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  • Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:28:49 -0400
    ...accurate but not expensive analog (not digital, >I want an analog meter) engine analyzer/tach, something with a 4-cyl >setting. If you find...
  • guages for sale
    Historical mailing list - Tim & Kim Dayton
    Sat, 30 Mar 2002 07:29:52 -0500
    ...new cylinder temp gauge with temperature probe $35 new amp meter guage $35 new VDO rubber 2 guage pod $10 Several audi 4000 volt...
  • switching temp sensor (for dash)
    Historical mailing list - Matt Sutton
    Tue, 4 Feb 2003 09:07:55 -0400
    Hi folks, Putting in a new coolant sensor in for the dash meter. Any tips for avoiding massive coolant loss during the change over...
  • battery questions
    Historical mailing list - don spence
    Thu, 1 Apr 2004 09:34:09 -0700
    Get a VOM (Volt Ohm Meter), pull the neg battery cable and connect the meter in series between the cable and the battery neg...
  • Fix for Mass Airflow Meter '91GL
    Historical mailing list - Herb Harmison
    Mon, 30 Dec 1996 20:34:38 -0600
    ...that there may well be a problem with the mass airflow meter rheostat. I checked the terminal resistance on contacts 2-3 per Bentley...
  • Re: O2 Sensor Voltage
    Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
    Sat, 3 Feb 2001 11:16:38 EST
    ...Analog meters usually have too low an input >impedance >and change the circuit voltage significantly. > >Larry A. >Chicago >91 GL ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM...
  • Re: dont pusy our trip meter while driving!
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Thu, 25 Jan 2001 19:56:42 -0700
    ...dont pusy our trip meter while driving! > At 07:36 PM 1/25/2001, Jere & Beth Hawn wrote: > > >I understand the logic behind this...
  • Re: Follow-Up: Under-Sink Battery Installation
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 10 Aug 2011 07:51:15 -0700
    ...Do you have a URl of >> where you bought your Amp/Volt meter? or a part # and name of >> Manufacturer? > > Alas, the Westach site...
  • Re: Poor idle
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 08 May 95 11:20:13 PDT
    ...maybe the air flow meter resistor needs cleaning. Still no fix. I'm now suspecting the idle stabilizer. I bypassed it per Bently and...
  • cylinder head temp sensor
    Historical mailing list
    Tue, 11 Feb 1997 11:27:19 -0800
    ...with ohm meter. 6) airflow boot between meter and air distributer was cracked and created vaccum leak when it warmed up. So I am...
  • Re: charger controllert/low volt Regulator suggestions for 2nd battery system
    Historical mailing list - TC
    Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:49:27 -0800
    ...the regulator/solar charge controller/metering this is looks realy great Morningstar prostar 15M -$150 with lcd meter http://www.morningstarcorp.com/products/ProStar...
  • Re: Radio Install
    Historical mailing list - Paul Guzyk
    Thu, 27 Mar 2008 22:03:00 -0700
    ...To do >this you will need a volt-ohm meter (multi-meter). Pull that plastic >cover off the underside of the steering column (assuming...
  • wires for gauges
    Historical mailing list - Davidson
    Sat, 13 Feb 1999 08:36:52 -0800
    ...oil pressure gauge oil temp gauge volt meter gauge Thanks Bill 90 Westy Syncro
  • parts for sale
    Historical mailing list - Michael Yozell
    Wed, 6 Oct 1999 16:24:42 EDT
    ...I have a good digijet ecu ,air flow meter, wiring harness ,and rear wiper moter I also have 2 good side view mirrors and...
  • Wrap Up: Can't pass emissions
    Historical mailing list - =David-M=
    Tue, 11 Jul 2000 15:25:53 -0400
    >The final episode of my trying to pass emissions saga ended with >a new airflow meter and a new set of ignition wires and...
  • Re: Throttle switch
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Fri, 9 Mar 2001 22:20:36 -0800
    ...I turned the allen screw until the meter showed a connection. Sincerely, Mark Keller 91 Carat Cowichan Bay, B.C.
  • Intermittent Vanagon syndrome fix
    Historical mailing list - harald_nancy
    Sat, 5 May 2001 08:53:34 -0700
    ...www.geocities.com/harald_nancy/ and click on Intermittent syndrome I installed the cap inside the air flow meter. Harald '90 westy [text/html]
  • Re: hesitation
    Historical mailing list - Stephen Fry
    Fri, 24 Aug 2001 12:40:20 -0400
    ...but with this many miles and PPPO (Piss Poor Previous Owner) I am not sure if this meter has ever been replaced.. Stephen
  • FS: 2.1L AFM, ISV, Alternator, A/C Compressor, also 2.0L aircooled hyd. heads
    Historical mailing list
    Wed, 25 Jun 2003 14:48:22 EDT
    ...2.1L air flow meter (AFM) 2.1L Idle stabilization valve (ISV) a/c compressor (fits 84-91 vanagons) alternator (fits 84-91 vanagons...
  • Re: Electrical Glitch causiing a dead Aux battery...more..
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Sun, 11 Nov 2007 14:41:52 -0800
    ...Replace a fuse or buy a new meter...
  • Re: doc wattson or watts up?
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:58:16 -0700
    ...A Doc Wattson or Watts Up meter would be useful and fun for me. My van is a hobby as well as a means...
  • Re: Testing Generator and Volt. Reg.
    Historical mailing list - Gerald Skerbitz
    Wed, 12 Apr 1995 08:25:56 -0500 (CDT)
    ...I think what's needed here for SweetPea (I think that's who asked the original question) Is how to use the meter. So...
  • Re: Surepower 1315 and charging issues
    Historical mailing list - Keith Ovregaard
    Tue, 5 May 2009 21:07:59 -0700
    ...So I went down to the >> garage to grab my battery charger and volt meter. The charger was >> connected directly to the aux battery...
  • Air-flow Sensor, 85 Waterboxer[via LSMTP - see www.lsoft.com]
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 22 Nov 1997 23:04:00 -0500
    ...d) Air-flow meter faulty. - Now I'm stuck. Both Probst and the Bentley book have a spec. for the air-flow meter of...
  • RE: Where can I rent a CO meter in East Bay (CA)
    Historical mailing list - Beth Young
    Thu, 21 Nov 1996 07:09:20 -0800 (PST)
    ...To correct this I looked into buying a meter (big = > bucks). However a friend directed me to the local Heathkit (Zenith) = > dealer who had...
  • Re: Preliminary...Headlight weirdness? (long) Solved!
    Historical mailing list - Don Hanson
    Sat, 9 Jun 2012 19:26:00 -0700
    ...The chrome bumpers are always good grounds in my experiece. > > I would not use a volt meter for this type of test usually. A...
  • Re: O2 sensor transition time
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Thu, 7 May 2009 07:56:34 -0500
    ...O2 sensor transition time > > >> At 09:39 PM 5/6/2009, Scott Daniel �- Turbovans wrote: >>> >>> a new Bosch, and using a digital volt meter...
  • Re: doc wattson or watts up?
    Historical mailing list - Loren Busch
    Mon, 15 Oct 2012 07:52:19 -0700
    ...Or I can just watch the volt meter, already wired in and mounted, to watch what is happening at the aux battery and start...
  • Re: Mystery Stalling problem
    Historical mailing list - Wil Barker
    Fri, 18 Sep 1998 12:12:52 -0400
    ...He found the mass air flow meter (aluminum thing to the left of the air filter box) was way out of spec (ohm meter...
  • Anybody Ever Replace Digijet/Digifant FI with CIS?
    Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
    Sun, 19 Dec 1999 18:43:04 -0600
    ...Increasing/improving airflow will only make the system run lean, as the vane-type AFM reaches it's ability to meter air at aprox...
  • in case anybody is trying to get in touch with me ...
    Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
    Sat, 17 Feb 2001 12:42:26 -0600
    ...so guess what? ALL the wires going to the house got ripped right off the house, including the power meter and the breaker box...
  • Re: Dometic wiring
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Fri, 16 Aug 2013 12:35:46 -0400
    ...The RM182A fridge has a meter on the panel for flame detection. Yrs, d
  • Re: How to fix the digital clock?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 17 Mar 2011 18:36:32 -0400
    ...I do have a volt meter gauge and >simple signal checking system. ) Ok, I'll put more words around it later tonight. Cheers, d
  • Re: Now Preventative Maintenance, Was Do U carry spare ECU?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 15 Apr 2010 15:48:45 -0400
    At 03:08 PM 4/15/2010, mcneely4@cox.net wrote: >I think in fact it is called simply an "air flow meter," no...
  • Re: Help Vacuum Leak Checking
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 5 Oct 1996 23:20:56 -0400
    ...this vacuum leak check? Another vacuum leak technique? A cheap CO meter? >> Carb Cleaner sprayed by the leak will cause the engine speed to...
  • Re: What does AFM Stand For?
    Historical mailing list - Ben T
    Thu, 12 Jun 2003 23:43:00 EDT
    ...AFM stand for? > > > >Robert Robert, That'd be the Air Flow Meter. Unless you're Mike Miller. Then it's Always F'd Miller...
  • Digitool
    Historical mailing list - Richard A Jones
    Thu, 2 Jun 2005 07:01:43 -0600
    > I recall seeing the instructions for a little tester that can be built > with a Digikey panel meter, and some other bits and pieces...
  • Re: reverse lights not working,
    Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
    Wed, 24 Mar 2004 18:08:27 -0500
    ...I disconnected the wires from the switch, put the van in reverse and turned on the key, and put a meter on the wires...
  • Vanagon Syndrome??
    Historical mailing list - Gary Lee, Vanagon Racks
    Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:17:43 -0700
    ...Some air-flow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving." If your symptoms are not as...
  • Fuel ponderings
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 1 Nov 2005 09:36:42 -0600
    ...Better fuel metering. Congress legislating that it be so?? What else??? Is it really possible to get more BTU's from a pound of...
  • Re: My turn with the O2 sensor issue.
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Mon, 2 Jan 2012 13:33:51 -0800
    ...I connected the volt meter and while disconnected it ranged from 0V at cold to about 1 volt after a few minutes it pretty...
  • Re: Update: Idle Speed Adjustment
    Historical mailing list - Jimmy Sanby
    Tue, 20 Oct 1998 11:14:12 +0200
    ...I put a meter on the wires coming from the switch and it was only operating at full throttle and not at closed throttle...
  • Re: Two Meter Ham antenna
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Sat, 20 Feb 1999 20:19:01 -0800
    ...At 22:56 20/02/1999 -0500, Gordon and/or Cecilia Bonham wrote: >Where should I mount my two meter/seventy cm antenna on...
  • Re: metric hysterics (now torque)
    Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
    Thu, 28 Jun 2001 12:06:14 -0500
    ...Since the correct metric unit of force in the Newton, torque (in metric units) should be written in Newton-meters ( N-m). This is...
  • Re: 12.2 V at rest ('85 Westy w/2.1L)
    Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
    Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:55:53 -0700
    bollocks :) your meter need looking at. or can you really maintain such a surface charge for so long? alistair On 16-Jun-10, at...
  • Adding on gauges
    Historical mailing list
    Sat, 25 Jan 1997 11:42:15 -0800 (PST)
    A recent post talked about add ons including the following gauges :oil temp, oil press, cyl head temp, volt meter. How does one do...
  • NO 120 volts in van
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Fri, 28 Jul 2000 16:55:45 -0700
    ...I know I had power to the input point of the van cause I used a meter and checked. Is there a breaker anywhere...
  • Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Mon, 23 Jun 2008 07:54:48 -0700
    ...I've read in the archives > >> that > >> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure. > >> Anyone > >> know which models are affected...
  • Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
    Historical mailing list - Mike Miller
    Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:12:53 -0700
    ...I've read in the >>>> >> archives that >>>> >> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer >>>> >> failure. Anyone >>>> >> know which models are affected...
  • Re: Alternator question
    Historical mailing list - Michael Sullivan
    Thu, 24 Mar 2011 13:15:43 -0500
    ...And the max > deflection jumps from 5 mm to 15 mm (used belt) at one meter length, > and our belts are only a bit...
  • 2.1l vs 1.9l AFM was Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:48:31 -0400
    At 08:33 AM 8/11/2009, Mark Dearing wrote: >That should be digijet. >I'm not sure if those meters are the same...
  • Re: Nitrous Oxide Injection in an '85GL
    Historical mailing list - Robert A. Alexander
    Sat, 13 Feb 1999 17:52:20 -0500
    ...Right now, I'm using the valve assembly from my old OHIO anesthesia machine to meter N2O into the throttle body. It's a...
  • Re: VDO Tach weirdness
    Historical mailing list - Steve Delanty
    Mon, 31 Mar 2003 11:33:15 -0800
    ...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: Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon
    Historical mailing list - Jaap Nauta
    Fri, 7 Nov 2003 14:21:52 +0100
    ...Magnetic Tachs - bicycle to vanagon > Some time back someone posted to the list a source for a bicyle tach and > mileage meter that they...
  • I'm fixing a hole [in the fresh water tank]
    Historical mailing list - Mike \"Rocket J Squirrel\"
    Fri, 18 Jun 2010 11:34:50 -0700
    So for a while my fresh water tank level meter lamp thingy on the front of the stove was inop due to the green...
  • Re: Odometer/Speedometer OoC
    Historical mailing list - Neil2
    Wed, 25 Jun 2008 21:51:36 -0700
    ...I've read in the archives >> that >> resetting the trip meter while in motion can cause odometer failure. >> Anyone >> know which models are affected...
  • Re: 2.1l vs 1.9l AFM was Re: Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Tue, 11 Aug 2009 14:09:55 -0700
    ...Looking for a good used Air flow meter 1.9 > At 08:33 AM 8/11/2009, Mark Dearing wrote: >>That should be digijet...
  • Re: Auxiliary Battery Issue
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Tue, 9 Sep 2003 13:59:48 -0400
    ...I also directly wired in a voltage meter so I can monitor the amount of juice left in my auxiliary battery. All that being...
  • Re: Best way to break into a vanagon?
    Historical mailing list - Bulley-Hewlett & Associates
    Fri, 30 Oct 1998 17:42:44 -0500
    ...Less than 200 meters. I can hit a moving man-sized target at 500 meters nine out of ten times, so go steal someone...
  • Re: Meter Recommendation
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Wed, 18 Dec 2002 17:45:34 -0500
    ...Haven't gotten to that yet, but the stupid little meter is still working. I have really zapped the Ammeter section of it a...