat's Nest"
> '87 8v GTI, '91 Jetta
> http://www.vgonman.com
>
>
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