Date: Tue, 11 May 2021 23:01:46 +0000
Reply-To: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
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From: Richard Koerner <rjkinpb@SBCGLOBAL.NET>
Subject: Re: Flux capacitor install
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Take a close look Gil at that photo in the link you provided. See how there are "scribe marks" from years and years of the wiper moving across the silkscreened carbon surface on the ceramic board? I saw a YouTube video once where a guy hooked up an Analog (important...not Digital) Voltmeter, and sure enough.....there were glitchy sections where things suddenly dropped out and then returned after the bad section was passed. David Biereil came up with a fix for this: loosen the screws supporting the ceramic PCB, slide it up or down a little to provide a fresh patch of carbon for the wiper to slide on. Caveat: I have never done this myself, but I have installed the Tantalum Capacitor on my 1.9 motor (I never had any issues but did it as a preventative measure). Anyway, for me its all moot now since I have switched to Subaru motor. But similarly, in my 16 year old Toyota Highlander, I was having funky issues with one of the servos for heater and air distribution; I took the servo apart and found the same "scribe marks" on the carbon; in this case, I was able to slightly bend the 3 contact points on the wiper to allow for fresh carbon contact, and problem was immediately solved.
On Tuesday, May 11, 2021, 3:08:46 PM PDT, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
the tantalum capacitor solves the hiccup problem... it won't improve
anything
if you're not confident to pry the lid and to solder or don't want to do
it... this is the option
https://www.vancafe.com/025906302AAFT-p/025906302aaft.htm
On Tue, May 11, 2021 at 1:34 PM Gil Ngai <eyebawlgil@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> Just kidding about the flux capacitor, but I do have in my hand a
> tiny tantalum capacitor.
> This article documents a losing power issue that I've had for years.
> I've had more tow of shames then I can count due to this issue.
>
> http://www.benplace.com/vanagon_intermittent_syndrome.htm
>
>
> I've tried changing everything I can think of: fuel filter, fuel lines,
> alternator, spark plugs, rotor, testing the AMF, and so on..
> Does anyone have experience soldering this little capacitor and its
> results?
>
> Gil
>
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> *cinematographer • **chief storyteller • instructor*
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