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• Re: Billy won't run
  Historical mailing list - Warren.K.Lail-1
  Sat, 6 Mar 2004 11:15:42 -0600
  ...100 miles on them). > > > > I switched the idle control valve and idle control stabilization > unit(near the taillight) from my perfectly running 87 GL...
• Re: An electrical thing I never noticed in 20 years of Westy ownership Another Westy Fridge Design Flaw
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Mon, 1 Aug 2022 11:34:48 -0500
  ...the obvious benefit was the fan would stay off if the control unit >> was off. >> >>>> No runaway fan on a hot day thing, that...
• solar.shower.test.results!
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 2 Aug 1994 14:57:31 +0800
  ...5 gallon unit (and I assume all their units) has an on/off push/pull action, so that the flow is controlled at the...
• Dead Odometer
  Historical mailing list - Steven Shane
  Tue, 31 Aug 1999 12:35:32 -0400
  ...and if you have cruise control, there's another wire that goes to the back of the speedo unit. so now you've got...
• Re: CA 81-83 air cooled Fuel Injection & Ignition System
  Historical mailing list - Sean Garrett
  Mon, 23 Sep 2002 14:14:25 -0700
  ...191-905-351-B, Hall Control unit, transistorized coil ignition unit > 8. 251-906-083, Idle stabilizer > 4. 070-971-131-A, transistorized ignition...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - -------------------------
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 21:18:42 -0500
  ...It appears to be a >pulse shaping/delay unit. It is inserted in between the hall sensor and >the ECU. If fact, you can...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Caron
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:50:25 -0400
  This is why I rely so much on this list and Dennis, Anyone got the link to the correct most up to date unit...
• Battery isolator tutorial
  Historical mailing list - Stanley Pitman
  Tue, 20 Jun 2000 21:24:44 -0700
  ...Although the Sure Power units are the best I've seen and have a great reputation for reliability, I recommended getting a unit conservatively...
• Re: cold start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 23 Mar 2013 12:50:13 -0700
  HI Finn, Sounds very much like the Idle Air Valve and it's Control Unit may not be doing much. First ...make sure the...
• Re: Where should the radio fit in an older A/T with A/C.
  Historical mailing list - Nick Feickert
  Tue, 20 Jan 2015 08:55:41 -0500
  ...stereo system that is nothing more than a faceplate to control a hidden unit somewhere else. I found only one and it was ugly...
• Re: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:51:21 -0700
  ...Now that they're apart I have a new heater unit, brake master cylinder and heater control valve on order from europarts direct. > > I...
• Re: Father's Day - New Radio/MP3 - front panel removable
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 15 Jun 2003 13:41:54 -0500
  ...plate and my favourite >feature - a remote control so that I can be in bed and control the tunes. > >The installation of a radio...
• Re: Idea for A/C and camping-Toyotomi Portable A/C
  Historical mailing list - Thomas D. Hanlon
  Sun, 21 Jun 1998 02:41:54 -0700
  ...Regards, Tom Hanlon Palm Springs, CA 84 Westfalia Bob Bellanca wrote: > Or...You could get a free standing, 4000btu, Toyotomi AC unit, Lots > less...
• Re: Coolant Low Level Light Useful?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Wed, 14 Oct 2009 19:11:15 -0700
  ...it's in the Level Sensor Control Unit I think. .......something like that. I just prefer the Awareness Method - your are watching, checking , smelling...
• Rebuilt MV Engine and Parts Priced to go
  Historical mailing list - Sven and Rachel
  Thu, 12 Jun 2003 12:40:32 -0400
  ...idle stabilizer control, all muffler pipes (except J-pipe and including a catalytic converter) -Used: AC compressor, wiring harness, air flow meter unit and...
• Re: Would the List know...?
  Historical mailing list - Bike Florida
  Wed, 11 Aug 2004 19:02:42 -0400
  ...Oldest city in the United States, plus there is a cool fort called Castillo De San Marcos. It is an old Spanish military base...
• Re: oooooooh kay. here's one for you to figure out! :)
  Historical mailing list - jimt
  Wed, 23 Feb 2005 23:22:43 -0700
  ...looks like a/c vent? > in-dash Behr unit? no photos of the glove box area. no other strange > vents visible? > a/c is...
• Re: FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 24 Jan 2010 17:22:20 -0800
  ...So, I checked a few things. -idle stabilizer control unit contacts are clean, no moisture -Idle control stabilizer valve is humming. -throttle valve switch...
• Frank G.'s TDI instrument cluster - Details and Comments
  Historical mailing list - Frank Grunthaner
  Tue, 9 Nov 2004 12:56:57 EST
  ...I mounted the reservoir in the same general area as the original Vanagon unit and aligned the inlet so that the plastic drip shield...
• Re: Horns, improvements
  Historical mailing list - Zeitgeist
  Wed, 21 Aug 2013 16:44:02 -0700
  ...The most common relays I grab at the local PnP are versions of those two five pole units, so as long as folks know...
• Re: 3 speed heater fan switch in canada ??
  Historical mailing list - Yves Demers
  Thu, 29 Nov 2007 14:14:23 -0800
  ...a power pulse modulation to control the speed >> also it comes in kit form you can mount that unit any where you want lot...
• Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
  Historical mailing list - Bill Johnson
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:17:32 -0600
  ...Input is controlled using an RF keyboard plus mouse combo. This works really cool for TV viewing, GPS, scanner control, etc. The caveat on...
• Update - Problem with Seller on thesamba - skylight parts now needed.
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Poole
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:30:03 -0400
  ...At this point I need everything except for the control unit (name? thing with rotary nob for raising and lowering skylight) so I need...
• Re: How many volts can ECU handle?
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Sun, 22 Nov 2009 09:50:46 -0800
  ...control unit relay, then off to the Digifant ECU. Seems to me > that the amount of volts to the Digifant ECU is controlled only...
• Re: Weird idle problem continues
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 18 Oct 2014 16:04:48 -0400
  ...Any high resistance in this path leaves a high voltage making the ECU and idle control unit think it is like 40 below. Yes...
• Re: AFM operation query was Re: MAF Sensors and the Vanagon
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Dec 2010 14:15:30 -0800
  ...a Control Unit ....or Interpretation Unit ........with electronics in it... to provide a useful input to the ECU........from an AMM. if it was...
• Re: Photon driven Vanagon?
  Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 22:24:23 -0500
  ...the units I offer, one can expect to NEVER "over-drive" their headlights, in clear or foggy weather! The 10 mega-CP unitin fact...
• Re: Idle issues - cold is fine, warm is high
  Historical mailing list - robertmstewart
  Fri, 12 May 2006 22:35:22 -0400
  ...jsp?ct=625638812&pa=pct&pct=36780620&p =1655133091 Idle Stabilizer Control Unit $265.00 http://www.van-cafe.com/vanagon_parts.jsp?ct...
• Re: Good news, - was;'84 temp gauge shoots up fast
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:38:03 -0800
  ...I recently bought a level control unit for a later model van .. and first time I have any need to .. I'll put that...
• Re: Mulititude of questions (dash out now...)
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Mon, 6 Jul 2009 19:06:32 -0700
  ...they're apart I have a new heater unit, brake master cylinder and > heater control valve on order from europarts direct. > > I'm finding...
• Re: wiper motor problem
  Historical mailing list - Steve Cotsford
  Sat, 4 May 2013 17:28:48 -0400
  ...time I fix one it's either wiring contacts or the control unit/ relay ..or ground connections. >>>> and seldom the switch. >>>> >>>> >>>> On 5/4...
• Re: Charging Lithium battery
  Historical mailing list - Bruno Walser
  Thu, 30 Apr 2020 14:58:24 -0400
  ...will also act as a solar controller, and a battery > isolator. All of these in one unit that is very well made in Australia...
• 80-83 Tranny / engine / Fuel Injection FS
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Mon, 20 May 2002 19:23:41 -0500
  ...Electronic Control Unit (JETRONIC) s Part # 039-906-021C Auxiliary Air Valve Part # 0.280.140.101 Air Cleaner Top and Bottom with intake...
• Re: Diesel and WBX Coolant Temp gauges same?
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:37:44 -0700
  ...Got it > all in, but light just blinks. > > Though the '85 WBX gauge/LED unit fit in, it dawned on me that the > foil...
• Re: 84 WB Coolant Light... More(U)
  Historical mailing list
  Thu, 18 Jul 1996 18:13:12 PST
  ...Bentley shows a coolant light >controller or >relay in wiring diagram... anyone seen this or a had problem with it. >I looked >on fuse...
• Hot floor in '73
  Historical mailing list - Dave Kautz
  Fri, 22 Dec 95 13:21:04 PST
  ...This duct is switched on and off by the defroster control - When the red lever for defrost is pulled down, this "between-the-seats...
• Re: Propex probs (& need manufacturer's phone #)
  Historical mailing list - Rick Stevens
  Sun, 14 Dec 1997 21:07:55 -0800
  ...As it is, if the fan is turned on manually >>(at the heater control panel), hot air blasts out for a good 30 seconds...
• Re: Aftermarket Rooftop Cooling Experiences?
  Historical mailing list - J Stewart
  Fri, 13 May 2011 16:09:52 +0000
  ...idea! I do, however, have a small 5000 btu window ac unit and shelf that I made to hang off the door of my...
• 86 gl just died
  Historical mailing list - Dan Noll
  Thu, 20 Feb 2003 21:14:34 EST
  ...What do I do to check the harness to make sure it is the control unit and not something else? What else could cause...
• Re: Want tunes through headphones
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Mon, 24 Jul 2000 10:22:57 -0400
  ...and an inline volume control, plugged into the external spkr jack. It broke, replaced it with a Cobra unit, clipping everywhere. Tried a different...
• Re: more idle issues revisited
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 16 May 2006 22:56:29 -0400
  ...It tells the idle controller to step up the idle to keep the engine from stalling, nothing more. Most idle problems are due to...
• Re: Update, including rear wiper controller
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Sat, 21 Mar 2020 09:43:17 -0700
  ...Was given a rear view camera/mirror unit. Same as the one my friend has in his van. It’s quite impressive pic quality...
• Re: Wiring for Canadian 1991 Westy with daytime running lights and (not related) loose wire GR/W wire behind fuse panel.
  Historical mailing list - OlRivrRat
  Sun, 22 May 2016 22:05:33 -0600
  ...hang in space on my vehicle? It connects to the > Digifant Control Unit so that really made me kind of curious... > > > Cheers, > Steve W.
• Re: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!
  Historical mailing list - Various
  Tue, 28 May 2002 11:08:18 -0300
  ...Using the digitool, I see that the AFM is not producing a control voltage. No change in the AFM voltage output as I vary...
• Re: Vanagon Syndrome Update
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Thu, 13 Oct 2005 07:59:41 -0500
  ...What > is that supposed to mean, 430 to 20ma range?) > Idle Stabilizer control unit (contacts are fine) > Throttle valve switch adjustment- I need to...
• Need Help with Engine Speed Wildly Surging at Idle
  Historical mailing list - Cary Chiang
  Thu, 23 Nov 2006 20:17:31 +0100
  ...It and the idle stabilizer control unit were both replaced with ones from a known good vanagon, to no avail. When the idle stabilizer...
• Re: Radiator disappointment
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Thu, 23 Feb 2023 00:11:17 +0000
  ...This >>>> failure can be a symptom of something else being wrong. >>>> >>>> As for radiator brands for year the Behr unit that was probably supplied...
• Re: Radio codes : more info. (FISH)
  Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
  Sun, 24 Nov 2002 16:05:17 -0800
  The 93-later Golf Jetta radios have the 6-CD changer control option which I have. is one won't lock up after four...
• Re: Clues to the cold start/running problem- my test
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 3 Jan 2001 19:22:51 -0500
  ...Revved the engine OK cold and it would idle and not die (It might >just mean that my control unit was OK after all...
• Re: Deep Cycle Batteries
  Historical mailing list - John Bange
  Sat, 4 Aug 2007 20:28:18 -0700
  ...I have since replaced the big solenoid relay with a smaller, more reliable unit, which no longer directly connects the aux battery except when...
• Sliding door operation
  Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
  Wed, 23 Nov 1994 10:43:10 -0600 (CST)
  ...When I move the door handle lever, the rear mechanism (remote control) operates and releases the back part of the door. The front latch...
• Re: Not idling up when AC turned on
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Mon, 19 Jul 2004 23:08:23 -0500
  ...Failure of either unit will result in the engine stumbling or stalling. The black box is the weak part of the circuit, and if...
• FS: 2.1L engine from 1987 Syncro
  Historical mailing list - MilosKitchen
  Mon, 2 May 2005 13:04:42 -0400
  ...Engine comes with complete digifant wiring harness (minus only the coolant expansion tank sensor and sensor plug), 022 ECU and idle stabilizer control unit...
• first clue your mechanic doesn't have a clue
  Historical mailing list - Daniel Stevens
  Tue, 5 Apr 2005 12:09:02 -0400
  ...shot? Possibly it's your wiring harness, a new head gasket, a new transmission or control unit. Any of these could be the culprit.
• Re: bosch blue
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sat, 29 Oct 2005 16:33:27 -0400
  ...bosch blue Dennis, Any thoughts on multiple spark discharge MSD units helping the smog numbers on the wbx? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dennis Haynes" <dhaynes...
• Electrical Chaos
  Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 14:08:42 -0500
  ...By Bentley the RW wire goes to Ground, and the WY goes to the Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (which is forward of the right...
• Re: Another strut use.
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:25:07 +0000
  ...I used one of them this > afternoon to finally replace the broken leg type support on the kitchen > unit lid. > > Blog post here > > https...
• Re: Odd AC contraption
  Historical mailing list - Steve Arbaugh
  Tue, 3 Apr 2001 19:09:26 -0700
  ...The placement of the part of the unit behind the front seats that goes across the van prevented me from putting the seatback where...
• Thanks and a quick tip....
  Historical mailing list - j fritz
  Mon, 12 Jul 1999 21:10:06 -0500
  ...I really enjoyed the post about the use of a ball check valve (often used in natural gas and water applications) to control water...
• Re: Battery Charger Sizing (Amperage) Woe and Warning (?)
  Historical mailing list - neil n
  Mon, 5 Aug 2013 22:15:16 -0700
  ...an electrical guru, I second Karl's recommendation for the > Iota unit. Four years ago I searched for a battery charger to use with...