Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 10:32:38 -0800
Reply-To: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: Injector Ordeal-OVER!!!!
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Uh, so how well is your cell phone working now?
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Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR
On 1/2/2008 8:43 AM Michael Diehr wrote:
> Hey, don't feel bad. This morning I was making coffee and reading a
> website on my cellphone. Stuck the cellphone in the microwave oven
> and stood there for a minute trying to figure out why the web browser
> on my cold cup of coffee wasn't working :-)
>
>
> On Dec 29, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Vdub Guy wrote:
>
>> OK, just got the Vanagon started. The more complicated this problem
>> got, the more convinced I was that I'd find something really easy/
>> stupid. When I discovered what the problem was, my first thought was
>> to sell the Vanagon, drop off this list, and hope you good people
>> forget who I am, because I am really embarrassed to tell you what it
>> was. I had been thinking over the past couple of days what had I
>> done to the van prior to pulling the injectors? OK, I had changed
>> the ground strap from underneath the relays to the head-easy to miss
>> getting one of the grounds on the head. Thoroughly searched all over
>> the left side of the engine-that wasn't it. This morning I
>> remembered that about a month ago I had pulled the distributor. But,
>> I had driven the van quite a bit since then. What the hell, worth
>> taking a look at. It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp
>> enough around the distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not
>> turning! Pushed it down, tightened the clamp-van fired right
>> up. Soooooo, it wasn't the injectors, I didn't fry the ECU (whew!),
>> it wasn't the fuel pump, etc., etc. Several folks had asked if I was
>> getting spark-had I checked that days ago I would have found it. I
>> was too pig-headed to think it was anything but related to the
>> injectors. At least I didn't start slamming the company that cleaned
>> them (WhitchHunter), or I probably would have sold the van and
>> dropped out of sight! Now, I'm heading out to take a drive and see
>> how it runs with clean injectors! Thanks everyone for your help and
>> support. Jeff (feeling very foolish)
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