Couple questions (pictures)
03-14-2004, 12:33 PM
#18
Devon,
I am pretty sure you don't need to replace the vacuum accumulator bottle. IIRC it is actually there to assist the brake booster at idle (which is why it is connected to the brake booster), not the climate control system. Just cap that vacuum line off and you should be good to go. The only effect of removing it might be a little bit harder brake pedal at a stop light. PM Skip and ask him if his car suffered any ill effect from removing his vacuum accumulator.
Also, in the picture Dan was asking about, your return spring is connected to the wrong spot. In that picture it is connected to the cable stop that would be used for, I think, a cable for cruise control. If you look just to the left and slightly down from there you will see the actual anchor point for the return spring. Also, the spring usually has a plastic sleeve on it to keep junk from getting caught in it.
And finally, I think there actually is a filter for the blower intake. I think it gets thrown out a lot of times when it gets old and clogged, which is why yours is missing.
I am pretty sure you don't need to replace the vacuum accumulator bottle. IIRC it is actually there to assist the brake booster at idle (which is why it is connected to the brake booster), not the climate control system. Just cap that vacuum line off and you should be good to go. The only effect of removing it might be a little bit harder brake pedal at a stop light. PM Skip and ask him if his car suffered any ill effect from removing his vacuum accumulator.
Also, in the picture Dan was asking about, your return spring is connected to the wrong spot. In that picture it is connected to the cable stop that would be used for, I think, a cable for cruise control. If you look just to the left and slightly down from there you will see the actual anchor point for the return spring. Also, the spring usually has a plastic sleeve on it to keep junk from getting caught in it.
And finally, I think there actually is a filter for the blower intake. I think it gets thrown out a lot of times when it gets old and clogged, which is why yours is missing.
03-14-2004, 01:01 PM
#20
Three Wheelin'
A couple of things to look for:
1. On the early fuel rail the fuel lines attach to the rear of the rail, and the Fuel Pressure Regulator and Fuel Pressure damper are mounted at the rear end of the rail. Of course a late model fuel rail will bolt right up to an early engine.
2. On the early engines there is a silver/aluminum colored "valve" (Auxiliary Air Valve) mounted under the intake maniflod. Late model engines have a cadmium plated (yellow) Idle Stabilizer. The AAR has a 2 wire connector, the IS has a 3 wire connector.
The vacuum accumulator part number is: 945 573 808 00
The filter part number is: 944 572 104 00
1. On the early fuel rail the fuel lines attach to the rear of the rail, and the Fuel Pressure Regulator and Fuel Pressure damper are mounted at the rear end of the rail. Of course a late model fuel rail will bolt right up to an early engine.
2. On the early engines there is a silver/aluminum colored "valve" (Auxiliary Air Valve) mounted under the intake maniflod. Late model engines have a cadmium plated (yellow) Idle Stabilizer. The AAR has a 2 wire connector, the IS has a 3 wire connector.
The vacuum accumulator part number is: 945 573 808 00
The filter part number is: 944 572 104 00
03-14-2004, 08:13 PM
#23
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Thread Starter
and i looked around that spring too, and there is no where else to mount it like someone said in this thread. i don't knwo what you guys are talking about. if i take off the spring, the thing it is attached to doesnt move when you turn the throttle cam. whatever it is holding is attached to teh same spring that is under the throttle cam...
03-14-2004, 08:23 PM
#24
The return spring on you throttle body is so stretched out and deformed that I doubt you can use the correct loction any longer, but I have attached your picture with a mark indicating where it is supposed to be hooked. It also is supposed to have a black plastic sleeve on it to protect it for stuff getting caught in it:
03-14-2004, 09:37 PM
#26
Other than it isn't the correct location 
In your application, the only difference I see is that the proper mounting point has a better alignment to the connection point on the throttle shaft/cam. Rotate the throttle cam and see if the spring contacts it at all during its full range of travel.
If you had cruise control (I think that's what uses the other cable stop) you wouldn't be able to hook the spring up there at all since another cable would be there.
In your application, the only difference I see is that the proper mounting point has a better alignment to the connection point on the throttle shaft/cam. Rotate the throttle cam and see if the spring contacts it at all during its full range of travel.
If you had cruise control (I think that's what uses the other cable stop) you wouldn't be able to hook the spring up there at all since another cable would be there.
03-14-2004, 09:44 PM
#27
Here is a picture of the return spring in the correct location on a car with the second cable stop in use. It is either for cruise control or auto transmission kickdown, not sure as I have neither.
03-14-2004, 09:44 PM
#28
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umm i do have the cruise control unit near the left of the engine bay... but i dont have the right switch inside for it or something. (not the right blinker stalk)
03-14-2004, 09:46 PM
#30
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i dontknow what the hell is going on here. i have the unit on the left of the engine for the cruise control, and i dont have the cable going ot there (unless its hanging somewhere) and i dont have the shifter mechanism up in the dash, and i have an air regulator that i'm not supposed to or something somehow.. i dont even knwo what i have anymore. i dont think its the old engine.. but who knows now! definately cant be an early car with the dash it has.. and everything else for the late car has fit mine.. i'm not understannddinggg