the mfa also does a few other things too... somewhere on the web there was a guy who had a webpage (specific enough for ya?) that talked about all of the functions of the mfa...now where was it...
----- Original Message ----- From: "John Caldwell" <[email protected]> To: "Mark Gabel" <[email protected]> Cc: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2001 2:54 AM Subject: Re: incredibly stupid question - MFA > On Tue, 19 Jun 2001, Mark Gabel wrote: > > > Hey...... this is going to sound very stupid, but I bought my car > > w/out an owner's manual from the PO and I just now discovered that I > > have an MFA. However, I can't figure out for certain exactly how to > > work it. > > > > I can hit the "MFA" button on my wiper handle to switch through the > > functions, and there is a switch with 0 - 1 - 2 - 0. My initial guess > > was that the 1-2 were two different profiles for the MFA that you > > could store -- one for trips and one for between tanks of gas or > > something and that moving it to the 0 was the equivalent of a trip odo > > reset. > > > > The "1" position is reset after the car has sat for 2 hours with the > ignition in the 'off' position. The "2" position has to be manually > reset. > > > > However, when moving the switch over there it only reset the mileage > > on one side and pushing it to the other "0" seemed to do nothing. > > > > Both 0's are resets, for each respective "profile". Get some electrical > contact cleaner from an auto parts store or hardware store, and thoroughly > spray the wiper stalk... try to get the stuff in the switches itself. > That may be enough to get it working again. > > > > So, my stupid question is, How do I work this thing? I have a bentley > > coming from amazon in a day or so, but will that contain operational > > instructions aside from the usual service stuff? > > > > You might be able to pick a manual up at the stealer... probably not. At > any rate, you've figured out 90 percent of it. :) > > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org _____________ List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
