Yikes. That would have been a fire waiting to happen. Fortunately, it looks like after this melted it just hung out for a bit. The new routing is further down on the stater than the stock wiring was....
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Yikes. That would have been a fire waiting to happen. Fortunately, it looks like after this melted it just hung out for a bit. The new routing is further down on the stater than the stock wiring was....
I put about 250 miles on the van for its first outing this year. Not before making some repairs to the starter wiring which , must have been actually touching the exhaust given the heat rating of the...
Thanks for the link. When I finally get around to doing the exhaust on the van, I'll certainly think about that.
I have replaced the struts and switched to the dual pivot K frame. It was a nice...
I've been upgrading the van over the summer, starting with some basic maintenance. I changed out the rear brakes, and shocks. Now I'm upgrading to a 2nd gen van K frame for the dual pivot arms. I'll...
It's really not a bad idea. The van feels great with just a fresh stock head, manifolds, and a TII turbo on it. Some more boost would really wake it up. At the same time, it's prime goal is to haul...
They certainly have a way of doing that, don't they. This van has been pretty good to us, so I can't complain.
That's not a bad idea. I'm wondering how happy I would be with just a grainger...
I got the van out today and ran it to the parts store for the first time this year. It fired right up and ran really well. I changed the oil, but noticed that the front wheel bearing has a lot of...
Oh, I changed the oil and let it drain for a long time. It didn't smell like gas in the oil like I thought it would. My old omni was much worse when I had an adjustable FPR that wouldn't go low...
I've never had that happen before. The injector on #3 seemed like it leaked a little, as that plug was wet. #1 was clearly stuck wide open. It was running very rough as one would imagine on...
Changed the injectors tonight because they were DUMPING fuel into the exhaust. We're talking raw fuel dripping from the muffler style. Two of them went at the same time to varying degrees....
Took the van for a drive and it ran well. It seems like it might not be making as much boost. I need to see if that's just due to the larger turbo or if the solenoid can't vent enough air for the...
An 8mm socket tried to hide under the computer so I pulled I out and found 0erha0s the cleanest computer retainer bolts on any of my cars.
The starter wiring feels like it is further from the...
After really pulling everything apart yesterday, I realized that it probably would have just smoldered for a minute, but better safe than sorry. That was a first for me, but I should have just...
Well the van got jealous of the other cars and the Raychem DR-25 heat shrink, along with the mil spec wire. I would have thought that the new PTFE oil feed line would have been good enough, but...
It is working out really well. Thanks again. I can't wait to get it on the road and to really put it through the paces..
I now have an Mpscilink in the van. It is working well after a test. My last temp is just a little over 100 degrees, so it's almost time to retorque the head studs according to the device.
It was an interesting issue. There was a false code 11. I thought about the fact that I never disconnected the battery, and that lead me to 4eset the computer today. I knew the timing had to be off,...
Well, I put a lot of time into the car today trying to make everything look relatively factory. Then upon trying to fire up the van, it started giving a code 11. I guess it's time to start trouble...
As the daylight trails off and its time to clean the drive, I realize that there is a lot of silver happening in the engine bay. We will see what can be done about that tomorrow.
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The old head and turbo were real troopers. 258k and change is nothing to sneeze at.
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What's happening here? Time for some upgrades while we are freshening things up. Of course one thing always leads to another...
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That’s what I was thinking. Four minutes vs who knows how long to pull it.
The loud trans was actually a section of TB gasket which doubled up on itself causing a horrific sounding vacuum leak. I installed the new MC tonight and I’m in the process of gravity bleeding the...
Thanks Rob!
The new trans is in the car. It’s really loud, but I’m hoping that’s because oils not getting to everything yet. I checked the turning torque for everything¡ so that should be fine. We will see I...