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Date:         Wed, 7 Aug 2013 09:00:55 -0700
Reply-To:     Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Karl Wolz <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
Subject:      Re: Looking for new TBS # 067906028 (was Idle Surge)
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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Got GoWesty's mailer the other day; they have a complete rebuilt throttle body including switch for $299. Also, for around $80, Van Cafe sells a new switch of their own manufacture (Shoebox Electronics).

Karl Wolz Sent from my electronic umbilicus

On Aug 7, 2013, at 7:15 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> wrote:

> At 09:31 AM 8/7/2013, Bryan Feddish wrote: >> My TBS seems to be stuck in closed circuit and I can’t seem to fix it. It also appears that this is an NLA (and quite pricey) part. Does anyone have a good used one they can part with? >> >> I have an 83.5 and this looks like the switch I have though I’m not 100% sure. It’s listed for use with an ‘84. This is what it looks like. >> >> Thanks, >> Bryan > > Hi Bryan, > > The list doesn't take attachments...you'll have to put the image up somewhere you can link to (I can put it up if you need). Or if it was a link you forgot to put it in. > > I'm not sure what your acronym TBS is supposed to mean...in WWII it was the Talk Between Ships short-range voice radio system the US Navy used. > > TPS is a standard acronym for Throttle Position Sensor, and some people on the list have recently started using it inaccurately for our closed-throttle/Wide-Open-Throttle switches. I suspect that's what you were aiming for, but it's not really correct. > > There are only two setups, the original one you have and the replacement which came in I think some time in '85 and is totally different. The new one hangs off the bottom of the throttle body, uses a single much smaller microswitch, and is operated by a cam off the bottom of the throttle plate shaft. Cheaper to make but not as good as what you have, and needs a different throttle body. > > There's a guy on theSamba who calls himself TenCentLife or similar -- does throttle body rebuilds and also has developed a vacuum-based replacement for that switch. Scott Daniel has experience with it and likes it. Might be worth checking out. > > Yrs, > d


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