| Author |
Message |
chrisfreed1
Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2018
Posts: 7
Location: Seattle
|
 Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 10:42 am Post subject: "S" Switch |
 |
|
What is it?
I think the part number is 701927127
I found something that says its a transmission switch. Maybe sport? And I've seen roof blower switch.
Any ideas?
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
Joshwa
Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2015
Posts: 810
Location: North Seattle WA
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chrisfreed1
Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2018
Posts: 7
Location: Seattle
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:22 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
| Its in a 1993 MV with AC that I recently obtained. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chrisfreed1
Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2018
Posts: 7
Location: Seattle
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:23 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
| I also have reason to believe that this van has been through some stuff. Maybe new/used dash, door panels and who knows. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chrisfreed1
Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2018
Posts: 7
Location: Seattle
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
a few more photos from inside the van...
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Stripped66
Samba Member
Joined: May 31, 2005
Posts: 3470
Location: Charleston, SC
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:35 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
Have you tried pressing it?
_________________
| 66brm wrote: |
| Bodacious wrote: |
| Why not just make a custom set of wires with a Y splice in them. Then you could just run one distributor. |
I don't think electrickery works that way |
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
chrisfreed1
Samba Member
Joined: March 19, 2018
Posts: 7
Location: Seattle
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 1:58 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
| As far as I can tell it does nothing. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Joshwa
Samba Member
Joined: November 18, 2015
Posts: 810
Location: North Seattle WA
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
JMB3
Samba Member
Joined: July 19, 2015
Posts: 85
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 19, 2018 4:17 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
| chrisfreed1 wrote: |
| transmission switch. Maybe sport? |
I imagine this guess is correct. I'm not sure how you would confirm it, though, unless you were really good at sensing the responsiveness of the transmission. I think I remember seeing some tables in the Bentley that specified the exact speeds at which the transmission shifted. Maybe you could use that to tell if it's doing its thing. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Gruppe B
Samba Member
Joined: January 16, 2007
Posts: 1331
|
| Posted: Tue Mar 20, 2018 6:25 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
| The early 90's Eurovans had the "sport" switch to allow the transmission to Rev higher during acceleration. My 2 Eurovans had these switches but something must have broken in the 26 years that they were on the road as they did nothing too. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
BALDY & BLONDIE
Samba Member
Joined: July 12, 2013
Posts: 14
Location: United Kingdom
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
TDCTDI
Samba Advocatus Diaboli
Joined: August 31, 2013
Posts: 12848
Location: North Carolina
|
| Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2018 12:36 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
Do NOT push that button at highway speeds!! That button is used to make the transmission hold a lower gear longer when climbing & descending hills.
_________________
Everybody born before 1975 has a story, good, bad, or indifferent, about a VW.
GOFUNDYOURSELF, quit asking everyone to do it for you!
An air cooled VW will make you a hoarder.
Do something, anything, to your project every day, and you will eventually complete it. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
logans5vw
Samba Member
Joined: July 03, 2011
Posts: 35
Location: chicago
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 4:54 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
| When I had my 93 we called it the "retro-rocket" switch cause it gave a big boost to trans shift points. It was a hoot around town. |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Abscate
Samba Member
Joined: October 05, 2014
Posts: 22641
Location: NYC/Upstate/ROW
|
| Posted: Mon Mar 26, 2018 8:10 pm Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
Someone you don’t know gets $1,000,000 if you push that button
_________________
.ssS! |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
santeko
Samba Member
Joined: December 04, 2017
Posts: 23
Location: CA
|
| Posted: Wed Apr 04, 2018 11:44 am Post subject: Re: "S" Switch |
|
|
| My 1992 manual says its a Sport switch. I don't touch it, however, I have a follow up question, I recently drove up a friends insanely steep driveway (we're talking 14%+ grade) and as the van slowed, it kicked into a super low gear that I didn't recognize from normal driving. Is this related? It felt like it downshifted from 1 into.... 0.5 gear? |
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
