[Vwdiesel] Get more speed and power with a zip-tie!
Roger Brown
r.c.brown at ieee.org
Sun May 14 10:37:47 EDT 2006
LBaird119 at aol.com wrote:
> Rookie's fuel volume screw adjustment. ;-)
> If you do find that your Rabbit's cable adjustment is shockingly
> loose, causing a noticeable decrease in power, take a look at
> where the cable connects to the top of the accelerator pedal's
> lever. They used to use a foam-ish bushing in there. They rot
> and the cable pulls into it, increasing the slop in the cable and
> reducing the amount of pull you have. Golfs (USA, in other words
> A2's) use a rubber bushing which is hard to steal and push in
> but well worth it.
> Loren
Or here is what I use:
http://www.4crawler.com/Diesel/ForSale/AccelPedalBushing.shtml
My '82 had the rubber style bushing in there, but it too had fallen apart. Since
installing the plastic bushing 6 years ago, have never had a problem.
--
Roger
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