VW Workshop Bulletin - fitting an Impedance Harness.

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I have just found out from a former VW dealer that VW Australia will fit an impedence harness to any vehicle with a MV engine regardless of age or k/m's for free. This is covered by a service bulletin T15/96. Several owners overe here have recently had harnesses fitted without charge. Good news for us except for Tony who recently purchased a harness for over $400 dollars. I have typed out most of the contence of this bulletin and am attaching it to this post.
Regards
Yurik
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Hi Yurik

THanks for the info

I saw no attachment - can you please send to me directly, will try and get it up on Syncro site.

Thanks
mark.

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Yurik Orlowsky <yuriko@iinet.net.au> wrote:


I have just found out from a former VW dealer that VW Australia will fit an impedence harness to any vehicle with a MV engine regardless of age or k/m's for free. This is covered by a service bulletin T15/96. Several owners overe here have recently had harnesses fitted without charge. Good news for us except for Tony who recently purchased a harness for over $400 dollars. I have typed out most of the contence of this bulletin and am attaching it to this post.
Regards
Yurik


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Hi Mark,

The attachment didn’t succeed so here it is now.

Regards

Yurik

 

From: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Mark Kofahl
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Hi Yurik

THanks for the info

I saw no attachment - can you please send to me directly, will try and get it up on Syncro site.

Thanks
mark.

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 7:52 PM, Yurik Orlowsky <yuriko@iinet.net.au> wrote:

 

I have just found out from a former VW dealer that VW Australia will fit an impedence harness to any vehicle with a MV engine regardless of age or k/m's for free. This is covered by a service bulletin T15/96. Several owners overe here have recently had harnesses fitted without charge. Good news for us except for Tony who recently purchased a harness for over $400 dollars. I have typed out most of the contence of this bulletin and am attaching it to this post.
Regards
Yurik

 

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Gday Yurik,

Well this is great news, seems to me to be well hidden info though by VAG. I haven't found anything online about this yet and the previous Australian Government website that used to display details of all recalls has been dismantled. For instance the 20F3 voluntary recall I had done on mine ... this info is NLA online. I have it documented though from past usage.

I recall my local VW mechanic telling me he recalled installing these harness attachments under warranty servicing way back then in the 90's. Must have just petered out I guess over time, I assume then it wasn't part of an official voluntary recall by VW or a mandatory recall by Aust Govt. Dept. of Transport and Regional Services. Just an internal Workshop Service Bulletin remedy instead. This would no doubt be very obscure and old material to front up with at a local VW service centre ... they'd be scratching their collective heads. Still if you say it works, then knowing the procedures followed in WA would be helpful to all of us elsewhere.

I did find an otherwise unknown by me voluntary service recall for a 1990 Transporter syncro  concerning potential steering failure due to a shaft that transmits steering movement that has possibly not been completely welded.

Goto:  http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/954954/fromItemId/952856

Anyone know about this recall and had it checked out and/or rectified?

Thanks Yurik, if you could submit more details, be much appreciated.

Cheers.

Ken

 

--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Yurik Orlowsky" <yuriko@...> wrote:
>
> I have just found out from a former VW dealer that VW Australia will fit an impedence harness to any vehicle with a MV engine regardless of age or k/m's for free. This is covered by a service bulletin T15/96. Several owners overe here have recently had harnesses fitted without charge. Good news for us except for Tony who recently purchased a harness for over $400 dollars. I have typed out most of the contence of this bulletin and am attaching it to this post.
> Regards
> Yurik
>

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Ken

Hart was looking for info on the 20F3 recall

Is this it? do you have anything else?

http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/954880

Regards
Mark.

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Ken <unclekenz@yahoo.com> wrote:


Gday Yurik,

Well this is great news, seems to me to be well hidden info though by VAG. I haven't found anything online about this yet and the previous Australian Government website that used to display details of all recalls has been dismantled. For instance the 20F3 voluntary recall I had done on mine ... this info is NLA online. I have it documented though from past usage.

I recall my local VW mechanic telling me he recalled installing these harness attachments under warranty servicing way back then in the 90's. Must have just petered out I guess over time, I assume then it wasn't part of an official voluntary recall by VW or a mandatory recall by Aust Govt. Dept. of Transport and Regional Services. Just an internal Workshop Service Bulletin remedy instead. This would no doubt be very obscure and old material to front up with at a local VW service centre ... they'd be scratching their collective heads. Still if you say it works, then knowing the procedures followed in WA would be helpful to all of us elsewhere.

I did find an otherwise unknown by me voluntary service recall for a 1990 Transporter syncro concerning potential steering failure due to a shaft that transmits steering movement that has possibly not been completely welded.

Goto: http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/954954/fromItemId/952856

Anyone know about this recall and had it checked out and/or rectified?

Thanks Yurik, if you could submit more details, be much appreciated.

Cheers.

Ken


--- In Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com, "Yurik Orlowsky" <yuriko@...> wrote:
>
> I have just found out from a former VW dealer that VW Australia will fit an impedence harness to any vehicle with a MV engine regardless of age or k/m's for free. This is covered by a service bulletin T15/96. Several owners overe here have recently had harnesses fitted without charge. Good news for us except for Tony who recently purchased a harness for over $400 dollars. I have typed out most of the contence of this bulletin and am attaching it to this post.
> Regards
> Yurik
>


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Mark,
 
The data DVD you showed me at Skyville ... the one I gave you in Jan 2007 and you still haven't looked at it yet ... well all the info I have compiled on 20F3 Recall is on that data DVD. Might be of some use checking it out eh.
 
As I said below, the Government website for recalls that listed the 20F3 recall is dismantled .... NLA. Doesn't mean the recall is NLA though.
 
Bare in mind only T3s manufactured during 1990 and onwards qualify for this recall and within a specific range of VIN numbers and also the original motor still in place. So Hartmuts Tristar will be ineligible anyway if it is manufactured in 1989 or earlier.
 
Cheers.
 
Ken
 
To: Syncro_T3_Australia@yahoogroups.com
CC: unclekenz@hotmail.com
From: markkofahl@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 10:35:09 +1000
Subject: Re: [Syncro_T3_Australia] Re: VW Workshop Bulletin - fitting an Impedance Harness.



Ken

Hart was looking for info on the 20F3 recall

Is this it? do you have anything else?

http://www.recalls. gov.au/content/ index.phtml/ itemId/954880

Regards
Mark.

On Sun, May 10, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Ken <unclekenz@yahoo. com> wrote:



Gday Yurik,
Well this is great news, seems to me to be well hidden info though by VAG. I haven't found anything online about this yet and the previous Australian Government website that used to display details of all recalls has been dismantled. For instance the 20F3 voluntary recall I had done on mine ... this info is NLA online. I have it documented though from past usage.
I recall my local VW mechanic telling me he recalled installing these harness attachments under warranty servicing way back then in the 90's. Must have just petered out I guess over time, I assume then it wasn't part of an official voluntary recall by VW or a mandatory recall by Aust Govt. Dept. of Transport and Regional Services. Just an internal Workshop Service Bulletin remedy instead. This would no doubt be very obscure and old material to front up with at a local VW service centre ... they'd be scratching their collective heads. Still if you say it works, then knowing the procedures followed in WA would be helpful to all of us elsewhere.
I did find an otherwise unknown by me voluntary service recall for a 1990 Transporter syncro  concerning potential steering failure due to a shaft that transmits steering movement that has possibly not been completely welded.
Goto:  http://www.recalls. gov.au/content/ index.phtml/ itemId/954954/ fromItemId/ 952856
Anyone know about this recall and had it checked out and/or rectified?
Thanks Yurik, if you could submit more details, be much appreciated.
Cheers.
Ken

 
--- In Syncro_T3_Australia @yahoogroups. com, "Yurik Orlowsky" <yuriko@...> wrote:
>
> I have just found out from a former VW dealer that VW Australia will fit an impedence harness to any vehicle with a MV engine regardless of age or k/m's for free. This is covered by a service bulletin T15/96. Several owners overe here have recently had harnesses fitted without charge. Good news for us except for Tony who recently purchased a harness for over $400 dollars. I have typed out most of the contence of this bulletin and am attaching it to this post.
> Regards
> Yurik
>




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