Date:         Sat, 11 May 1996 11:56:05 -0500
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         cmoran@cswnet.com (Colin A Moran)
Subject:      Re: 1987 High Idle - $3.13 Fix


>Meanwhile I was pursuing repairing the bad module.  Inside the module I
>discovered two components that were suspect.  The first one, a voltage
>stabilizer transistor was definitely fried.  I found (from my 88 Vanagon
>module) a company logo: SGS in tall narrow letters pushed up against
>eachother & other numbers were BD 438 and 9  741.  I found that an ECG or NTE
>185 was a replacement component for it.  The other component was a rectifier
>diode that had some signs of being overheated but was not overtly fried as
>the other component had been.  The diode had the numbers  GP15G-7001 and GI
>   8641.  I thingk the GI is for General Instruments.  Well, found that it
>could be replaced with an NTE 125 or ECG 125.
>
>Yesterday, I installed the two new components and the bottom line is that
>after poping the module back in, my van idles normally again!  :)
>
>Cost?
>NTE185:   $2.25
>NTE125:     $.88
>
>Total:       $3.13 + tax
>
>Compared to dealer list, I saved about $205. - that's 98.5% less!!  :)   :)
>  :)
>So now I've gone from needing a new module to having a spare for future use.
>:)
>
>Jim Davis
>87 GL Syncro
>88 GL Wolfsburg

Alright Jim!!  thats what I try to do, repair the part instead of replace
it. (electrical)  This is good information.  I have replace the little
instrument lights with grain of wheat bulbs from Radio Shack.  I don't have
the number handy but if anyone is interested I'll dig it up.  I have also
repaired a faulty head light switch and back up light switch, just by
disassembley and a little ingenuity.
Colin A Moran

If you can't dazzle them with brilliance,
baffle them with bull sh*t.

 '86 Syncro GL