No, I disconnected the idle stabilizer when the engine was off.  Idle was
not effected by the bucking syndrome however my idle, with the backup
stabilizer, is now smooth where I had an idle hunt before that was there
regardless of the unit being connected or not.

Ironically, the stabilizer is a year old and meant to replace a bad one from
last spring and the replacement is one off the used engine I bought from
Chris.

Bryan

-----Original Message-----
From: neil n
Sent: Wednesday, June 01, 2011 12:45 PM
To: B Feddish
Cc: vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com
Subject: Re: Power loss after traffic jam

I do NOT know if this is advisable, but ....

Did you disconnect the idle stabilizer with engine running?

Haven't read your entire post(s) but is idle affected when bucking
starts? The above may help confirm if part or wiring is at fault.

Does Bentley show test procedure for this part?

Neil.

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 7:25 AM, B Feddish <uprightbassghost@hotmail.com>
wrote:

> hour so I just drove my van home from work on Route 30 last evening and
> after about an hour it started bucking so hard it was un-drivable.   I
> pulled over and disconnected the idle stabilizer from the circuit and the
> van ran fine. Actually felt like a little more power.

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