Clorox and Brake Fluid & 86 8V

[treed2 at u.washington.edu (T. Reed)]

Roger Brown's website is: http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/VWpickup.shtml

And if you dig around enough you will find the UHMW bushing:
http://4crawler.cruiserpages.com/Diesel/ForSale/AccelPedalBushing.shtml

I was too cheap and just got the $1.20 hard "white plastic" bushing from
an A2 G/J, p/n 191 723 559.

My bushing used to be completely missing so I replaced it with an orange
foam one from a junkyard cabriolet, which promptly disintegrated. Then I
got the hard one and it made a noticable difference in throttle response.

-Toby

On Sat, 18 Oct 2003, Ron Pieper wrote:

> --- ron@bunch.org wrote:
> > Now, can any of you chemists tell me what parts have gone wrong to cause my
> > 86 8V Scirocco (over 250,00 mile original engine -and CLUTCH) to have lost
> > accelerator pedal travel to the point where I only have 3/4 throttle? I can
> > lift the pedal fully then depress fully.
> > It's almost as if something unseen bent. What might have caused the
> > geometry to change?
>
> Prolly just the bushing atop the go-faster pedal where the cable attaches.  Those are foam rubber
> things, and can leave you stranded if totally gone.  Roger - a lister who's into Diesels - makes
> Delrin replacements, or a factory piece is a few bucks.  Can't remember his website...
>
> Ron
>
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