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Date:         Thu, 14 Nov 2013 23:02:33 -0600
Reply-To:     JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         JRodgers <jrodgers113@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: Arduino and Vanagons: connectors?
Comments: To: Don Hanson <dhanson928@GMAIL.COM>
In-Reply-To:  <CAHTkEuLC2i7s-Zhh1Jn=Nu6vRVajQaYrrbLd2FGAYonv8CoXxw@mail.gmail.com>
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Watched two kids recover a 1950's something flat bed truck out of the bush in Alaska. Been parked in the woods so long a bush had grown up through the floor board and occupied the interior - and a 8 " dia. Tree was growing up through the flat bed in back. They cleared all that, and wonders of wonders - got the engine to turn over. Poured gas down the carb and it started. Fuel pump didn't work,, and hoses were rotten. Since the glass on the passenger side was broken out - a hose was tuck into the top of the carb, and one kid drove while the other poured gas from a can into the hose and they drove it out of there and into town. KISS principle worked real well in this case!!

John

On 11/14/2013 10:45 PM, Don Hanson wrote: >> about all I could ever wish for is a toggle switch that would give me a >> 'slightly faster idle' on rare occasions when I wanted or needed that. >> A switch to one of those vacuum valves, if you have any on your van >> there....would accomplish that nicely. I should try that sometime. > > Semi-Friday editorial content early > > How about an old fashioned choke cable connected to the throttle > body....Gasp!...mechanically? > I like stuff like that, stuff that won't fool me by letting a few ohms > go astray at times and causing me undue puzzlement..."What's wrong > now?" can be solved with hand and eyes.... > > Just today as I prepare my van for another southern journey I was > making sure the engine was taking full throttle....I had my S.O. stomp > on the gas pedal and I looked, with my eyes and twisted, with my hand, > the throttle quadrant on the intake after she floored it.....just to > make certain I had the cables adjusted properly following recent top > end work......Yep, it was adjusted correctly, no ohms needed, no OBD, > no relays or micro switches.... just "look and feel" mechanical stuff. > > My first ever van, a 36hp 1957 splitty, had ice issues with it's > throttle tube when I used to drive it to work in Jackson Hole in > waaaay sub-zero temps. It was often the only vehicle in our tiny town > (then) that would start, on some of those -40f degree days, so I > ended up creeping along with a full load of hitchhikers...my fellow > ski-workers who's fancy pick-ups wouldn't start...anyhow...I would > either just shift with the throttle stuck wide open as we slowly > slowly got up to top speed....or I would use my special patented > throttle return....a length of 50lbs test mono fishing line attached > to the other side of the throttle on the carb...I ran it through eye > bolts, from the engine bay up front to the package shelf under the > dash, just ahead of my shift lever. I hung a big washer on the end > so I could grab it with my ski gloves on and my ice scraper still in > hand......As I got ready to shift, I'd just reach down and pull the > string to 'release full throttle'..then bring my hand back to the > lever and shift, then stomp down and wait for the next shift point > (usually a minute or so, as I went up through the gears) and of > course, I had to quickly get that ice scraper back in action on the > windshield to keep the little peep hole through the interior ice open > enough to see (sort of) where we were headed at 45mph...... > Now I am told there are Ski Corp furnished worker busses to bring > the workers across from Idaho where most of them now live... "Back in > my day, we had to walk ten miles through the snow to > school...."...wait, wrong story.... > Happy Friday in a few hours... > Don Hanson >


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