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• Re: Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question? / Pertronix electronic ignition
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Sat, 9 Mar 2002 23:58:44 -0500
  ...Tach/Dwell Meter Usage Question? >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >>check out the pertronix electronic ignition setup. replaces the points >>and condenser, fits entirely...
• Re: SI vs. dumb (0 cc's Vanagon content)Long
  Historical mailing list - Per Lindgren
  Wed, 15 Dec 1999 14:18:45 +0100
  ...is 4 feet, > 8.5 > > inches. (Wonder how much that is in metric?) 143,51 cms or 1,4351 meters PerL 87 Syncro 112i
• Re: Torqued?
  Historical mailing list - pensioner
  Mon, 19 Nov 2001 23:25:57 -0800
  ...Newton Meter. Cookie counter..U/M? each? You Canadians got it all fig-gerd out. Bigger gallons, smaller miles. YMMWV. pensioner ( International Bitterness Units...
• Wanted: AFMs dead or alive
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Wed, 2 May 2007 18:25:35 -0700
  ...Email me if you have dead Air Flow Meters ready for a new life! Thanks, Jon
• Re: Current Draw?
  Historical mailing list - John Reddick
  Sun, 27 May 2007 08:29:09 -0400
  Unfortunately digital meters are no more accurate than their analog counterparts. I know they show a nice precise number, but that number was derived...
• FW: Air Meter Capacitor sawp??? Need info....
  Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
  Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:25:19 -0400
  ...Some air-flow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving. This resonance causes the air-flow...
• Re: Replacing FI with Carbs on WBX 2.1L
  Historical mailing list - neil N
  Sat, 7 Mar 2009 12:32:43 -0800
  ...stuff. > Any good system with an Air Mass Meter instead of an Air flow Meter ( a > place where something mechanical interfaces with electrons .........which...
• Re: Alternator question
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Thu, 24 Mar 2011 12:31:26 -0400
  ...And the max deflection jumps from 5 mm to 15 mm (used belt) at one meter length, and our belts are only a bit...
• Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 15:17:18 -0800
  ...When using the meter as a voltmeter, you switch it into high-resistance mode so there is almost no current flowing through it because...
• Insturment cluster repairing and speedometer repair
  Historical mailing list - roger sisler
  Sun, 29 Oct 2006 12:02:00 -0800
  ...I think the PO pressed the button to reset the trip odometer while driving.Shouldnt be problem, but something caused the meters not to...
• Re: Spray paint to match old brown dash?
  Historical mailing list - Bruce Todd
  Mon, 30 May 2011 19:10:10 -0700
  ...A friend of my > son's fabricated a nice meter pod out of cold-rolled steel to sit over > them and shade the meter...
• Re: Fuel Gauge inaccuracy
  Historical mailing list - Ari Ollikainen
  Mon, 23 Jun 1997 23:42:45 -0700
  ...Using the trip meter like this also > helps me avoid running out of gas. As I said in my original note, this is StandardOperatingProcedure...
• Re: '84 speedometer failure
  Historical mailing list - Chad Lyles
  Fri, 16 Nov 2007 12:37:22 -0800
  ...no speedo, no trip meter, no odometer. nothing .... On Nov 16, 2007 12:22 PM, Matthew Snook <matt@snooksband.com> wrote: > Thanks for the...
• Re: Running rich.....me too
  Historical mailing list - Michael Elliott
  Thu, 18 Oct 2007 07:58:48 -0700
  ...Running rich.....me too > > >> The meter should read close to 0 ohms when you touch the probes together. >> If it doesn't you need...
• Re: O2-sensor results with digital voltmenter
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Fri, 23 Dec 2011 11:24:44 -0500
  ...Depending on meter, probably cycling fast enough that you're seeing an average reading, which suggests normalish operation. The suggestion is that it might...
• Re: Digifart MAF question
  Historical mailing list - Chris S
  Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:47:43 -0400
  Has anyone ever adapted CIS FI to the WBX? On 4/30/09, Jonathan Farrugia <jfarrugi@umich.edu> wrote: > not so > > Air Flow Meter...
• Auxiliary Battery Issue
  Historical mailing list - Josh Greenberg
  Tue, 9 Sep 2003 11:11:04 -0600
  ...When I power up the engine the voltage meter DOES read higher. However, now it only reads marginally higher. For example, the voltage meter...
• Interesting item on eBay web site item#580388333: NEW AIR FLOW METER FOR VW VANAGON
  Historical mailing list - Terry Kay
  Sat, 21 Apr 2001 06:05:39 PDT
  ...NEW AIR FLOW METER FOR VW VANAGON Seller: gr8b8@hotmail.com Starts: Apr-15-01 20:32:05 PDT Ends: Apr-22-01 20...
• Re: removing speedo meter needle
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 23:29:29 -0400
  Yes and yes. Yrs, d On Tue, Sep 5, 2017 at 11:21 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > thanks Ben... > > use the...
• Re: Mass Airflow Meter Bad - says dealer.
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Fri, 26 May 2000 09:57:21 EDT
  In a message dated 5/26/00 9:28:13 AM, goeire@webtv.net writes: << Rico, is this a "Friday Funny" or do you...
• Re: just finished installing my shadyboy awning
  Historical mailing list - Frank Condelli
  Wed, 8 Jun 2005 06:29:57 EDT
  ...Have you all got some kind of wind meter ? I will tell you one thing though the winds at the Quebec Club's Montmagny...
• Re: Takes a darn long time for the heater to come up to speed
  Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
  Thu, 5 Mar 2009 20:43:04 -0800
  > > Subaru heater hoses? 1 meter total? Protected from the elements in the > engine compartment. Vanagon heater hoses? 6 meters total? Hanging out > in the...
• 1980 Vanagon "Farts" Revisited
  Historical mailing list - Captain
  Mon, 20 May 96 17:47 EST
  ...He told me about a guy that could set the airflow meter for me. I went to see him. He decided the airflow meter...
• Re: New life for worn out air flow meter
  Historical mailing list
  Mon, 15 May 1995 23:09:12 -0500
  ...this was always >a symptom of a dirty resistor substrate in the air flow meter. But I >had already cleaned it to no avail...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Rick Gordon
  Tue, 26 May 1998 22:15:26 -0700
  ...A properly configured meter can spot overall voltage shortage (remember Voltage NOT Amps or you're going to be buying a new meter.) Rick...
• Re: Test equipment--"Official VW multimeter"
  Historical mailing list - Pat Collins
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 16:28:01 GMT
  ...literature--the official multi-meter for VW trained mechanics > is the Fluke There are a few other manufactures of multi-meters that are just...
• Erratic Cold Idle
  Historical mailing list - Beckham, Chip
  Tue, 17 Dec 2002 10:03:50 -0500
  ...With a meter on the contacts, I moved the air gate. The needle movement on my meter was less than linearly proportional. (the resitance...
• Re: removing speedo meter needle
  Historical mailing list - BenT
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:38:21 -0700
  Sorry, answered from the wrong email. BenT > On Sep 5, 2017, at 8:21 PM, Dan N <dn92610@gmail.com> wrote: > > thanks Ben... > > use...
• Re: Passenger side electric mirror not working advice needed.....
  Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 15:02:37 -0600
  Vanagon Man wrote: > > Anyone know a troubleshooting procedure for this? > > Adam P Meter, circuit diagram from Bentley, lots of determination. I spent 2 hours...
• Odometer Repair in Toronto?
  Historical mailing list - 80 Westy Pokey
  Mon, 14 Apr 2003 21:04:58 -0400
  Any Toronto listees know of a local place that fixes odometers? I had mine fixed once after someone pressed the trip meter while moving...
• <No subject>
  Historical mailing list - Don Spence
  Mon, 11 Apr 2005 14:55:38 -0600
  ...You then compare to a standard colour chart. > pH meters for around the shop >
• I need an AFM and an ECU
  Historical mailing list - Benny boy
  Tue, 30 May 2006 21:29:18 -0400
  Hey guys, anyone with a good working Air Flow Meter for an 85 Digijet, i can live with an 83-84, i forgot the...
• Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 11 Nov 2007 17:54:31 -0800
  ...It is very easy to make the mistake of leaving the meter set for amps when you go to measure volts. Hell, I only...
• Re: 12v Panel Meter Wanted
  Historical mailing list - J. Harvey
  Sun, 20 Jun 2004 20:58:40 -0700
  ...I found the circular/round meter at JCWhitney, but I &gt;&gt;&amp;gt;really &gt;&gt;&amp;gt;want the rectangular shaped meter...
• Re: [vjmc] tune up sequence- Timing Tools
  Historical mailing list - Greg Potts
  Fri, 15 Jun 2007 08:43:35 -0400
  Hi Bill, If you're gonna use a timing light, I'd say a dwell meter is pretty much indispensable. Switch it to the...
• Re: measuring current?
  Historical mailing list
  Fri, 31 Jan 1997 06:38:02 PST
  ...When current exceeds the meter rating I substitute a .1 (point one) ohm resistor for the fuse, read the voltage across it, then multiply...
• Hauted Westy
  Historical mailing list - Brush, John
  Tue, 6 Jul 1999 08:28:19 -0600
  >Yesterday as I was filling up my trusty steed with liquid dinosaur, I reset >my trip meter as I do each and every time...
• Re: Diesel: Temp gauge gone crazy
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sat, 26 Jan 2002 21:23:24 -0500
  ...The tall ones will peg the meter; the squat ones blink the light but don't peg the meter. I don't think they...
• Re: VDO Tach weirdness
  Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
  Mon, 31 Mar 2003 14:21:40 -0500
  ...So I went in the back and hooked up my tach/dwell > meter. When the meter was connected in the back, the readings matched...
• Re: Ultimate Fix #1
  Historical mailing list - Rico Sapolich
  Tue, 16 Oct 2001 22:42:28 EDT
  ...Although you are correct regarding grounding, your view of analog meters is rather narrow. There are some tasks for which an analog is much...
• Re: AFM installation?
  Historical mailing list - Todd Last
  Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:31:50 -0700
  ...Most people do not have a CO meter, so that may require a trip to the local tune-up shop. Todd '88 Westy Martin...
• Re: westy water/battery level meter wiring...
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 4 Apr 2006 05:30:03 -0700
  ...notes. > >Two black wires come out of the back of the meter.what is the purpose of >each ground the way you understand it...
• Re: Homemade muffler
  Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
  Mon, 4 Feb 2013 21:46:59 -0800
  ...02-04, at 8:27 PM, Roger Whittaker wrote: > Dear muffler DIY > > Well done and very high on the local cool-o-meter > Regrds
• Re: breadloaf air flow meter
  Historical mailing list - Morris H. Arthur
  Thu, 20 Jun 1996 13:57:41 -0400
  Check to make sure nothing funky is happening in the wires going to the double relay, too. + Morris Arthur morris_arthur@unc.edu + Center...
• Re: Test equipment--"Official VW multimeter"
  Historical mailing list - BILL V.
  Wed, 29 Sep 1999 09:33:28 -0600
  ...My favorite Fluke meter for electronics usage is the Fluke 87. Adding my dollar two ninety eight <grin> Bill V. "I'd Rather Be...
• Re: extreme idle from hell results...air flow meter!
  Historical mailing list - Matthew C. Huntley
  Thu, 10 Feb 2005 09:48:39 -0800
  ...extreme idle from hell results...air flow meter! So after dealing with my evil idle problem (see below) for over a week, I gave...
• Hesitation on 87 Vanagon O2 sensor?
  Historical mailing list - Kay O Fremgen
  Wed, 5 Aug 1998 01:11:53 -0400
  ...With the volt meter hooked up to the now back inline O2 sensor I'm getting readings which to my knowledge are correct. In...
• Re: WTB rear differential lock externals
  Historical mailing list - mark drillock
  Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:48:15 -0800
  ...I have one from a 4000 Quattro that has double vacuum switch for 2 lockers, indicators, and as a bonus a volt meter and...
• AFMs still wanted
  Historical mailing list - jon
  Sun, 26 Nov 2006 18:17:41 -0800
  I am still looking for a couple more worn AFMs (Air Flow Meter) from WBXs. Does anyone else have ? I have three now, and...
• Re: Current Draw?
  Historical mailing list - David Etter
  Sat, 26 May 2007 20:11:52 -0600
  ...switch to "ON" the meter always deflected to the right 1/2 'unit of measure. That's on a 60 amp. ammeter, where there...
• Re: I tuned the 82 and now NO GO, help wanted
  Historical mailing list - John
  Sun, 26 Sep 1999 11:16:54 -0400
  ...Why are you connecting the dwell meter to #1 spark plug wire? Dwell is the coil "on" time and deals only with coil KL...
• '85 Westy 1.9l Cold Stalling
  Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
  Wed, 1 Mar 2000 10:46:50 -0500
  ...Maybe my digital meter is off 2 or 3 ohms? I will run an extra ground wire here when I get a chance. I...
• Re: Starts then dies. What to check?
  Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
  Tue, 24 Jul 2012 15:09:04 -0700
  any air leak between air flow meter and throttle body sure fits the symptom. some terms may be mixed up a little. the throttle...
• Re: AIR FLOW METER
  Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
  Fri, 5 Mar 2010 13:47:35 -0600
  ...AIR FLOW METER On Fri, Mar 5, 2010 at 10:41 AM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote: > Doesn't GoWesty have something like...
• Re: removing speedo meter needle
  Historical mailing list - Van O Rama
  Tue, 5 Sep 2017 20:37:26 -0700
  Yes and yes, as Davel Barrel just wrote. Ben > On Sep 5, 2017, at 8:21 PM, Dan N <dn92610@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > > thanks...
• Re: Choked starting?
  Historical mailing list - Miguel Pacheco
  Thu, 28 Mar 2013 13:14:52 -0600
  ...Any air that gets in there (and it will) will be un-metered and it will run like crap. These come with a clamp...
• Brand New Bosch AFM
  Historical mailing list - dylan
  Sat, 6 Feb 2010 09:04:27 -0800
  While cleaning up at the shop yesterday I found a brand new Bosch, in the box, not remanufactured, air flow meter for the 2...
• Re: 396,000 miles!!?? can anybody beat that?
  Historical mailing list - joel walker
  Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:41:50 -0600
  > Are those Kilo-Meters? hmmmm. well ... it doesn't say one way or the other. since the bus was listed for sale in Long...
• Re: Multimeter Recommendations
  Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
  Sun, 16 Jun 2013 09:02:37 -0700
  ...That one is also a clamp meter that will read DC current, I use it to check the solar charging system. All were purchased...
• Re: Vitrifrigo temp data
  Historical mailing list - David Beierl
  Sun, 7 Jul 2013 17:14:34 -0400
  ...To get the most accurate picture of consumption you have to go one step farther and look at watt-hours, if your meter will...