All,
  We have heard so much about this tool and I think it is really super.  I
inquired about this last summer when I was having trouble with my Van and I
would like to verify what I think I found out and share the information with
the whole list.  If I miss speak (which I hope is the case), some one please
correct me...

  This tool is only for 1986 and later 2.1L Wasserboxxer Vans Right?...
I have a 1985 GL 1.9L Wasserboxxer Vanagon and can't use this tool
(unfortunately for me...).

  OK, I am ready to be told I am wrong and I will start saving for it right
now.  Thank you one and all.

Rich and Annemarie
85 GL"Buba"
98 Bug

>From: KENWILFY@AOL.COM
>Reply-To: KENWILFY@AOL.COM
>To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
>Subject: Love that Digitool!
>Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2000 20:18:31 EST
>
>After having an intermittant fuel injection problem with my van that was
>stumping me, and having heard alot of good things about Darrell Boehler's
>digitool, I contacted him about getting one.  He was really nice and asked
>me
>to check exactly which ECU I had so that he could be sure to send me the
>right one.  Then he overnighted me a rebuilt ECU with the digitool already
>installed.  WOW!  This thing is cooler than I expected.  Remember when I
>started that really long thread about computerized gauges, well, the
>digitool
>is my dream come true.
>
>For those who have never seen one before here is what it looks like:
>A small black box with a digital display, a row of leds at the top and a
>rotary switch in the middle.  The row of LEDs are for: power to the ECU,
>power to the starter, throttle position switch, coil, and fuel injectors.
>The box has a 15' ribbon cable connected to it with a plug on the end.  I
>happen to have a nice set of one-piece floor mats on the floor of my van so
>I
>could mount the digitool on the right of my instrument cluster, run the
>cable
>under the cluster cover, and down to the floor and then straight back and
>under the rear seat.  The floor mat covers the cable any place that it
>would
>get stepped on and it is very thick so the cable should be fine.
>You just plug in the cable to a plug hard wired into the ECU and reinstall
>the ECU.
>
>Crank up the van and the coil and fuel injection lights flicker merrily.
>You
>can select to monitor your Temp I, Temp II, AFM, Oxygen Sensor, or Battery
>Voltage by turning the selector switch.  This puts each reading on the
>digital display.  Warning: Don't drive around with the Oxygen Sensor output
>on the display.  It can be very distracting (numbers change constantly).
>
>Right away I spotted something that I had noted previously, that the Temp I
>sender reading was out of spec.  Also the AFM reading before start up was
>out
>of spec as well.  So it sounds like time for a new AFM (I have these in
>stock
>for $120 by the way).  I figured this before I got the digitool, but I
>wanted
>to be able to monitor what happens after I replaced it to be sure that I
>wasn't also having an intermittant problem with the throttle postition
>switch.  Only time and the digitool will tell.
>
>My one wish at the end of the day was that the digital display on the tool
>was back lit.  And as the night came on and I started the van to go home,
>Lo
>and Behold, it was back lit!!!
>
>So, I would just like to say that I am very happy with the tool and with
>the
>quick service that Darrell provided.  If I knew this was going to be this
>cool I would have bought one a long time ago.  I would strongly encourage
>any
>list members who have been thinking about getting one of these and putting
>it
>off, to delay no longer.  Well worth the $100 (worth it's weight in gold
>really).
>
>
>Thanks,
>Ken Wilford
>http://www.vanagain.com
>John 3:16
>Office (856)-765-1583
>Shop (856)-327-0027
>Fax   (856)-327-2242

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