Date:         Wed, 10 May 2023 08:46:17 -0700
Reply-To:     Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Quest for instructions on AFM modification instructions
Comments: To: Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
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In fact you have 3 choices to fix the vanagon syndrome...

- Get a rebuilt one, the capacitor is included in there
- Get a vanagon air flow meter harness -
https://vancafe.com/air-flow-meter-harness/
- Open up the AFM and solder a capacitor yourself.

On Wed, May 10, 2023 at 6:35 AM 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:
> >
> >                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
>