Date: Sat, 1 May 2010 18:23:47 -0700
Reply-To: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
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From: Scott Daniel - Turbovans <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>
Subject: Re: The coninuing distributer saga - LOOONG
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Hi Bryan,
sounds like there's a little hope now, or less 'totally weird' anyway.
Good idea on keeping your old injectors, rather than turn them in for cores.
and evidently, as you write, one was bad out of the box.
I could even say 'replace just the *exact* right parts' and no others. :-)
Bummer about not seeing any other vans. I'm sitting by 14 or so of them
right now, and there must be 150 in my local city and area. You gotta be
picking up an inexpensive one just to help keep your good one going, if you
have room for one, etc.
3 degrees in timing won't make that much difference ..
so it that's all the timing is 'short' by ....that's not the real or main
issue, most likely.
they do run better on the flats, you could say.
Mine does all right climbing ..
normal freeway hill climbing mode is 4,000 rpm in 3rd gear ( manual trans 4
speed ) which is close to 50mph ...
acceptable for long freeway hills.
I'm running a 2.1 wbxr engine in my 85 Adventurewagon-
with same-as-you Didijet EFI , and the same distributor as you have, but
2.1 throttle body, intake runners and plenum, and entire exhaust system.
It's not bad for a waterboxer..
Hopin' there's a breakthrough on your vanagon soon, and more of them show
up around you.
Scott
www.turbovans.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "B Feddish" <bfeddish@netreach.net>
To: "'Scott Daniel - Turbovans'" <scottdaniel@TURBOVANS.COM>;
<vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, May 01, 2010 5:15 PM
Subject: RE: The coninuing distributer saga - LOOONG
>>> and personally ...I don't think 'all new rebuilt injectors' is what it
>>> is
> supposed to be always...like to me, chances of introducing a new problem
> with 'all new rebuilt injectors' are fairly high.
> I even think a good used injector is better than some rebuilt ones,
> sometimes. <<
>
> Good topic and others have chimed in about rebuilt injectors. I replaced
> them because allot of people were questioning my old one, including the
> engine rebuilder, so I thought I'd take them out of the equation. Yes, one
> was bad out of the box. I will return it this week. I am NOT going to
> return
> my old injectors to get the core charge back. I am going to have them sent
> out to be cleaned as one person on this list recommended and keep them as
> spares.
>
>
>>> also .....that distributor driveshaft .. they usually have two thin
> washers on the bottom of them ... if those get crooked or jammed or out of
> place pulling that shaft in and out .. you can get in trouble there.... <<
>
> That is EXACTLY what Gary, the engine rebuilder, said. It pretty much
> tells
> me not to have them attempt this. The distributer only has to move a
> little
> more and this is only if I want to advance the timing more than the 3 deg
> BTDC than it is at now. I may just drill a small hole into the AC
> pedestal
> to allow it to move some more. Gary agrees with that one.
>
> I'm going to drive the van to work on Monday and determine what I think.
> My
> drive to work involves lots of mountain climbing, straight-aways, lights,
> etc. It's a good test.
>
> People who live on flat land must have great running vans hahhaaha
>
>
>>> hope you are getting some great body work done ! <<
>
> I pulled the luggage rack off today and fixed some small rust holes after
> removing the squirrel nests. I once again applied windshield sealer to the
> windshield gasket. Yeah, just short term I know, but I was supposed to
> have
> a new paint job and some new window seals right now. Wishful thinking.
>
>
>
>>> also ...man ... with another Vanagon like yours nearby .....that's
> running right .. <<
>
> Hahhha, another Vanagon, you kill me. I have not seen an 80 to 85 Vanagon
> around in probably 5 years or more now. I'm serious. I do see them all
> the
> time when I go to all the VW campouts. I should sneak around in the dark
> and
> get parts.
>
>
>>> I think your air flow meter has been replaced or something ... <<
>
> I had 3 and now I have 2. I just sold one last week. They were all exactly
> the same.
>
> Thanks again for your help.
>
> Bryan
>
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