re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on eBay

1

Gday ALL,

Anyone wanting to buy the add-on harness to solve the AFM issue, there is one for sale on eBay USA.
Goto: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180349137826&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=

Item finishes in a bit over 1 day.

According to what the seller told me, posting to Australia using USPS First Class Mail International, without insurance or tracking, costs only $4.30 for this item.

Cheers.

Ken

2
Be careful there, Ken. When you scroll down to shipping section and select "Australia", you have to then click the "Update" button. When I did that as a test, it goves me US$26.50 for shipping. See sample below. BEN
Country:
Shipping and Handling To Service
US $26.50
Australia
 USPS Priority Mail InternationalTM
7 to 11 business days*
On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Ken <unclekenz@yahoo.com> wrote:


Gday ALL,

Anyone wanting to buy the add-on harness to solve the AFM issue, there is one for sale on eBay USA.
Goto: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=180349137826&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem=

Item finishes in a bit over 1 day.

According to what the seller told me, posting to Australia using USPS First Class Mail International, without insurance or tracking, costs only $4.30 for this item.

Cheers.

Ken

3
Ben,

I ignore all that stuff because from over here, the miriad of US
shipping services with or without expensive add-on
insurance/tracking/priority alternatives leaves my head spinning. I only
want what is cheapest and reliable.

So I simply asked the seller as to the cheapest USPS airmail service he
could do to Australia for that item. $US4.30.

Maybe if someone from Oz buys it, they can also ask the seller and so
confirm or deny this mailing quote.

Cheers.

Ken


--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, BenT Syncro <syncro@...>
wrote:
>
> Be careful there, Ken. When you scroll down to shipping section and
select
> "Australia", you have to then click the "Update" button. When I did
that as
> a test, it goves me US$26.50 for shipping. See sample below. BEN
>
> Country: Show all available Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa
> Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba
> Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh
Barbados
> Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and
Herzegovina
> Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria
Burkina
> Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman
Islands Central
> African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic
> Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica
Croatia,
> Republic of Cuba, Republic of Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti
> Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial
Guinea
> Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji
Finland
> France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia
Germany
> Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala
Guinea
> Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India
> Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan
Kazakhstan
> Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia
> Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau
> Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall
Islands
> Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova
Monaco
> Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands
> Netherlands
> Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway
Oman
> Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines
Poland
> Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda
Saint
> Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint
Vincent
> and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra
Leone
> Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain
Sri
> Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan
Tajikistan
> Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey
> Turkmenistan Turks
> and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United
> Kingdom United
> States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam
Virgin
> Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Western Samoa Yemen
Zambia
> Zimbabwe Zip or postal code: Update Shipping and Handling To Service
US
> $26.50 Australia
> USPS Priority Mail InternationalTM 7 to 11 business days*
>
> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Ken unclekenz@... wrote:
>
> >
> >
> > Gday ALL,
> >
> > Anyone wanting to buy the add-on harness to solve the AFM issue,
there is
> > one for sale on eBay USA.
> > Goto:
> >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1803491378\
26&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem
> > =
> >
> > Item finishes in a bit over 1 day.
> >
> > According to what the seller told me, posting to Australia using
USPS First
> > Class Mail International, without insurance or tracking, costs only
$4.30
> > for this item.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Ken
> >
>
4
If you can get it landed here for less than about $80 it's a bargain.

The s/h prices in Australia that I have heard are around $100 when you can get them.



> Ken <unclekenz@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
> Ben,
>
> I ignore all that stuff because from over here, the miriad of US
> shipping services with or without expensive add-on
> insurance/tracking/priority alternatives leaves my head spinning. I only
> want what is cheapest and reliable.
>
> So I simply asked the seller as to the cheapest USPS airmail service he
> could do to Australia for that item. $US4.30.
>
> Maybe if someone from Oz buys it, they can also ask the seller and so
> confirm or deny this mailing quote.
>
> Cheers.
>
> Ken
>
>
> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, BenT Syncro <syncro@...>
> wrote:
> >
> > Be careful there, Ken. When you scroll down to shipping section and
> select
> > "Australia", you have to then click the "Update" button. When I did
> that as
> > a test, it goves me US$26.50 for shipping. See sample below. BEN
> >
> > Country: Show all available Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa
> > Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba
> > Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh
> Barbados
> > Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and
> Herzegovina
> > Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria
> Burkina
> > Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman
> Islands Central
> > African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo, Democratic
> > Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica
> Croatia,
> > Republic of Cuba, Republic of Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti
> > Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial
> Guinea
> > Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji
> Finland
> > France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia Georgia
> Germany
> > Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala
> Guinea
> > Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland India
> > Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan
> Kazakhstan
> > Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia
> > Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macau
> > Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall
> Islands
> > Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova
> Monaco
> > Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands
> > Netherlands
> > Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue Norway
> Oman
> > Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines
> Poland
> > Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation Rwanda
> Saint
> > Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint
> Vincent
> > and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles Sierra
> Leone
> > Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa Spain
> Sri
> > Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan
> Tajikistan
> > Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey
> > Turkmenistan Turks
> > and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates United
> > Kingdom United
> > States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela Vietnam
> Virgin
> > Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Western Samoa Yemen
> Zambia
> > Zimbabwe Zip or postal code: Update Shipping and Handling To Service
> US
> > $26.50 Australia
> > USPS Priority Mail InternationalTM 7 to 11 business days*
> >
> > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Ken unclekenz@... wrote:
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > Gday ALL,
> > >
> > > Anyone wanting to buy the add-on harness to solve the AFM issue,
> there is
> > > one for sale on eBay USA.
> > > Goto:
> > >
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1803491378\
>
> 26&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem
> > > =
> > >
> > > Item finishes in a bit over 1 day.
> > >
> > > According to what the seller told me, posting to Australia using
> USPS First
> > > Class Mail International, without insurance or tracking, costs only
> $4.30
> > > for this item.
> > >
> > > Cheers.
> > >
> > > Ken
> > >
> >
5
Just as a matter of interest, I rang my local VW dealer not that long
ago and asked about pricing and availability.

They said there was one in stock (is this just a come on?) and that I
could purchase it for a mere $474.00

Makes the price of a fully fitted out syncro look cheap.

Ken


--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, plander@... wrote:
>
> If you can get it landed here for less than about $80 it's a bargain.
>
> The s/h prices in Australia that I have heard are around $100 when you
can get them.
>
>
>
> > Ken unclekenz@... wrote:
> >
> >
> > Ben,
> >
> > I ignore all that stuff because from over here, the miriad of US
> > shipping services with or without expensive add-on
> > insurance/tracking/priority alternatives leaves my head spinning. I
only
> > want what is cheapest and reliable.
> >
> > So I simply asked the seller as to the cheapest USPS airmail service
he
> > could do to Australia for that item. $US4.30.
> >
> > Maybe if someone from Oz buys it, they can also ask the seller and
so
> > confirm or deny this mailing quote.
> >
> > Cheers.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
> > --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, BenT Syncro syncro@
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Be careful there, Ken. When you scroll down to shipping section
and
> > select
> > > "Australia", you have to then click the "Update" button. When I
did
> > that as
> > > a test, it goves me US$26.50 for shipping. See sample below. BEN
> > >
> > > Country: Show all available Afghanistan Albania Algeria American
Samoa
> > > Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia
Aruba
> > > Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh
> > Barbados
> > > Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and
> > Herzegovina
> > > Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria
> > Burkina
> > > Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman
> > Islands Central
> > > African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo,
Democratic
> > > Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica
> > Croatia,
> > > Republic of Cuba, Republic of Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark
Djibouti
> > > Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial
> > Guinea
> > > Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji
> > Finland
> > > France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia
Georgia
> > Germany
> > > Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala
> > Guinea
> > > Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland
India
> > > Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan
> > Kazakhstan
> > > Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos
Latvia
> > > Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
Macau
> > > Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall
> > Islands
> > > Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova
> > Monaco
> > > Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal
Netherlands
> > > Netherlands
> > > Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue
Norway
> > Oman
> > > Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines
> > Poland
> > > Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation
Rwanda
> > Saint
> > > Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon
Saint
> > Vincent
> > > and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles
Sierra
> > Leone
> > > Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa
Spain
> > Sri
> > > Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan
> > Tajikistan
> > > Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey
> > > Turkmenistan Turks
> > > and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates
United
> > > Kingdom United
> > > States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela
Vietnam
> > Virgin
> > > Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Western Samoa
Yemen
> > Zambia
> > > Zimbabwe Zip or postal code: Update Shipping and Handling To
Service
> > US
> > > $26.50 Australia
> > > USPS Priority Mail InternationalTM 7 to 11 business days*
> > >
> > > On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Ken unclekenz@ wrote:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Gday ALL,
> > > >
> > > > Anyone wanting to buy the add-on harness to solve the AFM issue,
> > there is
> > > > one for sale on eBay USA.
> > > > Goto:
> > > >
> >
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1803491378\
\
> >
> > 26&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem
> > > > =
> > > >
> > > > Item finishes in a bit over 1 day.
> > > >
> > > > According to what the seller told me, posting to Australia using
> > USPS First
> > > > Class Mail International, without insurance or tracking, costs
only
> > $4.30
> > > > for this item.
> > > >
> > > > Cheers.
> > > >
> > > > Ken
> > > >
> > >
>
6
If I look at these pictures... http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/afmharness/afmharness.htm
I wonder why there are no cheaper replicas available? Unless there
are some really exotic parts underneath, this looks very cheap.
Probably just some active low pass filter which costs under $1 in
parts :) Granted, you'd have to open the cable to fit it in... But
since I don't have a WBX...............

.martin


On 26.04.2009, at 10:10, Ken wrote:

>
> Just as a matter of interest, I rang my local VW dealer not that long
> ago and asked about pricing and availability.
>
> They said there was one in stock (is this just a come on?) and that I
> could purchase it for a mere $474.00
>
> Makes the price of a fully fitted out syncro look cheap.
>
> Ken
>
>
> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, plander@... wrote:
>>
>> If you can get it landed here for less than about $80 it's a bargain.
>>
>> The s/h prices in Australia that I have heard are around $100 when
>> you
> can get them.
>>
>>
>>
>>> Ken unclekenz@... wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> Ben,
>>>
>>> I ignore all that stuff because from over here, the miriad of US
>>> shipping services with or without expensive add-on
>>> insurance/tracking/priority alternatives leaves my head spinning. I
> only
>>> want what is cheapest and reliable.
>>>
>>> So I simply asked the seller as to the cheapest USPS airmail service
> he
>>> could do to Australia for that item. $US4.30.
>>>
>>> Maybe if someone from Oz buys it, they can also ask the seller and
> so
>>> confirm or deny this mailing quote.
>>>
>>> Cheers.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>>
>>> --- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, BenT Syncro syncro@
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Be careful there, Ken. When you scroll down to shipping section
> and
>>> select
>>>> "Australia", you have to then click the "Update" button. When I
> did
>>> that as
>>>> a test, it goves me US$26.50 for shipping. See sample below. BEN
>>>>
>>>> Country: Show all available Afghanistan Albania Algeria American
> Samoa
>>>> Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia
> Aruba
>>>> Australia Austria Azerbaijan Republic Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh
>>> Barbados
>>>> Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and
>>> Herzegovina
>>>> Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Darussalam Bulgaria
>>> Burkina
>>>> Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Islands Cayman
>>> Islands Central
>>>> African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo,
> Democratic
>>>> Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Cook Islands Costa Rica
>>> Croatia,
>>>> Republic of Cuba, Republic of Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark
> Djibouti
>>>> Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial
>>> Guinea
>>>> Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) Fiji
>>> Finland
>>>> France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Republic Gambia
> Georgia
>>> Germany
>>>> Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala
>>> Guinea
>>>> Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong Hungary Iceland
> India
>>>> Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan
>>> Kazakhstan
>>>> Kenya Kiribati Korea, North Korea, South Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos
> Latvia
>>>> Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
> Macau
>>>> Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall
>>> Islands
>>>> Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mayotte Mexico Micronesia Moldova
>>> Monaco
>>>> Mongolia Montserrat Morocco Mozambique Namibia Nauru Nepal
> Netherlands
>>>> Netherlands
>>>> Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue
> Norway
>>> Oman
>>>> Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines
>>> Poland
>>>> Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Reunion Romania Russian Federation
> Rwanda
>>> Saint
>>>> Helena Saint Kitts-Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Pierre and Miquelon
> Saint
>>> Vincent
>>>> and the Grenadines San Marino Saudi Arabia Senegal Seychelles
> Sierra
>>> Leone
>>>> Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa
> Spain
>>> Sri
>>>> Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan
>>> Tajikistan
>>>> Tanzania Thailand Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey
>>>> Turkmenistan Turks
>>>> and Caicos Islands Tuvalu Uganda Ukraine United Arab Emirates
> United
>>>> Kingdom United
>>>> States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vatican City State Venezuela
> Vietnam
>>> Virgin
>>>> Islands (U.S.) Wallis and Futuna Western Sahara Western Samoa
> Yemen
>>> Zambia
>>>> Zimbabwe Zip or postal code: Update Shipping and Handling To
> Service
>>> US
>>>> $26.50 Australia
>>>> USPS Priority Mail InternationalTM 7 to 11 business days*
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 3:51 AM, Ken unclekenz@ wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Gday ALL,
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone wanting to buy the add-on harness to solve the AFM issue,
>>> there is
>>>>> one for sale on eBay USA.
>>>>> Goto:
>>>>>
>>>
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1803491378
> \
> \
>>>
>>> 26&sspagename=STRK%3AMEWAX%3AIT&viewitem
>>>>> =
>>>>>
>>>>> Item finishes in a bit over 1 day.
>>>>>
>>>>> According to what the seller told me, posting to Australia using
>>> USPS First
>>>>> Class Mail International, without insurance or tracking, costs
> only
>>> $4.30
>>>>> for this item.
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ken
>>>>>
>>>>
>>
>
>
>
>
>
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--
Martin Henning, DM5OY
martin@easy2design.de
http://log.tigerbus.de
7
Martin,
 
We are talking about VW Australia.  Their pricing policy goes somewhere along the lines of:
think of a number
add in the day of the month
multiply by the number of customers you will lose
multiply by ten
then tell the remaining customers "like it or lump it"
 
Long standing VW owners in Australia are full accustomed to seeing a $2 bolt coming out at $47.50 and similar.
 
If ever there was a pricing policy designed to deter customers, VW Australia invented it.
 
Les
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on eBay

If I look at these pictures... http://www.teluspla net.net/public/ gary2a/rack/ afmharness/ afmharness. htm
I wonder why there are no cheaper replicas available? Unless there
are some really exotic parts underneath, this looks very cheap.
Probably just some active low pass filter which costs under $1 in
parts :) Granted, you'd have to open the cable to fit it in... But
since I don't have a WBX......... ......

.martin

On 26.04.2009, at 10:10, Ken wrote:

>
> Just as a matter of interest, I rang my local VW dealer not that long
> ago and asked about pricing and availability.
>
> They said there was one in stock (is this just a come on?) and that I
> could purchase it for a mere $474.00
>
> Makes the price of a fully fitted out syncro look cheap.
>
> Ken
>
>

.

8
> They said there was one in stock (is this just a come on?) and that I
> could purchase it for a mere $474.00


Well Ken they couldn't afford to have any more in stock.
9
Les - do these things exist over here, too? I mean I wouldn't have a
problem with sending you 10 or so if you could gather for some kind of
group purchase or one of you just wants to make some bucks :)

.martin

On 26.04.2009, at 10:32, Les Harris wrote:

>
>
> Martin,
>
> We are talking about VW Australia. Their pricing policy goes
> somewhere along the lines of:
> think of a number
> add in the day of the month
> multiply by the number of customers you will lose
> multiply by ten
> then tell the remaining customers "like it or lump it"
>
> Long standing VW owners in Australia are full accustomed to seeing a
> $2 bolt coming out at $47.50 and similar.
>
> If ever there was a pricing policy designed to deter customers, VW
> Australia invented it.
>
> Les
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Martin Henning
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:20 PM
> Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on
> eBay
>
> If I look at these pictures... http://www.telusplanet.net/public/gary2a/rack/afmharness/afmharness.htm
> I wonder why there are no cheaper replicas available? Unless there
> are some really exotic parts underneath, this looks very cheap.
> Probably just some active low pass filter which costs under $1 in
> parts :) Granted, you'd have to open the cable to fit it in... But
> since I don't have a WBX...............
>
> .martin
>
> On 26.04.2009, at 10:10, Ken wrote:
>
> >
> > Just as a matter of interest, I rang my local VW dealer not that
> long
> > ago and asked about pricing and availability.
> >
> > They said there was one in stock (is this just a come on?) and
> that I
> > could purchase it for a mere $474.00
> >
> > Makes the price of a fully fitted out syncro look cheap.
> >
> > Ken
> >
> >
>
> .
>
>
>
>



--
Martin Henning, DM5OY
martin@easy2design.de
http://log.tigerbus.de
10
I tend to think VAG and Trakka colluded and came up with the same business plan.

They support the current and most recent superseded models.

Beyond that, they don't want to know.

Ken

--- On Sun, 26/4/09, Les Harris <leslieharris@optushome.com.au> wrote:

From: Les Harris <leslieharris@optushome.com.au>
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on eBay
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Received: Sunday, 26 April, 2009, 6:32 PM

Martin,
 
We are talking about VW Australia.  Their pricing policy goes somewhere along the lines of:
think of a number
add in the day of the month
multiply by the number of customers you will lose
multiply by ten
then tell the remaining customers "like it or lump it"
 
Long standing VW owners in Australia are full accustomed to seeing a $2 bolt coming out at $47.50 and similar.
 
If ever there was a pricing policy designed to deter customers, VW Australia invented it.
 
Les
 
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Sunday, April 26, 2009 6:20 PM
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australi a] Re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on eBay

If I look at these pictures... http://www.teluspla net.net/public/ gary2a/rack/ afmharness/ afmharness. htm
I wonder why there are no cheaper replicas available? Unless there
are some really exotic parts underneath, this looks very cheap.
Probably just some active low pass filter which costs under $1 in
parts :) Granted, you'd have to open the cable to fit it in... But
since I don't have a WBX......... ......

.martin

On 26.04.2009, at 10:10, Ken wrote:

>
> Just as a matter of interest, I rang my local VW dealer not that long
> ago and asked about pricing and availability.
>
> They said there was one in stock (is this just a come on?) and that I
> could purchase it for a mere $474.00
>
> Makes the price of a fully fitted out syncro look cheap.
>
> Ken
>
>

.


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11
> I wonder why there are no cheaper replicas available?

It's only on the MV

It's really only Australia & parts of the US that need it.

It's really only people that do long highway miles need it.

Peter's DIY capacitor method is probably as good as anything. (and cheap)
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> They support the current and most recent superseded models.
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> Ken
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Volkswagen used to be opposed to that idea.

But that was many years ago.
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Hiya,

On 26.04.2009, at 10:48, plander@optusnet.com.au wrote:
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> Peter's DIY capacitor method is probably as good as anything. (and
> cheap)

Yes, he's using the most simple passive filter approach. If someone
could make better pictures of both sides of that little beast, you
could easily see what's going on. As i said: I suspect it to be the
active variant of a low pass filter. Some cheap power amp with a few
pares of R and C. That's all... As we say over here: They cook with
water, aswell :D

.martin

--
Martin Henning, DM5OY
martin@easy2design.de
http://log.tigerbus.de
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What you say is the generally accepted/official understanding of vanagon syndrome. But in my case, it is not true.

My syncro has never had the AFM harness attachment fix in 192,000 klms over 19 years.

When it happened to me, the "long highway miles" I did at the time amounted to about 16 klms locally prior to my very first and surprising loss of engine power event.

Naturally I tried first adding the 22 microfarad tantalum capacitor 16vdc to the AFM but to no avail. Power loss simply re-occurred each time I drove say less than 10klms.

Then I fitted the AFM harness attachment .... fixed the problem straight away.

So much for the official theorising.

But I'm very happy its fixed and recently did 2260klms out western and north/western NSW without a problem.

Should someone now rewrite the official theory on vanagon syndrome?

I also believe, anyone who doesn't yet have the AFM fix attachment fitted, it will only be a matter of time before the problem commences (as in my case), most likely due to wear and tear, old age etc., of the AFM.

Ken

--- On Sun, 26/4/09, plander@optusnet.com.au <plander@optusnet.com.au> wrote:

From: plander@optusnet.com.au <plander@optusnet.com.au>
Subject: Re: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on eBay
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Received: Sunday, 26 April, 2009, 6:48 PM

> I wonder why there are no cheaper replicas available?

It's only on the MV

It's really only Australia & parts of the US that need it.

It's really only people that do long highway miles need it.

Peter's DIY capacitor method is probably as good as anything. (and cheap)


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> I also believe, anyone who doesn't yet have the AFM fix attachment
> fitted, it will only be a matter of time before the problem commences
> (as in my case), most likely due to wear and tear, old age etc., of the
> AFM.
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They happened on new cars. Many were fitted under warranty.
All you have to do is turn the engine off for ten minutes.
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On 26.04.2009, at 11:23, Ken Garratt wrote:
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> What you say is the generally accepted/official understanding of
> vanagon syndrome. But in my case, it is not true.


Doesn't change the fact, that even the OEM fix is probably of the
cheapest nature you can imagine :)

.martin


--
Martin Henning, DM5OY
martin@easy2design.de
http://log.tigerbus.de
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I am saying that, given now the passage of time and experience, the limited official theory on vanagon syndrome is now proven to be deficient (as in my case).

I am also saying VAG pricing on their OEM AFM fix is highway robbery. 

Ken

--- On Sun, 26/4/09, Martin Henning <martin@easy2design.de> wrote:

From: Martin Henning <martin@easy2design.de>
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on eBay
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
Received: Sunday, 26 April, 2009, 7:36 PM



On 26.04.2009, at 11:23, Ken Garratt wrote:
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> What you say is the generally accepted/official understanding of
> vanagon syndrome. But in my case, it is not true.

Doesn't change the fact, that even the OEM fix is probably of the
cheapest nature you can imagine :)

.martin

--
Martin Henning, DM5OY
martin@easy2design. de
http://log.tigerbus .de


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On Sat, Apr 25, 2009 at 7:28 PM, Ken <unclekenz@yahoo.com> wrote:

Ben,

I ignore all that stuff because from over here, the miriad of US
shipping services with or without expensive add-on
insurance/tracking/priority alternatives leaves my head spinning. I only
want what is cheapest and reliable.

So I simply asked the seller as to the cheapest USPS airmail service he
could do to Australia for that item. $US4.30.

Maybe if someone from Oz buys it, they can also ask the seller and so
confirm or deny this mailing quote.
Hi Ken,
I just weighed a comparable part and estimated First Class Mail (cheapest USPS service).
Without any packaging it's already $5.60. It has to weigh less than 5 ounces to ship for under
$4.30 quote. I suppose it's possible if the Seller is willing to pay the extra dollar or so under
his quote. Even in a light envelop there are added fees such as non-machinable surcharge
because it requires a human being to touch that envelop. Anyway, none of this is really that
important.
Frankly, it has been my experience that most people put these on when the problem was really
elsewhere. The capacitor fix works just as well. Ken, don't discount the possibility that your problem disappeared upon installation of the harness only as a coincidence. Those AFM tracks can get pretty dirty and more likely cause the problems.
The shop I take my vans to, handle about 10-12 WBX's every day. At least one of those will have
problems related to "Vanagon Syndrome". 99% of the time, the problem is caused by something
else. Proof positive is when they yank out the harness and leave it out to show the customer the
problem was found elsewhere.
If someone is hard up for one of these, I can get my local vendor to land you a good used one
in OZ for US$65 -- in a suitably padded envelop. He's got two sitting on a shelf.
BenT
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Gday Ben,

Proof is in the pudding eh.

I bought this earlier AFM fix harness item on ebay on 20/04/09, it arrived here today 27/04/09.

The printed USPS label from Detroit, MI is for $3.80. Heh I was ripped off, he charged me $4.30, like he quoted me.

He simply popped it in a 2nd hand padded envelope, all up weight less than 3.5 ozs. Total cost to me ... $US 60.28

Would I deal with this eBay seller again, I here you ask.

Cheers.

Ken

Description

Unit price

Qty

Amount

VW Volkswagen VANAGON Signal Filter Cable Airflow Meter
Item Number 180347030643

$55.98 USD

1

$55.98 USD

 

Postage and packing

$4.30 USD

Insurance - not offered

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Total

$60.28 USD

Payment

$60.28 USD

Payment sent to safeashouses17@hotmail.com

 

From amount

$88.24 AUD

To amount

$60.28 USD

Exchange rate: 1 AUD = 0.683136 USD

 


 

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Hi Ken

Just back from 2 weeks working. Noted your experience with 22 uF cap not working to cure the vanagon syndrome. It may well have worked if you used a bigger cap ie: 47uF! ALso there are other possibilities like a high resistance connection that was cured when you put on the harness attachment.

Regards

Peter


--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, Ken Garratt <unclekenz@...> wrote:
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> What you say is the generally accepted/official understanding of vanagon syndrome. But in my case, it is not true.
>
> My syncro has never had the AFM harness attachment fix in 192,000 klms over 19 years.
>
> When it happened to me, the "long highway miles" I did at the time amounted to about 16 klms locally prior to my very first and surprising loss of engine power event.
>
> Naturally I tried first adding the 22 microfarad tantalum capacitor 16vdc to the AFM but to no avail. Power loss simply re-occurred each time I drove say less than 10klms.
>
> Then I fitted the AFM harness attachment .... fixed the problem straight away.
>
> So much for the official theorising.
>
> But I'm very happy its fixed and recently did 2260klms out western and north/western NSW without a problem.
>
> Should someone now rewrite the official theory on vanagon syndrome?
>
> I also believe, anyone who doesn't yet have the AFM fix attachment fitted, it will only be a matter of time before the problem commences (as in my case), most likely due to wear and tear, old age etc., of the AFM.
>
> Ken
>
> --- On Sun, 26/4/09, plander@... <plander@...> wrote:
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> From: plander@... <plander@...>
> Subject: Re: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: Vanagon Syndrome solution on eBay
> To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
> Received: Sunday, 26 April, 2009, 6:48 PM
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