[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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