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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 2010 18:43:58 -0600
Reply-To:     Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Tom Hargrave <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET>
Subject:      Re: BACK ON THE ROAD ---THANKS  FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO
              FW:              STRANDED in South Florida -              NEED
              TECH HELP
Comments: To: Mark Drexler <mdrexler@ZING-NET.CA>
In-Reply-To:  <F73B644F910D42F8AE3ECF2D9C1691F6@IBMDA3234A2E69>
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Mark,

So, temp 2 sensor was shorted or grounded to the case. That's great news!

Thanks, Tom Hargrave 256-656-1924

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-----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf Of Mark Drexler Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 6:39 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: BACK ON THE ROAD ---THANKS FW: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP

Well, we have made it to Key Largo. To make a long story short, the Temp2 sensor was sending bad data to the computer, and starving gas. Thanks to everyone for your suggestions, which led to this root cause, helped me solve other issues I didn't know I had, such as the idle position switch, and helped me learn a bunch about my bus in the last 48 hours, which was exactly the time it took to sort it out. Based on yesterday's efforts, and your input, I disconnected the Temp2 sensor this morning, and drove 35 minutes to Enrique Neufeld's Wizard shop in south Miami. Enrique didn't need to do any more troubleshooting, just replaced the sensor, and the bus started behaving, but while we were there he also did some minor recalibration on the AFM as well. Enrique made room in his shop immediately when we arrived, and got us back on the road quickly. This is a great shop, and Enrique has been fixing VW's at this location for over 30 years. It was worth the trip just to spend a couple of hours with him. If you are in South Florida next weekend, you should take in VolksBlast 2010, which kicks off Friday afternoon with a BBQ at the Wizard's location. Here is the link. http://www.volksblast.com/

Thanks again for all your help. I hope not to call for help again on this trip!

Mark -----Original Message----- From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of Al Knoll Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:48 PM To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida - NEED TECH HELP

Sometimes just unplugging and re-seating the connector can help too. Easy to do.

Pensionerd.

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Jake Beaulieu <jake_beaulieu@yahoo.com>wrote:

> > ----- "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote: > > I think he already mentioned that the Vanagon idles fine but stalls when > he > > tries to come off idle. > > This will happen if the AFM is not plugged in. Kinda easy to overlook. > > jake > > > >


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