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Date:         Mon, 27 May 2002 21:56:46 -0500
Reply-To:     Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Marshall <mjruskin@SHAW.CA>
Subject:      Follow Up on: TOTALLY RESOLVED: Big problem with engine not
              running - please help now!
Comments: To: David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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Hi Volks:

Well, I congratulated myself too soon - but I fixed it again, and now I am 99% sure it'll stay fixed.

After my last email, I went downstairs (15 floors) to clean up the van - and it was the same story again. How depressing.

OK, I thought - maybe the problem is at the ECU end, so I removed the digitool connector, removed the harness connector to the EC - and spray-cleaned it.

I connected the ECU cable - went back to start the engine and see the effect.

It ran great! I looked at the digitool readout to see what's going on - darn! I forgot to reconnect it.

I connected it again - van had no afm voltage! It died almost immediately!

I disconnected it - ran great. Reconnected it - dies.

So, needless to say, I'm leaving it off for now.

I think what's happened is that the long ribbon cable has a short between conductors - and it's clamping my AFM voltage to ground.

Well, I guess I'll know in the morning for sure - but I'm gonna sleep comfortably tonight - with fairly certain knowledge I've found the problem

Thanks to all that wrote in - this list is great!

Marshall Ruskin

----- Original Message ----- From: "David Beierl" <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM> Sent: Monday, May 27, 2002 09:15 PM Subject: Re: TOTALLY RESOLVED: Big problem with engine not running - please help now!

> At 08:25 PM 5/27/2002, Marshall wrote: > >I sprayed contact cleaner on the wiper surface, the commutator of the wiper > >(key step), sprayed the connectors and unkinked a wire inside the afm > >itself. > > Glad you fixed it -- for next time it's a good idea to find the problem > first and *then* fix it, that way you know what you did. > > On AFMs I've seen, the carbon-button rotating contact has been bypassed > with a flexible wire -- is that not present on yours? > > d > > > -- > David Beierl - Providence, RI > http://pws.prserv.net/synergy/Vanagon/ > '84 Westy "Dutiful Passage" > '85 GL "Poor Relation"


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