Troutmobile on the table

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:02 pm

Vacuum leak. Is everything connected and secure, triple-checked? You sure? Also inspect the daylights out of the s-boot, cracks in there are sneaky little bastards sometimes.

Bump the timing a bit, see what that does for ya.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:14 pm

Actually we swapped the AFM and it started right up and idle, then we noticed that the AFM plug wasn't plugged in!

Plugged it in and now it won't run at all.

deschutestrout · Post by **deschutestrout** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 7:26 pm

IFBwax wrote:Just an idea and could be totally off base.. but you know how the AFM has that little arm that turns off the pump when you turn off the ignition.. could it be bent so that when you give it gas, it grounds out turning off the pump?

Trying to help.

Thanks, but I don't think so, as I'm holding the wiper away from the shut off point. We scavenged an AFM from my parts Westy to see if it works...no idea what the PO did with this AFM

UPDATE!!!!!

Swapped AFM now she purrrrrssss like a kitten!!!! A full day of head scratching! Now were off to the campsite in the dark.

Post by **Amskeptic** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:09 pm

deschutestrout wrote: UPDATE!!!!! Swapped AFM now she purrrrrssss like a kitten!!!! A full day of head scratching! Now were off to the campsite in the dark.

Save that AFM. I want to make any bus engine run perfectly with it. At Maupin. For fun. Beer shooters each time the engine stalls.
Colin

Ritter · Post by **Ritter** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:15 pm

Amskeptic wrote:Beer shooters each time the engine stalls.
Colin

Yeah, that aught to help ya! But good spirit none the less.

gmag69 · Post by **gmag69** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 8:57 pm

Glad to hear you got it going.

tristessa · Post by **tristessa** » Thu Mar 26, 2009 9:13 pm

Amskeptic wrote:Save that AFM. I want to make any bus engine run perfectly with it. At Maupin. For fun. Beer shooters each time the engine stalls.

Yeah .. THIS.

If the engine started and ran with that AFM before the head R&R, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. Sure, you swapped the AFM and now it starts runs & drives .. but in swapping you disturbed the electrical connection, jostled the s-boot around, tightened clamps and hoses...

deschutestrout · Post by **deschutestrout** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:28 am

tristessa wrote:
Amskeptic wrote:Save that AFM. I want to make any bus engine run perfectly with it. At Maupin. For fun. Beer shooters each time the engine stalls.
Yeah .. THIS.

If the engine started and ran with that AFM before the head R&R, there's nothing inherently wrong with it. Sure, you swapped the AFM and now it starts runs & drives .. but in swapping you disturbed the electrical connection, jostled the s-boot around, tightened clamps and hoses...

Yeah, but I'd already jostled, disturbed, and tightened. We're just glad it's now running well...and yes, that AFM isn't leaving my possession.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 11:09 pm

deschutestrout wrote:
Yeah, but I'd already jostled, disturbed, and tightened. We're just glad it's now running well...and yes, that AFM isn't leaving my possession.

I second and third the jostling and disturbing. Something is up with that AFM.

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 7:48 pm

It lives!

Troutmobile on The Gorge.

The difference cleaning wax can make.

IFBwax · Post by **IFBwax** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:17 pm

That's a pretty bus there Todd. Are you driving that back to Chicago? Where are you staying now?

chitwnvw · Post by **chitwnvw** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:26 pm

IFBwax wrote:That's a pretty bus there Todd. Are you driving that back to Chicago? Where are you staying now?

Yes. Helena, Montana.

It needs some love, Wayne, but it has a good heart. I'm enjoying driving the Troutmobile through the mountains.

IFBwax · Post by **IFBwax** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 8:45 pm

Great man. Always happy when one of these goes to a good home. It will be a fun challenge. Have a great drive!!!!!!!

gmag69 · Post by **gmag69** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 3:26 am

That is by far one of my favorite color combos. Congrats on the new bus. Your gonna have a VDubTech yard pretty soon. =D>

Sylvester · Post by **Sylvester** » Tue Mar 31, 2009 5:37 am

chitwnvw wrote:It lives!

The difference cleaning wax can make.

A quote directly from the VDubtech "That will buff right out" book of saving Bays.

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Troutmobile on the table