

| 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?
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