Oops. Meant to post to all. And.... I wrote: > ...... it might be best to melt off a little wire casing to get access to the OEM wires. with a soldering iron. Neil.
On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:59 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks. > > Ha. Mountain pass soldering! > > Just got it done. For any other peeps in the lower mainland, I sourced 25V > 22uf Tantalum caps here: > > http://www.leeselectronic.com/ > > I would suggest to the next person that if they choose to piggy back the > cap to the OEM leads, it might be best to melt off a little wire casing to > get access to the OEM wires. A wire stripper to do same is a bad idea IMO. > (don't ask) > > ;^) > > > Neil. > > On Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Angus Gordon <birdworks@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:52 PM, neil n <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote: >> > This is a preemptive strike with possible benefit of smoothing out idle. >> >> >> No fair doing this preemptively Neil, I soldered mine in at the top of >> a mountain pass in Montana during a snowstorm. >> >> I don't expect you'll see any result at idle, but it is worth avoiding >> the annoyance of vanagon syndrome (especially climbing grades in the >> mountains). >> >> >> Angus >> > > > > -- > Neil n > > 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp > > '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. > > '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ > > Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: > > > http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines > >
-- Neil n 65 kb image Myford Ready For Assembly http://tinyurl.com/64sx4rp '88 Slate Blue Westy to be named. '81 VanaJetta 2.0 "Jaco" http://tubaneil.googlepages.com/ Vanagon VAG Gas I4/VR Swap Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/vanagons-with-vw-inline-4-cylinder-gas-engines |
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