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Subject:Re: Hesitation cured...
From:Larry Alofs
Date:Sat, 22 Sep 2001 14:09:11 -0500

Steve Sullivan wrote:

> My 1.9L Westy recently developed a bad studder upon deceleration (foot off
> the gas) at nearly any speed. Started running all the electrical diagnostic
> tests shown in Bentley. I poked (with a tester I don't know how to use) and
> prodded all the wire connections, and got interesting readings that made no
> sense to me, and didn't always match what Bentley said. Plugged everything
> back together after cleaning the connections and...
>
> HALL-EH-LUH-LEE-AH!!! I'm a genius! Hesitation cured using a dash of Steve
> Sullivan Magic Incantation (swearing profusely) and a can of electrical
> connection cleaner.
>
> Moral of this story: first thing, unplug your electrical connections, clean
> 'em, and plug 'em back together one at a time before getting all crazy and
> ripping the engine apart in search of that elusive idle stabilizer, temp
> sensor, or whatever else you suspect isn't working. On our old water boxes,
> that just might do the trick. Don't forget all your ground connections too.
>
> Good once-a-year pound of prevention.
>
> Cheers, y'all.
>
> Steve
>
> Calvin, 84 Westy
> Hobbes, 92 dream syncro

What kind of electrical connection cleaner?   Source?