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Re: Camper A/C Switch (Outrageously Expensive)
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 18:16:27 -0400
...an inner circular one > that toggles through 4 settings and an outer one that that is a > potentiometer (?) (moves smoothly, with no "stops"). The...
Re: Poor Hot Start Discovery - midway through solution
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Mon, 27 Aug 2012 03:42:55 -0400
...AFM is a spring loaded vane-operated potentiometer that measures the volume of air passing through. All these operate by taking a five-volt...
Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
Historical mailing list - Harald Rust
Tue, 30 Sep 2003 18:24:28 -0700
...The decriptions as a potentiometer makes it clearer to me. What I still don't understand is, why the problem only manifests after sustained...
Repaired water tank sesor!
Historical mailing list - Brent Christensen
Sat, 15 May 1999 13:55:46 -0700
...Using a 1 mega ohm linear-taper potentiometer in place of the resistor on the circuit board that controls the red LED (had to...
Fwd: Worse than Vanagon Syndrome
Historical mailing list - Gil Ngai
Thu, 13 May 2021 19:18:52 -0600
...Found good; Potentiometer wiper moves freely and maintains contact with resistor; Wiper pivot and slider contacts found good; Test: Insert signal monitor onto AFM...
Re: 2.1 VS 1.9 AFM
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:23:46 -0400
...is the airflow sender -- the arrow represents the wiper of the potentiometer. >inputs to the ecu appear to be the same. >I'm gonna...
Crummy Vanagon performance
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sat, 15 May 2021 02:25:22 +0000
...Found good; Potentiometer wiper moves freely and maintains contact with resistor; Wiper pivot and slider contacts found good; Test: Insert signal monitor onto AFM...
Re: Airflow meter fix info wanted
Historical mailing list
Sun, 19 Jan 1997 12:31:58 -0700 (MST)
...Between pin 4 and 3 is the Potentiometer endpoints and pin 2 is the wiper of the potentiometer that moves by the air flow...
Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix
Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:20:31 -0700
...the idea is to wire in a potentiometer >between the speaker plugs and an 1/8" audio jack. that way i can plug >in...
Re: Digifant Newbs: Vanagon ProTraining Digifant Manual. Worth Getting!
Historical mailing list - Robert Ueltzen
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 20:46:20 -0700
...Digifant I has a throttle position potentiometer, an ignition coil power stage, and a knock sensor set up. I believe the Digifant I system...
93 Eurovan Dies During Constant Highway Driving
Historical mailing list - Dennis Webb
Thu, 12 Aug 1999 11:11:46 -0400
...Here is the fix that is prescribed: " Some VW cars have a mass air flow sensor that vibrates the potentiometer arm during extended driving...
Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
Historical mailing list - george jannini
Wed, 10 Aug 2011 16:16:27 -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...
Tuning question--long, sorry!
Historical mailing list - Geza Polony
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 13:13:48 -0500
...There's no way around this, if only because you can't get "correct" resistance specs for the potentiometer in the AFM. In practise...
80 Vanagon update
Historical mailing list
Wed, 1 Nov 1995 20:44:01 -0700
...another screw which allows one to alter the angle of the potentiometer contact - allowing one to change its output relative to the valve position...
Re: water level indicator light
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Thu, 30 May 2002 11:18:02 -0400
...If you can find a small 1-megohm potentiometer, wire the center and one end across this resistor and adjust until the yellow works...
Fwd: Vgon syndrome on 1.9 WBX
Historical mailing list - zampano
Thu, 15 May 2003 01:34:05 -0700
...While it idles, the potentiometer >>> arm >>> vibrates, when I open the throttle, it gets steady again. >>> >>> I'll keep you all posted on what...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome??
Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:11:22 -0600
...Some air-flow meters may experience a > vibration resonance of the metering potentiometer wiper during extended > constant driving." > > If your symptoms are not as...
Re: Richards fog light query, inside look
Historical mailing list - Richard Koerner
Sun, 5 Apr 2020 18:10:51 +0000
...Good idea! I now further regret tossing all those old potentiometers, gear with same! Didn't think to keep at least a couple pots...
Re: Engine management (manual control of mixture)
Historical mailing list - Lawrence Johnson
Sun, 16 Jan 2000 08:39:57 -0500
...My earlier suggestion of using a potentiometer and a 1 volt source to fool the ECU was an attempt to force the ECU to...
tach update
Historical mailing list - William R. Kennedy, NJIT CIAT, 201-596-5648
Tue, 4 Jul 95 22:42:28 EDT
...The best news is that the adjustment provided by the built-in potentiometer is enough to convert the tach from 4-cyl to 6...
Re: Air flow Meter
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Sun, 25 Jul 2010 08:15:25 -0400
...A much better test is to connect a voltage source like a 9V battery to the ends of the potentiometer (which would be +12v...
Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix
Historical mailing list - Aaron
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:36:00 -0800
...the idea is to wire in a potentiometer between the >> speaker plugs and an 1/8" audio jack. that way i can plug in...
Re: Hand-held tach use with Digifant
Historical mailing list - kenneth d lewis
Sat, 22 Jul 2000 21:46:37 EDT
...Evidently those values did not work for me either because I used a potentiometer in it's place. This allowed me to "dial in...
Re: Engine o2 out of spec
Historical mailing list - Tom Young
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 08:33:38 -0800
...People have discussed installing a variable resistor (a potentiometer) in line with the Temp II sensor to send a false signal to the ECU...
Re: Van Bucking (Ideas?)
Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
Sat, 8 Jan 2000 09:38:46 -0800
Hi Ken, Sounds like a bad airflow meter potentiometer - I think you're on the right track. Is this a digifant? If so I...
Re: Camper A/C Switch (Outrageously Expensive)
Historical mailing list - Stan Wilder
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 15:35:29 -0500
...an inner circular one that toggles through 4 settings and an outer one that that is a potentiometer (?) (moves smoothly, with no "stops"). The...
Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix
Historical mailing list - Don in North Carolina
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:24:21 -0500
...the idea is to wire in a potentiometer between the >>speaker plugs and an 1/8" audio jack. that way i can plug in...
Re: Troubleshooting Question
Historical mailing list - Mark McCulley
Tue, 14 Oct 1997 21:14:23 -0700
...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: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
Historical mailing list - Pensioner
Tue, 30 Sep 2003 09:52:48 -0700
...It is a fairly interesting version of a variable resistor, commonly called a potentiometer or "pot", with an airflow measuring door and a spring...
Re: Ignition? Constant Duty or Constant charge
Historical mailing list - Helen Fahy
Sat, 2 Jun 2001 17:37:22 -0400
...of idle? On my old system the TPS is a linear potentiometer which give really poor throttle position information just off idle, a log...
Re: Ignition problem?
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Sun, 15 Oct 2000 12:27:09 -0500
...Open afm, move the potentiometer's wiper contact surface so the wiper contacts a fresh surface. Some serious skill required. Cost $0.00. For...
Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix
Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 18:36:57 -0500
...the idea is to wire in a potentiometer >between the speaker plugs and an 1/8" audio jack. that way i can plug >in...
Re: adding resister to center 1.9 coolant temp gauge?
Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
Tue, 6 Jul 2010 18:44:15 -0700
...and that acts on a potentiometer . so 'normal' senders don't send out any voltage.. they operate in the ground side of the circuit...
Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 17:49:48 -0800
...only because you can't get "correct" > resistance specs for the potentiometer in the AFM. > > In practise, to set the FI mixture, mechanics put...
Van Update and fuel pressure gauge report
Historical mailing list - Craig Oda
Tue, 14 Sep 2004 01:03:26 -0700
...Once I verified that the electronic gauge and mechanical gauge were different, I used a potentiometer to measure the resistance values of the JCW...
Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
Historical mailing list - David Beierl
Tue, 1 Aug 2017 19:51:00 -0400
...My test rig was a variable 0-15V supply in series with a 2K ten-turn wirewound potentiometer. I varied both voltage and resistance...
Engine cutting out
Historical mailing list - HP
Sun, 10 Jan 1999 23:40:07 -0800
...Some air-flow meters may experience a vibration resonance of the meter potentiometer wiper during extended constant driving. This resonance causes the air-flow...
Re: The "Other" Vanagon Syndrome, Part II
Historical mailing list - Philip Chidlaw
Tue, 30 Sep 2003 20:51:02 -0700
...The decriptions as a potentiometer makes it clearer to me. What I still don't understand is, why the problem only manifests after sustained...
Re: AIR FLOW METER
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 6 Mar 2010 09:40:18 -0600
...The device functions as a potentiometer, but the construction is more complex, with the track being fed by multiple laser-trimmed resistors along its...
Re: Low end torque, was: 4 Cyl VR-6: Maybe Not!!
Historical mailing list - David Marshall
Wed, 1 Dec 1999 21:05:14 -0800
...In order to make a TDI run you need the *complete* wiring harness from the donar vechicle, throttle peddal with potentiometer, speed sensor in...
Re: 87 Lack of power
Historical mailing list - Dana Morphew
Thu, 13 Dec 2001 09:05:40 -0800
...Is it the "intake air sensor" (Air Fuel Mixture?) attached to the > air cleaner? AFM is the air flow meter...it's a potentiometer...
Re: gauge mod help
Historical mailing list - Tom Corbitt
Thu, 2 Sep 2004 11:26:19 -0400
...You can then either leave the potentiometer in the circuit or disconnect it, read the resistance between the wiper and the leg, and then...
Re: Camper A/C Switch (Outrageously Expensive)
Historical mailing list - Kim Springer
Mon, 12 Sep 2005 19:33:14 -0700
...an inner circular one > > that toggles through 4 settings and an outer one that that is a > > potentiometer (?) (moves smoothly, with no "stops"). The...
84 still smokin' along
Historical mailing list - Earl Smith
Sun, 20 Apr 1997 21:03:22 -0700 (PDT)
...Cleaned with Brakleen and electrical contact cleaner and tooth brush 3 Checked system from multi-pin connector - air intake potentiometer is 1K not 560...
Re: Tuning question--long, sorry!
Historical mailing list - Robert Keezer
Mon, 27 Feb 2006 10:58:32 -0800
...only because you > can't get "correct" > resistance specs for the potentiometer in the > AFM. > > In practise, to set the FI mixture, mechanics > put...
Re: '86 Westy A/C Switch Desperately Needed
Historical mailing list - Mike Collum
Thu, 25 May 2006 21:40:26 -0400
...The temperature control potentiometer is actually a separate part of that switch. You'd only be opening the part that selects speed. It seems...
Re: AIR FLOW METER
Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
Sat, 6 Mar 2010 10:26:36 -0600
...Remember that it's acting as a potentiometer and its output is a smoothly varying voltage; but if you measure wiper-to-ground resistance...
Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix
Historical mailing list - Aaron Pearson
Mon, 31 Jan 2005 11:12:22 -0700
...the idea is to wire in a potentiometer between the >> speaker plugs and an 1/8" audio jack. that way i can plug in...
Re: K&N Air Filters
Historical mailing list - Bill Davidson
Fri, 5 Jan 2001 07:53:55 -0800
...too much oil and there is a chance it will migrate down wind and coat the potentiometer in your AFM causing drivability problems (as...
Re: Help! Hesitation on the road!
Historical mailing list - David Vickery
Thu, 11 Aug 2011 07:46:01 -0700
...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: Kick back
Historical mailing list - Marshall Ruskin
Thu, 1 Jun 2000 22:48:08 -0500
...The AFM is like a potentiometer, or a variable resistor, with an electrical contact that moves across a resistive surface, in response to air...
Re: Time Delay LED Lighting Circuit
Historical mailing list - Alistair Bell
Tue, 1 Aug 2017 18:17:26 -0700
...0-15V supply in series with a 2K ten-turn > wirewound potentiometer. I varied both voltage and resistance as > convenient to get the desired...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome-What Exactly Is It?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 7 May 2003 21:17:58 -0500
...Between pin 4 and 3 is the Potentiometer endpoints and pin 2 is the wiper of the potentiometer that moves by the air flow...
Re: Yup, those are my symptoms! ... here's Joel's info
Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
Mon, 1 Nov 1999 16:48:29 -0500
...Between pin 4 and 3 is the Potentiometer endpoints and pin 2 is the wiper of the potentiometer that moves by the air flow...
tanya's problem: 87 vanagon
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Thu, 14 Nov 96 16:49:52 CST
...Between pin 4 and 3 is the Potentiometer endpoints and pin 2 is the wiper of the potentiometer that moves by the air flow...
FW: Air Meter Capacitor sawp??? Need info....
Historical mailing list - Mike Ray
Mon, 13 Aug 2001 10:25:19 -0400
...Between pin 4 and 3 is the Potentiometer endpoints and pin 2 is the wiper of the potentiometer that moves by the air flow...
Coolant resistance thru coolant level probe
Historical mailing list - Larry Alofs
Fri, 27 Jul 2001 23:29:28 -0500
...I adjusted various potentiometers which I had attached to the connector for the level sensor probe until I found that the circuit triggered at...
Re: Vanagon Syndrome Harness
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:52:43 -0500
...Between pin 4 and 3 is the Potentiometer endpoints and pin 2 is the wiper of the potentiometer that moves by the air flow...
Re: '87 gl stereo cheap fix
Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
Fri, 28 Jan 2005 22:06:06 -0500
...the idea is to wire in a potentiometer > >between the speaker plugs and an 1/8" audio jack. that way i can plug > >in...
Re: Capacitor fix - what year?
Historical mailing list - Joel Walker
Wed, 23 Feb 2000 01:04:14 -0600
...Between pin 4 and 3 is the Potentiometer endpoints and pin 2 is the wiper of the potentiometer that moves by the air flow...