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  • # tachometer ideas
    Historical mailing list - TinkerMan
    Wed, 26 Dec 2001 02:52:16 -0800
    ...with an analog meter (also used with the famous DIGITOOL ECU analyzer?). I know it's doable, but why re-invent the wheel? Heck...
  • Re: Aircooled Running Problems
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Thu, 1 Sep 2005 21:21:18 -0700
    ...Re-seal the cover on the AFM (you can get "false air" through here) and take it to someone with an exhaust gas analyzer...
  • Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
    Historical mailing list - Tom Buese
    Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:22:02 -0600
    ...The >>> glitz it does have gives you a choice between different spectrum >>> analyzer displays, which at least do something ostensibly useful. >>> >>> You can even...
  • Re: Inductive Tach for tuning
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel
    Thu, 26 Dec 2013 23:20:07 -0800
    ...I have an old Sears engine analyzer > in which the tach has always worked - but today it decided to die on me. > So - I...
  • Re: High beam blue light?
    Historical mailing list - Rocket J Squirrel
    Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:45:53 -0700
    ...I can tell, were used for some kind of visual spectrum analyzer >> calibration or some darn thing wanting accurate color or tightly-specified >> wavelength...
  • Re: Battery testing solution
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:24:42 -0500
    ...method so that we don't have to buy that $3K analyzer. Edward At 10:17 PM 8/12/2011, Jim Arnott wrote: >"The...
  • Type I thermostat (need union nut)
    Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
    Fri, 21 Oct 2005 11:21:42 -0500
    ...should really take the vehicle to somebody with an exhaust gas analyzer. Of course, before doing anything involving spending money you first check over...
  • Re: 82 Failed CA Smog Test- help!
    Historical mailing list - Aristotle Sagan
    Tue, 15 Apr 2003 09:31:46 -0700
    ...If you don't have an exhaust gas analyzer, take it to a VW shop that has access to one. They will get the...
  • Re: Subaru vs. VW Swap
    Historical mailing list - John Fleming
    Sat, 20 May 2000 09:38:24 -0500
    ...I haven't needed an engine analyzer for the Subie since I read the select monitor the first time I ran it (cost me...
  • Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
    Historical mailing list - Ben Cichowski
    Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:40:39 -0500
    ...The > > glitz it does have gives you a choice between different spectrum > > analyzer displays, which at least do something ostensibly useful. > > > > You can even...
  • Re: Battery testing solution
    Historical mailing list - Edward Maglott
    Sun, 14 Aug 2011 12:34:38 -0400
    ...method so that we don't have to buy that $3K analyzer. > >Edward > >At 10:17 PM 8/12/2011, Jim Arnott wrote: > >"The...
  • Re: First day on the list. First questions
    Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
    Sun, 5 Sep 1999 22:17:22 -0700
    ...I would love to test for this. [Coby Smolens] Take the thing to a shop that has an exhaust gas analyzer. have 'em sniff...
  • Re: Solar panel for top of Westy
    Historical mailing list - Matt Roberds
    Sun, 17 Jun 2007 02:18:56 -0500
    ...I always figured this was redundant, until I found out that the analyzer at the VW dealer was using the strap as a shunt...
  • Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control--gROUP pURCHASE
    Historical mailing list - Vanagon man
    Fri, 28 Jun 2002 06:39:43 -0400
    ...Looks > > clean. > > > > Of course, at the same time, I got the MFA switches from a Jetta GLi and the > > multifunction analyzer (MFA) from the...
  • Re: 82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot.
    Historical mailing list - Higginbotham, David A.
    Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:23:44 -0500
    ...for a shop to test the mixture with an exhaust gas analyzer (be sure they use the port in front of the catalytic converter...
  • Re: Rostra All-Electronic Cruise Control
    Historical mailing list - Ray Reinhard
    Thu, 11 Jul 2002 17:54:40 -0700
    ...Looks > > clean. > > > > Of course, at the same time, I got the MFA switches from a Jetta GLi > and the > > multifunction analyzer (MFA) from the...
  • Re: Alternator output
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:50:56 -0500
    ...The designers of the roll around charging system analyzers used by the car part chains & that we all seem to mistrust understand this. They...
  • Re: Tips on passing emissions
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Fri, 29 Jun 2012 23:41:19 -0400
    ...If you do this while connected to an exhaust gas analyzer you will reach a point where both CO and HC will rise and...
  • bucking on deceleration...one problem after another
    Historical mailing list - Mark Seifert
    Sun, 20 Jun 2004 21:39:48 -0700
    ...I replaced the o2 sensor, and hooked it up to a 4-gas analyzer for a few hours the other day, adjusting the mixture...
  • Re: CA SMOG, Fred's Garage, and valves
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Mon, 15 Sep 2003 18:16:02 -0700
    ...days - and maybe, just MAYBE, stuck a miss-adjusted exhaust gas analyzer up the tail pipe. Ten minutes of work for $85; sweet! --------------------------------------------------------------- Tom...
  • Re: What's a good radio/CD player for the vanagon.
    Historical mailing list - BJ Feddish
    Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:40:20 -0400
    ...The > glitz it does have gives you a choice between different spectrum > analyzer displays, which at least do something ostensibly useful. > > You can even...
  • Re: 1981 flooding issue
    Historical mailing list - Tom Young
    Fri, 20 Feb 2004 13:50:16 -0800
    The best way to adjust is with an exhaust gas analyzer inserted before the catalytic converter. Next best way is to monitor the voltage...
  • Re: Slow starting when hot
    Historical mailing list
    Thu, 22 May 1997 06:31:36 -0400
    ...By this I mean you could >have shunt, I've got one, that hooks to an engine analyzer, to see if the >primary system...
  • Re: bucking on deceleration...one problem after another
    Historical mailing list - John Rodgers
    Tue, 22 Jun 2004 09:40:08 -0500
    ...I replaced the o2 sensor, and hooked it up to a 4-gas > analyzer for > a few hours the other day, adjusting the mixture...
  • Re: Fuel Injection
    Historical mailing list - Mark Keller
    Wed, 16 May 2001 22:10:32 -0800
    ...I've had the 4 gas analyzer done too, but using an O2 is probably is just as good. You didn't mention if...
  • Re: Fw: Emissions failures make me feel like a failure
    Historical mailing list - Jake de Villiers
    Thu, 6 Dec 2007 08:35:55 -0800
    ...I would think that almost all repair shops would have an exhaust gas analyzer - they do around here. Fill the tank with gasoline first...
  • Re: Battery testing solution
    Historical mailing list - Tom Hargrave
    Sun, 14 Aug 2011 11:52:07 -0500
    ...method so that we don't have to buy that $3K analyzer. > >Edward > >At 10:17 PM 8/12/2011, Jim Arnott wrote: > >"The...
  • Re: bucking on deceleration...one problem after another
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Tue, 22 Jun 2004 10:57:06 -0400
    ...I replaced the o2 sensor, and hooked it up to a 4-gas >> analyzer for >> a few hours the other day, adjusting the mixture...
  • FW: [Audi-VW-Diesels] all wheel drive and emissions testing? - Answer
    Historical mailing list - Jim
    Fri, 8 Aug 2003 21:11:39 -0700
    ...In CA, the �Enhanced� areas have the analyzer setups with Dynes and they run an ASM (Acceleration-Simulation-Mode) test on the vehicles which...
  • Re: Timing 2.1l WBX
    Historical mailing list - Scott Daniel - Turbovans
    Fri, 28 Nov 2008 16:02:46 -0800
    ...My old Sears "engine analyzer" did NOT show > anywhere near correct RPM for some reason: the meter was jumping all > over the place. > > How...
  • Re: Engine analyzer/tach recco?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Thu, 24 Mar 2011 18:08:45 -0400
    At 05:43 PM 3/24/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote: >I was asleep at the back of the class when that post came...
  • Re: Type I thermostat (need union nut)
    Historical mailing list - Jonce Fancher
    Fri, 21 Oct 2005 19:03:12 -0400
    ...should really take the vehicle to somebody with an exhaust gas analyzer. >Of course, before doing anything involving spending money you first >check >over...
  • Re: Hey all you shop mechanics with Oscillosopes? VW GREMLIN?
    Historical mailing list - David Beierl
    Wed, 12 May 1999 12:37:00 -0400
    ...a logic probe (cheap) or a logic analyzer ($$$$). And nowadays there are little handheld digital scopes with memory for a few hundred dollars which...
  • Re: Knock Sensor Kit for A 86-91 Vanagon
    Historical mailing list - David Marshall
    Mon, 20 Nov 2000 18:17:26 -0800
    ...to take a dual input oscilliscope or some other dual signal analyzer and time the difference between the Hall sender and the resulting spark...
  • Re: How bad is it to have dual carbs instaed if the FI on an 84
    Historical mailing list - Keith Hughes
    Thu, 22 Aug 2013 09:41:54 -0700
    ...d have to jockey the timing around, using an exhaust gas analyzer, to get it just right to pass - then rejet and time to...
  • Re: # tachometer ideas
    Historical mailing list - Raimund Feussner
    Wed, 26 Dec 2001 14:12:46 +0100
    ...with an analog meter (also used with the famous > DIGITOOL ECU analyzer?). > I know it's doable, but why re-invent the wheel? Heck...
  • Re: B. Bobs day at the dyno and the importance of fuel air ratio update
    Historical mailing list - Robert Donalds
    Tue, 1 Jan 2002 12:11:38 -0500
    ...I had briefly hooked the tail pipe to a exhaust gas analyzer and the engine was running a little lean I thought the converter...
  • Re: Alternator output
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 18 Jul 2010 11:45:18 -0400
    ...The designers of the roll around charging system analyzers used by the car part chains & that we all seem to mistrust understand this. They...
  • Re: emissions data
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Mon, 30 Aug 2004 12:10:58 -0400
    ...without a cat converter I have a 4 gas exhaust gas analyzer and I have seen how easy it is to change the output...
  • Re: O2 sensor question
    Historical mailing list
    Mon, 9 Jun 1997 08:27:35 -0700
    ...And to set the mixture slightly rich (say at .94), you need better sensors -- like a real "exhaust gas analyzer" or even a CO...
  • Re: timing tyro
    Historical mailing list - Coby Smolens
    Sun, 28 Nov 1999 19:40:14 -0800
    ...you will want to verify the final setting with a gas analyzer at a facility so equipped. First disconnect the O2 sensor (follow the...
  • Re: 82 now cranks but stil won't start when hot.
    Historical mailing list - Jake Beaulieu
    Thu, 6 Nov 2003 15:15:28 -0800
    ...for a shop to test the mixture with an exhaust gas analyzer (be sure they use the port in front of the catalytic converter...
  • Re: Type I thermostat (need union nut)
    Historical mailing list - jake beaulieu
    Mon, 24 Oct 2005 09:13:44 -0500
    ...should really take the vehicle to somebody with an exhaust gas analyzer. >Of course, before doing anything involving spending money you first >check >over...
  • engine conversion Tii - from the horses mouth
    Historical mailing list - Peter B
    Mon, 5 Jun 2000 16:18:37 -0700
    ...I was in contact with the shop everyday until their analyzer finally was able to communicate with the ECU. I felt that I was...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Mon, 17 Sep 2007 04:37:37 +0200
    ...Also, analog circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Re: Intermittent running problem.
    Historical mailing list - Dennis Haynes
    Sun, 22 May 2016 12:12:36 -0400
    ...Since you don't have access to an exhaust analyzer you can make do using the disconnected O2 sensor and a good volt meter...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sun, 16 Sep 2007 20:17:09 -0700
    ...Also, analog > circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than > digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Re: Fuel Injection (Long)
    Historical mailing list - Mike Finkbiner
    Wed, 23 May 2001 03:38:21 -0000
    ...I've >had the 4 gas analyzer done too, but using an O2 is probably is just as >good. > > You didn't mention if...
  • Re: Fuel Injection (Long)
    Historical mailing list - Karl Wolz
    Tue, 22 May 2001 22:35:10 -0700
    ...I've > >had the 4 gas analyzer done too, but using an O2 is probably is just as > >good. > > > > You didn't mention if...
  • Re: Fuel Injection (Long)
    Historical mailing list - Jay L Snyder
    Wed, 23 May 2001 09:00:43 -0400
    ...I've >had the 4 gas analyzer done too, but using an O2 is probably is just as >good. > > You didn't mention if...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:22:18 +0200
    ...Also, analog > > circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than > > digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - Leslie Schwartz
    Sat, 22 Sep 2007 18:36:47 -0500
    ...Also, analog > > circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than > > digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Re: Cylinder hone -conclusion?
    Historical mailing list - ROBERT DONALDS
    Fri, 23 Jan 2004 00:41:40 -0500
    ...The other thing I think is critical is to get the engine set up with an exhaust gas analyzer. The 02 sensor does not...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - tinker man
    Sun, 23 Sep 2007 01:54:05 +0200
    ...Also, analog > > > circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than > > > digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - David Kao
    Sat, 22 Sep 2007 17:43:16 -0700
    ...Also, analog > > > > circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than > > > > digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - Leslie Schwartz
    Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:06:24 -0500
    ...Also, analog > > > circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than > > > digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Re: ECU firmware location
    Historical mailing list - Leslie Schwartz
    Sat, 22 Sep 2007 19:53:57 -0500
    ...Also, analog > > > > circuits can be easier to debug with simple tools like a DVM than > > > > digital ones that require storage scopes and logic analyzers...
  • Drive Your Web Counter Ballistic!
    Historical mailing list
    Sun, 15 Apr 2001 14:40:16 EST
    ...Search Engine Position Analyzer Find out which search engines are listing you web site and what position it is ranked in. This will save...
  • To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
    Historical mailing list - Jon
    Tue, 4 Mar 2003 00:25:56 -0500
    ...set the mixture to 00128 - 00129 accordingly with our exhaust gas analyzer. Some folks in extreme elevation may be nearer to 00136 or most...
  • Re: To All Tiico Owners: Solutions To Every Tiico Conversion Question
    Historical mailing list - Eric Zeno
    Wed, 5 Mar 2003 08:13:47 -0500
    ...set the mixture to 00128 - 00129 accordingly with our exhaust gas analyzer. Some folks in extreme elevation may be nearer to 00136 or most...