Date:         Sun, 23 Jul 2000 14:15:38 EDT
Reply-To:     Doss88Wkndr@aol.com
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Brian Doss <Doss88Wkndr@aol.com>
Subject:      AFM cleaning - SHOT?
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII"

Upon the advise of a few of you folks, Ref. my recent idle problems and power
loss, I tore the cover off the AFM, and with a can of Radio Shack electronic
cleaner in hand went about cleaning. I noticed that the black carbon
"rainbow" not only had two tracks worn in it, but there was one spot where
the carbon is worn away enough you can see the white substrate below. I'm
writing before reassembly and try-out, but I'm not very optimistic... any
feedback? If you vendors are reading... how much for a replacement AFM?

PS, the Radio Shack brand of electronic cleaner doesn't come out of the can
with much oomph. And at $11.00, I thought it should.

Brian Doss
'88 Weekender, Queequeg