Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:06:19 -0800
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From: jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@BELLSOUTH.NET>
Subject: Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
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Hello Tony:
Thank you for your help. Gas tank and filter were new is past two months. When
I disconnected downstream end of filter, plenty of gasoline flowed out.
Opened AFM with your helpful suggestion. Wiper had cut two heavy groves in the
track, but contact was probably still there as measured by cheap digital VOM. I
have bent the wiper but still need to check out. Known good AFM due in Friday
morning. This still does not preclude loose connection in line to ECU. Do you
have a pin-out chart to show pins from AFM at connector to ECU?
Thank you again,
John
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From: T Collins <tonycollin@gmail.com>
To: jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@bellsouth.net>
Sent: Wed, November 23, 2011 12:19:43 PM
Subject: Re: Need instructions on field R&R of AFM '84 1.9L Van down
John that bad boy is just glued on... try sticking a blade and pry it open with
a twisting motion. also have something in hand duck tape or the like to replace
it back down when you are done....by the way did this start happening when the
tank was low?
I would suspect crud in the lines before the AFM so check and replace the square
filter while you wait...The crud may actually be in the tank....my road
soliution to that is low air blow bak into the tank (gas cap off) to reposition
the crud away from the pick up screen in the tank
Good luck,
Tony
On Wed, Nov 23, 2011 at 10:13 AM, jhlauterbach <jhlauterbach@bellsouth.net>
wrote:
I barely made it to my Florida home last night. Started out from Macon,GA,
>where van had been running "like new." About forty miles down I-75 van had
>of-and-on moments all the way to Valdosta (about 150 miles). Van was idling
>rough but evened out after I filled the tank. Went next fifty or so miles but
>then performance got erratic, especially when going up hills. Finally made it
>to north side of Ocala and van would not idle when I got off I-75. Refilled
>tank and made it across FL 40 and down US 17 to my home and into with only
>having to stop at one light.
>
>I suspect AFM. My office is sending me my spare so it gets here Friday
>morning. In the meantime, need to see if I can repair the one I have. Need
>instructions on how to get top off AFM so I can clean contacts and make sure
>wires to connector are tight.
>
>Thank you,
>
>John
>
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