[Vwdiesel] [Audi-VW-Diesels] What's this part on my '84 Quantum TD?

[gary]

Took me a few moments to dust off the cobwebs...

This linkage connects the throttle lever to the cruise control
solenoid(or should) Solenoid is not the right word either. More like a
rubber bulb that collapses with vacuum... pulling on the throttle. The
vacuum comes from a special cruise control pump, not engine vacuum.

It is a sliding linkage. This allows you to add to the throttle input
when the cruise is active, without distorting the vacuum bulb.


Cheers,

-Gary

Andrew Buc wrote:
> I'm referring to the thing in the photo that looks like a large safety 
> pin with a black plastic fitting on it:
>
> http://www.flickr.com/photos/12119356@N00/
>
> It has a sort of socket at each end that mates with a ball on a 
> linkage. On the black plastic fitting to the right, the socket faces 
> down. On the fitting to the left (which you can't see in the photo), 
> the socket faces up. Yesterday, I think I knocked the part (while 
> unscrewing the oil filter) and tore the socket to the left off the ball 
> it mates with. I popped it back on, but it doesn't look too good.
>
> What does the mechanism of which this clip (for lack of a better word) 
> is a part do? Is the socket likely to break entirely in normal 
> operation of the car? So far it hasn't, but I've driven the car only a 
> short distance. How bad would the consequences be if it did? In any 
> event, I want to replace the clip. Can anyone give me a name and VW 
> part number for it? Thanks in advance.
>
>
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