Sorry, folks, my English in the email below seems to have been exceptionally
incoherent.

Maybe I should give up on sending email at two thirty in the morning?

Joy

p.s.  It was Matilda who had several stays at the body shop, not me.

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Joy Hecht
and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon

For musings about life and the vanadventures:
http://www.joyhecht.net

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:::-----Original Message-----
:::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On Behalf
:::Of Joy Hecht
:::Sent: Friday, April 28, 2006 2:15 AM
:::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
:::Subject: Re: battery going?
:::
:::Thanks Dan, and everyone else who replied on this topic.
:::
:::Matilda hasn't had any problems since Monday - either because I got more
:::competent at starting her in the morning, or because I got down below an
:::elevation of 5000 feet and she's happier with more oxygen in the air.
:::(So
:::am I.)  So I think it was a non-problem.
:::
:::There is some evidence that I'm incompetent, though.  Having FINALLY,
:::after
:::several stays in the body shop in Phoenix, dealt with the scrapes on her
:::side that I put there in Oregon last fall, Phoenix, today I put a scrape
:::on
:::her sliding door trying to take too tight a turn around a pole in New
:::Mexico.
:::
:::I have a history with motor vehicles and poles - in fact, every vehicle
:::I've
:::ever owned, I hit a pole with in a parking lot within two weeks of
:::getting
:::it.  (Today's run-in was Matilda's third experience with a pole under my
:::watch.)  My only consolation is that - knock on wood - I have never had
:::any
:::kind of accident more serious than hitting a pole in a parking lot.
:::
:::
:::
:::Joy
:::
:::
:::****************************************************************
:::Joy Hecht
:::and Matilda, 1989 Burgundy Vanagon
:::
:::For musings about life and the vanadventures:
:::http://www.joyhecht.net
:::
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:::
::::::-----Original Message-----
::::::From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM] On
:::Behalf
::::::Of Daniel L. Katz
::::::Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2006 10:05 PM
::::::To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
::::::Subject: Re: battery going?
::::::
::::::joy:
::::::
::::::i noticed a number of posts sugesting that the coolant #2 sensor may
:::be
::::::at
::::::fault. not likely, but symptom of easy cold start and subsequent
::::::difficulty starting warm/hot could be explained by disconnected #2
::::::sensor.
::::::essentially, the resistance of the sensor tells the computer the
::::::temperature: in ohms, roughly 250 operating temp, 2000 room temp,
:::several
::::::thousand below freezing. so the ecu treats a disconnected sensor,
::::::infinity
::::::ohms, as reporting very cold temps, and she starts just fine cold, but
::::::not, subsequently, hot. badly corroded sensor/connector contacts, or a
::::::broken wire, might produce similar symptoms. checking for voltage at
:::the
::::::connector, and measuring sensor resistances at various temps, is very
::::::easy
::::::with a multi-meter.
::::::
::::::dan