Hi Ken, I had the same problem last year. On the good advice of our list-members, I cleaned the track of the AFM meter, installed the cheap "capacitor" fix, and since I was replacing the collector pipe, replaced the O2 sensor as well. I did these 3 things without testing which individual "fix" caused the bucking to stop. The van has been running beautifully ever since, not a hiccup for a year and a half now. (Fahrvergnuegen!) There is a lot of information in the archives on how to do these fixes. Of course, something else may cause your bucking. What I did was cheap and might be worth a try. Alfred 85 Westy <Subject: 84 Westy bucking
> My folks are visiting from the east coast. They have an 84 Westy 4spd with > approx. 130K miles, original almost everything. When driving at a steady > pace, the engine seems fine. When decelerating, the engine bucks. Bucking > stops on acceleration. > Ken Hartz |
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