thanks, folks, for all the good feedback and advice. i'm going to run
through all that stuff and expect will find exactly as you say, as usual.
cheers, art

-----Original Message-----
From: Gary Shea <shea@gtsdesign.com>
To: Art McGinn <amcginn@ARACHNID.MICROWEB.COM>
Cc: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, January 21, 1999 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: rain-starting problem

>My '81 has the same problem, always has... at a certain temperature
>and humidity it just doesn't like to start.  Very strange.  I've always
>assumed it was some kind of mysterious FI firmware bug, but perhaps that's
>a bit too complex of a solution.
>
> Gary
>
>On Thu, 21 Jan 1999, Art McGinn wrote:
>> soaking rains have hit the bay area and, like last year, suddenly have
>> starting problems with otherwise wonderfully-running '82 vanagon. new
>> battery cranks like crazy but it takes awhile, sometimes many efforts and
>> many minutes, before engine fires. there is no visible moisture in the
>> engine compartment.  the situation suggests that either moist air or
>> condensation is breaking a circuit or shorting-out something but, again,
>> nothing visible.  after the rain has stopped and the air has dried-out,
the
>> problem goes away.  any thoughts on where the gremlin is hiding in this
>> situation?  thanks and cheers, art '82 vanagon
>>
>
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