I would like to express my thanks to all of you who = helped me solve the problem.

Also, please do not feel slighted if your name is = not mentioned, as I can not recall everyone.

I have just completed a 3600 km(2250 mi) trip = through beautiful but very mountainous British Columbia. The 85

Vanagon ran flawlessly for the whole trip and the = gas mileage was a respectable 24 miles/Imp.gal.(19.2 mi/US gal).

The van was fully loaded with 4 people, camping gear = plus an additional box attached to a rear rack.

I did 4 things that may have solved the = problem:

Cleaned the contacts of the AFM meter. The = meter seems to have a crack in the circuitboard just at the
very = beginning. As a result the resistance goes to maximum almost immediately and stays that = way for the
rest of the swing of the contact. I was going to replace = the meter before going on the trip but ran out of time.

I did put in the capacitor modification before I = left though. Cleaned the contacts with a good contact = cleaner.
This probably solved the bucking problem.

Should I replace the AFM as = for city driving it runs to lean and may cause some damage?

Replaced the ignition cylinder and switch as there = was some play. Rattling the keys while driving caused the

engine to quit. This may have really solved = the intermittent stalling problem.

Replaced the oxygen sensor as I was replacing the = collector pipe anyway. I don't know if that had anything

to do with the bucking or stalling.

Put a bottle of injector cleaner (Chevron brand = containing Techron) in the gas tank.

That's it. Runs great. This is the love = phase of my love-hate relationship with the van.

Thanks again to all of you who helped. =

Alfred