That's right, folks! The newly rebuilt engine ran (almost--see below) flawlessly all the way from Missouri to New Jersey, a 20 hour trip. In fact, I drove long stretches at 70-75 mph, while head temperature stayed at a steady 350 F. Well, the 15mph tailwind probably had something to do with that. About the "almost": every couple of hours or so, the engine misses a few beats and "bucks" (is that a word?), as if the fuel injection went on strike. Actually stalled at a turnpike booth and had to push the bus out of the way. Wiggled the F.I. harness a bit and that always fixed the problem for the next 100 miles. As an experiment, I wiggled the same harness while the engine was running, and sure enough, it stalled. Tonight, I removed the harness from the bus and made continuity checks with the ohm-meter; couldn't find anything wrong. Perhaps there was a bad contact at one of the multi-prong connectors (MPC?). If anyone has *any* suggestion as to how to fix this, I would be most appreciative. For example, is there some kind of spray to improve electric contact? WD40? -- Sami ('75 Westf.) dakhlia@wuecona.wustl.edu http://wuecon.wustl.edu/~samid/
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