I scavenged an airflow meter from an '86 Sovereign from a nearby self-service yard on Friday, but it had had the seal broken and top removed ..

I was wondering if anyone who has worked with these can detect any missing parts from the photos? I am not sure if the person who hacked it was just looking for modules or whatever or if they actually removed a part. any help would be greatly appreciated. Looking at photos online I am concerned there is meant to be something at the bottom right of the first picture...

On a side note, I just bought a parts car that is identical to mine except for the colour of the interior, and the AFM on that has definitely been damaged and left open to the elements. I bought this one from the yard so I can try and start that car before breaking it, but also because $29 for a used AFM is well worth it in case my own were to fail.

thanks

 

yes it's missing a part. little spring in corner on those two posts.
Look at my picture attached.

 

Thankyou. And also, dammit. I hope that piece is on my spares car ..

 

Tim,
If you want this one. I will give it to you for free. You'll just have to pay the postage. I hope your parts car has what you need. I would suggest checking the flapper inside of it. This one rubs just so slightly and it causes problems, but it still works better than nothing. I can't seem to throw it away.
Good luck.

 

Thanks, that is very kind. I will check the new car tomorrow when I go to arrange delivery to see if the spring is there and if I need yours. someone opened up that one too in the hopes of pinching something !
Tim

 

I hope it has what you need. I've bought lots of "parts cars" before and found that they didn't have the "parts" I needed I hope you have what you need, but if not I'm glad to help.

 

The problem with 'parts cars' is that you always need two of one thing before you need 99% of the rest of the parts on the car.. that said it seemed prudent to have, say, a second IRS unit to rebuilt while the car is still in use.

thanks again and will be in touch!

 

parts car has the spring! So I'm all sorted in that I have a complete AFM should I need one.

In the pile of papers I got with my original car, there's a bill for almost 10k including a charge of $1320 for a new AFM; that was in 2004 ... it was already a 20 year old car !

 

I wouldn't have thought a new one 04 is bad already, especially for $1320