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• Re: broken gas pedal

  Ed McLean · Mon, 11 May 2009 22:16:20 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  The accelerator pedal (251721511d) is $20 from the BusDepot. It attaches with simple pop rivets. You can make a temporary fix with a hinge...

• vanagon trivia..who can answer this???

  · Fri, 13 May 2005 11:49:43 EDT · Mailing-list archive

  ...why do automatic transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator pedal reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a plastic accelerator pedal with...

• Re: [vanagon] vanagon trivia..who can answer this???

  Aleksandr Milewski · Fri, 13 May 2005 08:55:37 -0700 · Mailing-list archive

  JORDANVW@AOL.COM wrote: > lets see who can answer this one.. > > why do automatic transmission vanagons have a plastic accelerator pedal > reinforced with metal...

• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.

  Jeff Palmer · Sun, 21 May 2023 23:22:09 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...detached accelerator pedal. > > Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...

• Accelerator Pedal

  Jamie Auch · Sat, 3 Dec 2022 15:42:22 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  ...I was driving along and I lost tension on accelerator pedal on my ‘89. Luckily it was not the cable but the pedal itself...

• Re: accelerator linkage 85 Vanagon automatic

  Budd Premack · Wed, 23 Jun 1999 02:41:19 -0500 · Mailing-list archive

  If the underside of the accelerator pedal has come loose from the bracket/clip at the end of the accelerator cable, then all you...

• Re: Spring gremlin no 2: detached accelerator pedal.

  Harry Hoffman · Mon, 22 May 2023 04:56:26 -0400 · Mailing-list archive

  ...detached accelerator pedal. > > > > Not only could I not stop, I could not go. Accelerator pedal has detached itself. Assuming it rusted out over the...

• Re: [vanagon] vanagon trivia..who can answer this???

  · Fri, 13 May 2005 12:05:55 EDT · Mailing-list archive

  ...plastic accelerator pedal > > reinforced with metal, and manual transmission vanagons just have a > plastic > > accelerator pedal with no metal reinforcement on the pedal? > > Kickdown...

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Shared Vanagon Dictionary

• Accelerator pedal

  Pedal that controls the throttle valve

• Electronic Accelerator

  Sensor-based accelerator pedal for engine management

• Accelerator linkagelcable

  Cable connecting accelerator pedal to throttle valve

• accelerator cable

  Cable that connects the accelerator pedal to the engine, requiring modification for Porsche engine installation.

• Kickdown lever

  Lever that engages lower gear when accelerator pedal is pressed

• Override spring

  Spring that overrides throttle valve when accelerator pedal is pressed

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