Convenient yes, but I really like that I only paid a few dollars for a cap
and did
the soldering job myself which was over 10 years ago, more like 15 and
haven't
had the shudder since.    I smile every time I think about it because I did
many
long freeway drives where it more than likely would have had the syndrome..

Steven
91 Westy

On Fri, Jun 15, 2012 at 2:12 PM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> At 02:13 PM 6/15/2012, Robert Keezer wrote:
>
>> The VW fix harness it's called, will help prevent that.VW #025 906 302 A.
>> I have three in stock -$100.00 each includes free shipping anywhere
>> in the US. Email or call 206-669-5845
>>
>
> These are actually much fancier than a simple capacitor across the
> line - they're an IC-based low-pass filter built into a box in the
> middle of a pigtail with male and female plugs that fit the AFM and cable.
>
> I personally think VW went way overboard with the circuit, and then
> later after the recall expired went *way* overboard with the price of
> the thing, but it's convenient and works, and compared to what VW
> wants for it Robert's are downright cheap.
>
> They're just as good as the "capacitor fix"* and a lot more
> convenient to install.  Money vs time...
>
> *Except they break one of the continuity tests in Bentley, but
> there's a note there so it's not a big loss.  And of course it's one
> more connector to get sloppy (surprised me a bit but I have one that
> *is* sloppy, though it still seems to connect all right -- I think).
>
> Yours,
> David
>