Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 17:25:00 -0700
Reply-To: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
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From: Matthew Pollard <poll7356@UIDAHO.EDU>
Subject: Re: Stranded in Toulumne - Nighttime mechanics
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so the real question- what routes did you do? Mt dana, cathedral and
eichorn, west crack on daff, regular on fairview.... lucky bastard!
-matthew
former CA resident and longtime valley/meadows climber
Matthew Pollard "Racing with the wind and flirting with death
Dept. Of Chemistry So have a cup of coffee and catch your breath"
University of Idaho
www.uidaho.edu/~poll7356
On Mon, 22 Oct 2001, van man wrote:
> Have to share a success story -
>
> I was driving back to the bay area Sunday night after
> a tiring weekend of climbing long alpine routes in
> Toulomne when the van had a sudden VERY powerfull
> surge. The surge was quick, but forcefull enough to
> make me pull over and take a look in the engine
> compartment. As I pulled off to the side of the road,
> she died and I coasted to a stop.
>
> Everything I could see looked to be in order, it was
> 8pm and quite dark so it was hard to really get a good
> look at what was going on. The van was cranking just
> fine, but it seemed like no fuel was getting to the
> injectors. Full tank of gas, what next? I had fuel
> and pressure comming into and out of the fuel filter,
> so I guesed it wasnt a fuel pump problem. Hall sendor
> and distributer seemed in tack.
>
> I remembered once getting stuck at altitude because of
> an O2 sensor problem, so I checked that and found the
> male connecter had been torn loose. As I looked
> closer in that area of the engine, I could see that
> the main cable running from the ignition coil to the
> distributer was totally burned out. I touched it
> gently and it crumbled apart. A quick clean up job
> and re-wiring of the cable and she fired right up, but
> massive sparks were shooting out of the coil,
> grounding out on another wire that connected to the
> coil. Wrapped that baby up with electrical tape and
> it was insulated enough to stop the spark.
>
> In no time we were on our way. Felt great to be able
> to diagnose the problem on the road at night like
> that, fix it and get home. Ive learned a hell of a
> lot about engines since buying the ol syncro, and most
> of my successes is owed to the list and all of the
> great members who are so willing to provide advice.
>
> Thanks list!
>
> JG
>
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