Brian,

Speaking from experience...

On my '82 with L-Jetronic, the AFM cover is secured in place with a caulk seal.
You can score this seal with a razor blade or sharp knife, and the cover should
come off. After you have cleaned the contacts and/or repositioned the wiper arc,
you can reseal the cover.

Dan

Brian Cirulnick wrote:

> Howdy all;
>
> Over the weekend, I did my first engine modification ever to my '85 - by
> adding the "capacitor fix" as described in the archives.
>
> However, someone else on this list mentioned opening the AFM and cleaning it
> with electronic contact cleaner, and/or resetting the position of the wiper
> arm to a less worn track.
>
> My question is: How do you open the AFM? It looks like a sealed unit to me.
> Just to be clear, I'm looking at a box with a rounded left side, slightly
> above and slightly to the left of the box where the air cleaner lives. It
> has a 4 wire connector going into it. It appears to be attached to the
> aircleaner as well.
>
> There appears to be a "glue seal" of sorts between the top of this AFM and
> the lower portion, similar to how the older hard drives were sealed.
>
> Am I looking at the wrong thing? Or do I have to break the thing open and
> then re-seal it?
>
> Help me Obi-Wan, you're my only hope!
>