Hey Mark, that's great news - enjoy your holiday!

Seeya, Jake

On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 4:39 PM, Mark Drexler <mdrexler@zing-net.ca> wrote:

> Well, we have made it to Key Largo. To make a long story short, the Temp2
> sensor was sending bad data to the computer, and starving gas. Thanks to
> everyone for your suggestions, which led to this root cause, helped me
> solve
> other issues I didn't know I had, such as the idle position switch, and
> helped me learn a bunch about my bus in the last 48 hours, which was
> exactly
> the time it took to sort it out.
> Based on yesterday's efforts, and your input, I disconnected the Temp2
> sensor this morning, and drove 35 minutes to Enrique Neufeld's Wizard shop
> in south Miami. Enrique didn't need to do any more troubleshooting, just
> replaced the sensor, and the bus started behaving, but while we were there
> he also did some minor recalibration on the AFM as well. Enrique made room
> in his shop immediately when we arrived, and got us back on the road
> quickly. This is a great shop, and Enrique has been fixing VW's at this
> location for over 30 years. It was worth the trip just to spend a couple of
> hours with him.
> If you are in South Florida next weekend, you should take in VolksBlast
> 2010, which kicks off Friday afternoon with a BBQ at the Wizard's location.
> Here is the link.
> http://www.volksblast.com/
>
> Thanks again for all your help. I hope not to call for help again on this
> trip!
>
> Mark
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> Al Knoll
> Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 3:48 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: DAYS SUMMARY - UODATED INFO FW: STRANDED in South Florida -
> NEED TECH HELP
>
> Sometimes just unplugging and re-seating the connector can help too.  Easy
> to do.
>
> Pensionerd.
>
> On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 11:41 AM, Jake Beaulieu
> <jake_beaulieu@yahoo.com>wrote:
>
> >
> > ----- "Tom Hargrave" <thargrav@HIWAAY.NET> wrote:
> > > I think he already mentioned that the Vanagon idles fine but stalls
> when
> > he
> > > tries to come off idle.
> >
> > This will happen if the AFM is not plugged in.  Kinda easy to overlook.
> >
> > jake
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL
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