Trip 97 - Sunday - August 2nd

As if my guts weren't in enough of a knot, I decided to go for The Big Kahuna, The Grand Prize and jump of a Tall Building.

I went thru the checklist again and again and decided to make certain the Fuel Injector Pump was Okay and all the internals from the Throttle Cable to the end of that pump, were mechanically connected properly.

After some extraordinary Trials and Tribulations, I admitted Total Defeat and went home ...

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I have great neighbors. As each went thru the "Let's finish the basement" phase, Paul calls me over one Sunday afternoon. The receptacle that did work, don't work no more. I opened it up. Checked that the wire did not twist off just beyond the wire nut, inside the insulation. (Trick #1) I soldered all the wires together to make sure, a good connection. (Trick #2) Together we opened up every other box that fed that one. (Trick #3) I, am really getting befuddled.

Minnesota Code says (I think) you will have one receptacle in the unfinished basement. The wire that fed that receptacle, was The Wire. Code also states, receptacles in basements (Think "Water") have to be protected by Ground Fault Interrupters.

Amazingly, we looked at each other after 2-3 hours and stated "Ground Fault".

The GF receptacle was in his 2nd story Master Bathroom. Two floors up.

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I rebuilt the engine for our Bronco II a while back. Crankshaft up rebuild. All back together, it started but ran like crap. I checked everything etc and decided to bring it to Precision Tune. They spent three hours scratching their heads and then called me.

On the distributor, plug wires 3 and 5 were swapped.

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"That" Engine is getting the better of me.

Tomorrow, I will check ...

- Remove the Fuel Line from the Injector Pump and hold a cup under it. At idle, turn the engine 20-30 times. Change to Hi Throttle and repeat. There should be more fuel at Hi then Idle.

- Check the tappet clearance (Slightly open valve)

- Switch the Fuel from the built in tank to a fresh bottle of fuel and rinse thru the system totally

- Remove the intake manifold and make certain the paper towel I stuffed in there earlier during assembly, did not get sucked into the head (See Trip June 25th).

- Restrict the Return Flow of Fuel at Injector

So, here are the documentary photos of today ...

 

When replacing the Injector Pump, the knob from the rack and pinion has to be in the middle to go into the block.

 

It has to settle into this fork.

 

Got the Breather back together.

 

The Linkage is on and adjusted. I thought this might be outa whack with the plunger going inside the engine. It was, but after making the Hi Throttle setting outside same as inside, no difference.

 

Time to hang all the lines etc for today's Trials and Tribulations.

I swapped out the Injector thinking it was plugged.

All together ...

Runs like Crap ...

 

Stop

Idle

Hi Throttle

I made certain the Throttle went thru the innards and came out here. The tiny plunger with slot rotates. Looking good it is.

At this writing, my money goes to two places real fast ...

- It swallowed the paper toweling in the Intake side

- The Injector pump has some rubber or other gunk in the slot that feeds past the plunger. This is plugged so it can not suck enough fuel at Hi Throttle

Do the Checkbook, then some Bills, make lunches for the week, wash the clothes, jump tall buildings and go down and empty a 20rnd clip into that junk engine.

At least I would feel -some- satisfaction ...

Later ...