Date: Sat, 13 May 2023 09:01:41 -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
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or this...
https://support.google.com/chrome/answer/10129654?hl=en
On Sat, May 13, 2023 at 8:37 AM Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote:
> I found this, it's the Chrome browser...
>
>
> https://www.thewindowsclub.com/browse-in-text-only-mode-in-chrome-edge-or-firefox
>
> or this ...
>
> Click the “Save as” or “Save Page As” option and select “Webpage,HTML
> only” from the Save as Type drop-down menu. Type a name for the text file
> and click “Save.” The text from the Web page will be extracted and saved
> as a text file that can be viewed in text editors and document programs
> such as Microsoft Word.
>
> On Fri, May 12, 2023 at 7:51 AM Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>> >>>
>> >>> 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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