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• Re: Idle valve and ISCU
  Historical mailing list - Stan Harrison
  Wed, 10 Sep 2003 18:46:35 -0400
  ...The control unit is a very expensive luxury. Stan 87 Syncro Germain wrote: > Hi all > > After opening my ISCU and changing the transistor and...
• Re: Now charging of house batteries Re: New fridge replacement option for the Dometic
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Mon, 7 Jan 2008 08:39:35 -0800
  ...The controller kit I sell is a series mode controller > but uses a 45 amp P channel FET so it is turned on by...
• Re: Isolator vs Seperator (mechanical relay) was Re: Sure Power 1315 battery separator
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:17:29 -0500
  ...Anything respectable these days gets a relay and some control method for charging of Auxillary or "house" batteries. Except for some specialty units such...
• Audi 2.3 l conversion report (long)
  Historical mailing list - Bruce J. Wilbur
  Wed, 18 Aug 1999 19:23:27 -0700
  ...I've exchanged 3 used knock sensor control units and kept the one that worked the best, but would like to find a perfectly...
• Re: 090 (automatic) transmission questions
  Historical mailing list - C. Abney
  Sat, 21 May 2016 22:01:30 -0700
  ...When you are under there > steadying things as the unit separates from the engine you need a helper to > control the jack. > > Great fun...
• Re: Cupholders
  Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
  Fri, 1 Jan 2010 18:03:39 -0600
  ...Cheap also, as in "free". > > The rigid plastic units hold a tall travel mug, beverage can, or 20oz > plastic beverage bottle; plus two pens...
• Re: 2.1 Engine idles at 2600 rpm; 2nd computer doesn't fix
  Historical mailing list - Tabe Johnson
  Tue, 18 Apr 2006 00:15:50 -0400
  ...Apparently >> something in the Engine Control Unit itself (under the back seat) was >> causing the idle problem. Just an idea. I have all of...
• brake lights, propane and auxiliary batteries
  Historical mailing list
  Tue, 19 Jul 1994 23:21:12 -0800
  ...Any tricks to this? How about tricks to removing these units? The propane furnace is a Coleman. Previous owner says she never even tried...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Tue, 7 May 2013 09:33:01 -0700
  ...Modern GPS units don't compute speed based on how long it takes to move between points, so are not subject to errors in...
• Re: stereo wiring
  Historical mailing list - Tim Hannink
  Mon, 10 Jun 2002 09:15:20 -0400
  ...The head unit I've purchased (Pioneer > DEH-P4400) has two power inputs: one for the "terminal always supplied > with power regardless of ignition...
• Re: 85 1.9L died on highway, won't start
  Historical mailing list - Vince S
  Sat, 11 Sep 2004 13:45:09 -0700
  ...2) Ignition coil 3) ECU 4) Ignition Control Unit Is there anything else that I'm missing? (I have the Bentley, but it's...
• FS - misc used parts
  Historical mailing list - karl
  Tue, 9 Jan 2001 22:21:47 -0800
  ...2 idle stabilizer control units (from behind the right tail light) part # 251 907 393B $20 for both - power mirror control switch (fits in...
• Re: Bus graveyard
  Historical mailing list - Jim Felder
  Sun, 21 Nov 2010 10:17:05 -0600
  ...No wonder I couldn't find the controls! Jim On Sun, Nov 21, 2010 at 8:24 AM, mark drillock <mdrillock@cox.net> wrote...
• Re: Humid Air - Some Comments
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Fri, 28 Jun 2002 17:08:56 -0500
  ...Such > thickness > control is generally beyond the ability of most practitioners of > the > automotive arts! > > BTW a thin film of Cointreau would work wonderfully...
• Another Update, was Re: Update: More idle issues for idle hands and minds
  Historical mailing list - Marc Perdue
  Mon, 16 Dec 2002 13:03:14 -0500
  ...I did not take the taillight off and check the idle control unit. Everything seemed to be in order . . . This time I insisted that...
• Re: Suggestions on how to fasten a laptop while driving?
  Historical mailing list - Ty Graham
  Tue, 21 Mar 2000 11:15:24 -0800
  ...Input is controlled using an RF keyboard plus mouse combo. This works really cool for TV viewing, GPS, scanner control, etc. The caveat on...
• Re: Fwd: Re: Re: speedometer accuracy
  Historical mailing list - David Bjorkman
  Tue, 7 May 2013 12:57:47 -0500
  ...One may be surprised to find that that error can be more than<BR>&gt; just a few feet.<BR><BR>Modern GPS units...
• Re: Eurospec problem
  Historical mailing list - David Marshall
  Wed, 13 Oct 1999 21:57:57 -0700
  ...Pin 3) 24 -- -- --- No Connection -- 25 G G G/BK Hall Control Unit (Pin 6) * 1989 Jetta Only At 08:17 AM 13/10...
• More Ignition/ Stabilizer electonics ?'s(way long!)
  Historical mailing list - Max Wellhouse
  Wed, 11 Apr 2001 01:15:13 -0500
  ...Haltech system needs an ignition control module to function. Digifant had it built in to the ecu apparently, Digijet had an external model. Didn...
• Re: VW Radio Into Vanagon (Long)
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Sun, 25 Jan 2004 18:22:27 -0800
  ...This is a AM/FM/Cassette unit with CD changer >>>controls. My friend told me that these are rare units. On the body of...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:19:41 -0700
  ...However they > really work best with dedicated charging systems and smart controllers if > alternator charging is to be used. For the Class B RV...
• Re: Serious Friday question -- stalling a few minutes after cold start
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:11:31 -0800
  ...I could even retrofit a 2.1 electroically controlled idle air valve and control unit to a 1.9 .... ..but those are expensive parts...
• Re: '86 Westy A/C Problem
  Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
  Tue, 13 Jan 2009 16:46:06 -0700
  ...You'll also have a separate temp controller with two yellow wires going to the temp/fan switch (this unit also monitors the freeze...
• Re: Temp Gauge calibration with Subaru engine
  Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
  Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:29:55 -0700
  ...There are 3 versions of >this control unit, early, late, and latest. The first 2 versions have a >"43" stamped on the top and...
• Re: Wasserboxer Distributor into A/C 2.0
  Historical mailing list - Sam Scholten
  Tue, 28 Apr 1998 08:34:54 -0700
  ...The distributor drops right into > the Beetle crankcase and you get a Hall-effect trigger, the > standard VW-Audi control module (same as Holden...
• Re: jack, costs - At What Cost?
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:42:37 -0400
  ...It's just not possible to make an item of quality in the > United > States (or Canada) at the same price as an offshore...
• The Vanagon Utility Company, jet engines etc
  Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
  Sun, 17 Jan 1999 21:45:05 -0600
  ...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: '87 Syncro GL scary high idle
  Historical mailing list - Yi-Ruey Wei
  Thu, 16 Jul 1998 10:22:55 -0500
  ...Later a VW regional "manager" spent 2 days, replaced every possible components which may effect the idle like idle stabilizer, idle control unit, ECU...
• Re: Another LED application
  Historical mailing list - Cetin Seren
  Wed, 07 Aug 1996 22:22:39 -0400
  ...The hose to the dist unit burst in a cloud of smoke. After the hose replacement, it hit me: the sensor that activates the...
• Re: More AFM/ECU reverse engineering results coming
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:23:12 -0800
  ...It appears to be a > >pulse shaping/delay unit. It is inserted in between the hall sensor and > >the ECU. If fact, you can...
• Update: No start after rain
  Historical mailing list - Chip & Co.
  Tue, 30 Jun 1998 14:24:52 -0500
  ...Yesterday I took the chance to do my controlled rain experiment. (Also, my wife was cranky cause she's 9 mos pregnent and her...
• HELP -- Vanagon won't start
  Historical mailing list - Chris Stinson
  Thu, 25 May 2000 18:57:41 -0400
  ...coil, starter, distributor - checked voltage in the battery - checked the Hall control unit - tested the ignition switch - checked the Park and Neutral start wiring...
• Re: Aircooled? - building my own interior heating system!
  Historical mailing list - Wil Haslup
  Sat, 25 Nov 2006 13:11:39 -0500
  ...It may, but I just can't tell without knowing more about the power required run the unit as you describe it. Using a...
• Oil Pressure Test Results
  Historical mailing list - KENWILFY
  Mon, 6 Apr 1998 22:09:33 EDT
  ...alot of dealers were just bending a pin on the sender control unit and eliminating the > 2000 rpms sender altogether. You still would get...
• re: lambadas??
  Historical mailing list
  14 Sep 95 12:20:00 PDT
  ...If you are refering to the "lambda" unit, sometimes called the oxygen sensor, one can test the sensor while installed on the car, but...
• Re: $300 reward for advice
  Historical mailing list - Bulley
  Tue, 1 Aug 2000 07:55:40 -0400
  ...There is never a need to randomly replace expensive items (like the control unit); these guys are using the "let's try this..." method...
• Re: weird idle...
  Historical mailing list - MDC Vanagon
  Mon, 6 May 2002 13:25:51 -0700
  ...I researched it a bit more and learned that the Idle Stabilizer Control Unit (hidden behind the passenger side tail light housing) is also...
• Re: Power steering rack leak
  Historical mailing list - David McNeely
  Thu, 29 Nov 2018 16:56:56 -0800
  ...Our vans use automatic transmission fluid instead of power steering fluid in the ps unit. Is this Lucas stuff compatible with auto fluid? I...
• Re: Sure love my Shurflo faucet
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:11:53 -0700
  ...There is a date on the unit I got that is in > the early 2000's, but it was definitely new. I put it...
• Cold Start Problem
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Mon, 9 Dec 2002 06:54:44 EST
  ...Also changed out the idle stabiliser control unit to a known good one and that made no difference either. I'm stumped ! I'm...
• Re: Bad battery?
  Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
  Sun, 9 May 2021 21:03:05 +0000
  Cheapo USB port plugged into cigarette lighter?  GPS device rigged up?  Some solar panels?  Some interior lighting?  Maybe a diesel heater with remote control...
• Re: Antifreeze Enema
  Historical mailing list - Richard Bias
  Wed, 20 Mar 2002 09:40:24 -0500
  ...As each unit of antifreeze siphons in, a unit of >water will be displaced by it and run out of radiator bleeder. Continue >until...
• Re: Electrical charging options?
  Historical mailing list - Dan N
  Sun, 30 Apr 2023 11:29:38 -0700
  ...On Sun, Apr 30, 2023 at 11:24 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Dan, > > I think this Blue Sea unit has...
• Re: Inserting Terry K heater shutoff valve
  Historical mailing list - Mark Tuovinen
  Thu, 2 Aug 2007 10:25:53 -0800
  ...Someone just needs to take the time to search through parts catalogs to find a valve that will fit and then reroute the control...
• Re: Tiico Owners (Quick Question)
  Historical mailing list - Chris DeLong
  Sun, 1 Jun 2003 20:33:22 +0000
  ...I have now hit a snag. > > > > Is there supposed to be a Ignition control Unit in the Kit? The >instructions > > say 83-85 vans...
• AFM Data Update
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sat, 2 Dec 2006 19:58:59 -0800
  ...is in the unit. This might be some sort of throttle closed or idle function. The CO screw simply controls the amount of air...
• Re: Watch out Westy, there is a new kid in town!
  Historical mailing list - Paul
  Mon, 9 Apr 2012 08:52:53 -0700
  ...We leave our Westys as collateral, more or less, and they let us "Demo" their unit on a weekend jaunt. It would be very...
• Re: 78 Westy questions
  Historical mailing list - ANGEL F OLIVARES CHICON
  Mon, 22 Jul 1996 13:09:40 -0400 (GMT-0400)
  ...Check the control unit (computer). 7. Check the fuel pressure and the injectors to see if they are clean. 8. Take a little piece...
• Re: How in the h*ll?!?!???!!??!?!
  Historical mailing list - Michael J. Sullivan
  Fri, 28 Jul 2000 17:00:19 -0400
  ...Until I get >that dang thing off I can't pull the unit out of the dash. > >How in the h*ll do I...
• 86 GL for sale IN
  Historical mailing list - Randy Newell
  Thu, 17 Jul 1997 13:33:34 -0500
  ...matching olds caps if you can believe that! Gas Tank, control unit, idol controller, filter, and AC re-attached to roof of van (recall...
• Re: NEED HELP Olympian Catalytic heater installation
  Historical mailing list - Bo Kersey
  Sun, 12 Jan 1997 12:30:19 -0600
  ...A gas supply pressure of 11" w.c. (0.40 psig) >minimum is required at the heater controls. The supply line must be >equipped...
• Re: Near stall on right turns???
  Historical mailing list - Charles Michaux.
  Sat, 8 Feb 1997 09:44:11 -0500
  ...After A fuel Pump Problem > No start (new Harness) > New idle control unit > Water pump disater 200 mls from home > New thermostat housing > All...
• Re: Electrical Chaos
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Sun, 10 Sep 2006 23:54:32 -0400
  ...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: Battery for 84 Westy
  Historical mailing list - Mike Elliott
  Mon, 19 May 2008 11:34:47 -0700
  ...Their design includes more numerous but thinner and more porous plates (compared to deep-cycle units) to present more surface area for higher current...
• Re: Oil temp. ? and OP ?
  Historical mailing list - Jonathan Berg
  Tue, 5 Oct 2010 10:59:30 -0400
  ...oil cooler units that would fit vertically on to the D-Pillar hole vacated by the WBX airbox and idle control unit. Tencentlife on...
• Re: A/C problems
  Historical mailing list - Stuart MacMillan
  Wed, 19 Nov 2014 09:57:34 -0800
  ...Turns out the auto tranny died too, and his father paid for a rebuilt unit from GT ($2700 installed). Fortunately, he had to sell...
• Re: tachometer light fixture has been removed
  Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
  Wed, 18 Jun 2003 07:49:24 -0700
  ...There are about three different receptacles in a Vanagon that all use the same bulb, cigar lighter, dash lights, VDO instruments, Heater Control panel...
• Re: Engine fuel injection differences from 86 through 91
  Historical mailing list - Kenneth Wilford
  Fri, 7 May 2004 08:00:58 -0400
  ...There are small differences, however nothing that actually effects the ability to swap newer ECUs or other control units between years and the wiring...
• Re: Is ECU involved in getting power to fuel pump when turning ignition switch on?
  Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
  Thu, 26 Jul 2007 07:51:30 -0400
  ...Pin #25 completes the path to the chassis to control the coil as you described. This is known as a "sinking" control circuit. Dennis...
• Behr AC; Air Leaks; Alarms; Scope Creep
  Historical mailing list - Jon B. Kanas
  Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:12:56 -0600
  ...blowers or controls to fall on your head > > > > 2) No loss of overhead storage cabinet to rear evaporator as on factory > > > > unit. > > > > 3) No...