Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2008 12:01:39 -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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Of course! Comic book consequences!
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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 11:15 AM neil N wrote:
> As Per "Gilligans Island".
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> Vegetables grown from radioactive seeds? After eaten, everyone has one
> super powerful sense. (eyesight etc.)
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> Cell phone exposed to microwaves? Flawless cell coverage!
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> Neil.
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> On Jan 2, 2008 10:32 AM, Michael Elliott <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 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
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>> On 1/2/2008 8:43 AM Michael Diehr wrote:
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>>> 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 :-)
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>>> On Dec 29, 2007, at 9:27 AM, Vdub Guy wrote:
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>>>> 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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