that's long been a vanagon trick ..
adding a ground wire to the Air Flow Meter .
there's even a handy screw I believe, 10mm hex size.

What I believe is 'it won't hurt' .
I have never seen any case where adding one made any difference.
I might not bother to remove one that's there ..
but I fuss with dozens of air flow meters and vanagons all the time, dozens
a year for running issues and I don't bother to add ground wires to AFM's,
fwiw.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Karl Wolz" <wolzphoto@Q.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:53 PM
Subject: Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?

> This was discussed very recently, like last week maybe.  It was suggested
> that a separate ground strap be installed between the AFM and the body, or
> perhaps it was the engine block (which should be grounded to the body
> itself.
>
> After much comparing of notes, that seemed like it might do the trick.
>
> Karl Wolz
>
> |-----Original Message-----
> |From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf
> Of
> |A. Hurley
> |Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 9:34 PM
> |To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> |Subject: Re: Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
> |
> |Ah, right - 1985 Vanagon.
> |
> |I have changed the temperature sensors....
> |
> |Thanks,
> |
> |Andree
> |
> |On Wed, 18 Aug 2010, Jim Arnott
> |wrote:
> |
> |> change your temp sensor I & II. Check engine grounds.
> |> Tell us what vehicle we're workin' on .
> |>
> |> Jim
> |>
> |> --------------------------------------------------
> |> From: "A. Hurley" <ahurley@SHOPVIEWIT.COM>
> |> Sent: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 8:38 PM
> |> To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
> |> Subject:      [VANAGON] Heat, vapor lock, won't start?
> |>
> |>> Hi,
> |>>
> |>> This problem seems to happen only when we go to Idaho in summer - each
> |>> year I go through the temperature sensor, fuel filter, etc - in a
> panic
> |>> and the van works fine in Seattle.
> |>
> |
> |Sincerely,
> |
> |Andree Hurley