Date:         Sat, 16 Jan 1999 16:59:25 -0700
Reply-To:     BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
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From:         BILL <billv2@PRODIGY.NET>
Subject:      Re: won't start-follow-up
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Today I found time to change the oil. I put Valvoline 10W-40 and a half a
quart of Marvel Mystery oil in.  Jim from the OldFartsHome said it worked
for hime and still does today in his 84 Westy. Other listmembers also
mentioned using this along with others like CD-4 and Wynns.

I started out doing this around 1pm today under a partly cloudy sky with
temps in the upper 30's. After I drained the old oil out, the sky got dark
and dumped heavy snow with high winds. Oh the joy of being an outdoor
mechanic. :-) After about an hour it stopped and I continued with the oil
change.

Once done, I started FreeBird up and within a minute
 the noisy lifters went quiet......shhhhhhhh. I decided to take FreeBird out
for a drive, and she ran really good. I found other problems, but that's for
another day. I can rejoice in-the-fact that the motor is back! :-) Of course
this also means it's time for a compression test.

Bill

>I decided to give it another try today on FreeBird. After retracing and
>rechecking everything I gave it another try. Managed to get the wife to
turn
>the key while I adjusted the timing. FreeBird still did not want to start.
I
>re-rechecked the plug wires and found them to be "out of order". I
>reconnected the wires up the right way and then, to my shock, FreeBird
>started up!!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooooooooo!
>
>I had to replace the following after the fire.
>
>1-fuel lines--not finished yet, but most are done
>2-cold start valve-melted
>3-ignition wiring harness-melted
>4-FI wiring harness-melted
>5-most vacuum lines-melted-some with big holes
>6-timing scale and grille-melted
>7-belt-melted
>8-oil pressure switch-toast
>9-distributor and hall sender-toast
>10-thermo time switch-connector melted
>11-engine cover insulation-burnt up-ashes
>12-there were more but the list is getting too long. :-)
>
>All these items were melted or destroyed because of the fire. THIS FIRE
>HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE FUEL LINES!!!!!
>Is it time to replace yours??????????????
>
>After starting I noticed a very loud tapping around #3 & #4 cylinders. I
let
>the engine warm up, but the tapping remained very loud. Is this caused from
>sitting since June, 98?? This did not do this prior to the fire. Is there
>more damage? There is only 64,000 original miles on it.
>
>Special Thanks to: Karl von Salzen, Jim Thompson, and Gary Shea. Because of
>them I was able to obtain and get running this old 82 CA Westy which I
can't
>wait to get on the road. :-)
>
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>Bill
>'85 GL [*Magic*Bus*]
>'82 Westy [FreeBird] ...cause I'm as free as a bird now...
>Big Sky Country                                 ---Ronnie Van Zant
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