Date: Fri, 12 May 2023 10:51:04 -0400
Reply-To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Sender: Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET>
Subject: Re: Quest for instructions on AFM modification instructions
In-Reply-To: <16D75300-0FB6-4804-AE72-D6B19274B61C@klatsch.org>
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Hi Ben,
Wow! This makes reading theSamba info much easier.
I’ll need to figure this out so that I can search topics there.
Any tips on the process?
I use a Mac.
Is this something I find on the web site or in the browser settings?
If the site where is it and when does it show up.
This is a game changer for me.
Also,
David Beierl kindly responded early on with a brief but complete description of the most common solution. He later specified that it is the same for my 84 as the later 86. And also that this can be done in the harness if preferred.
Here is his statement.
Hey Eric -- Install 22 uF 16V capacitor, preferably tantalum type, between pin 2 (wiper) and pin 4 (ground) of the AFM. Positive side to pin 2.
David
> On May 10, 2023, at 9:25 PM, Ben Eisenbraun <bene@KLATSCH.ORG> wrote:
>
> Hi Eric,
>
> The Samba has a print view for threads that strips much of the redundant text and graphical navigation elements. Here’s the print view link for the thread that Oliver sent:
>
> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/archive/index.php/o-t--t-377466--.html
>
> Maybe that formatting is more accessible to you.
>
> -ben
>
>> On May 10, 2023, at 09:35, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you.
>>
>> I’ll forward the link. I can’t read through these with a screen reader the repetition of text makes it take hours to find a tiny bit of info. This is a visual forum for sure. And, I regret not being able to use it.
>>
>> Still thanks to this list folks help me get the info needed!
>>
>> Appreciatively,
>>
>> Eric Caron
>>
>>
>>
>>> On May 10, 2023, at 1:11 AM, OlRivrRat <OlRivrRat@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
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>>> EC
>>>
>>> Maybe in here >
>>>
>>> https://www.thesamba.com/vw/forum/viewtopic.php?t=377466&postorder=desc
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> On 9 May , 2023, at 9:18 PM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@COMCAST.NET> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Hi folks,
>>>>
>>>> Does anyone out there have a copy of the instructions of how to add in the part needed that goes into the AFM to prevent Vanagon syndrome?
>>>>
>>>> I met a mechanic recently that said he used to have it, and it was from Thesamba. But, he has not been able to find it again. Apparently, his shop was pretty much destroyed during the big VT flood we had a few years ago. And that was one of the things he has not been able to replace.
>>>>
>>>> He showed me on his personal Vanagon damage done to the rain gutters by floating debris.
>>>>
>>>> I’d really like to be able to gift him the write up if anyone has it.
>>>>
>>>> Plus, a side benefit, he may need to add it to my AFM as My new GW AFM, It came with my 84 and is just two years old. Turns out to be defective. A known good one has just solved my inability to run the van with O2 sensor plugged in.
>>>>
>>>> So, anyone got that write up about the AFM capacitor?
>>>>
>>>> Eric Caron
>>
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