walter bahm wrote: > Larry: > > what type of capacitor (rating) and across what two > points dis you connect ? > > thanks > > walter > > --- Larry Alofs <lalofs@ENTERACT.COM> wrote: > > Mark Dorm wrote: > > > > > Were any of the later model vanagons immune to > > this sort of problem? > > > > My '91 had the problem. (Intermittent loss of power > > at speed after about an > > hour of continuous driving, generally in cold > > weather.) > > I installed the capacitor, and it seems to run > > smoother and idle down better, > > but I am not sure if the main problem has been > > solved since I haven't taken a > > long trip in cold weather since. > > > > Larry A. > > 91 GL vinnie (Vincent Van Go) > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ I got two 10 mfd tantalum capacitors off the rack at Radio Shack and soldered them in parallel (hook the two positive leads together and the two negative leads together). I believe that R. S. can also order a single 22 mfd tantalum for you if you prefer. A voltage rating of 10 or 15 V is plenty, higher is OK too. Connect the positive side of the capacitor(s) to pin 2 on the AFM connector (blue and red wire on my '91). Connect the negative side to pin 4 (brown and white wire on mine). I pulled back the rubber boot on the connector, scraped a little insulation off the wires and soldered. Tantalum capacitors are small, so they fit inside the boot reasonably well. Good luck. Larry A. |
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