My Fourth Engine Build
- Gypsie
- rusty aircooled mekanich
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Re: My Fourth Engine Build
Shhh...You'll wake Neal
So it all started when I wanted to get better gas mileage....
- Amskeptic
- IAC "Help Desk"
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HEY NEAL HOWS YOUR ENGINE RUNNING??Gypsie wrote:Shhh...You'll wake Neal
Colin
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- ruckman101
- Lord God King Bwana
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Snort, huh, uhmm, waking, waking, details, details ... .
Dragging my feet, no insurance for her at the moment anyway, excuses, rationalizations, etc.
Got all the pesky details done but for heater hoses, air filter, and rear skirt. Got the battery hooked up and set to static time things to surprising result. Seemed perfect, had the engine at my timing mark, static timing light hooked up, twisting distributor body until the light went on. Tightened down the distributor, and pulled to cap to see rotor position to cylinder #1 mark and released a small cloud of smoke. Something's not right. The wire on the points going to the condenser had toasted/melted.
I must have it hooked to the positive side of my coil.
sigh,
neal
Dragging my feet, no insurance for her at the moment anyway, excuses, rationalizations, etc.
Got all the pesky details done but for heater hoses, air filter, and rear skirt. Got the battery hooked up and set to static time things to surprising result. Seemed perfect, had the engine at my timing mark, static timing light hooked up, twisting distributor body until the light went on. Tightened down the distributor, and pulled to cap to see rotor position to cylinder #1 mark and released a small cloud of smoke. Something's not right. The wire on the points going to the condenser had toasted/melted.
I must have it hooked to the positive side of my coil.
sigh,
neal
The slipper has no teeth.
- hambone
- Post-Industrial Non-Secular Mennonite
- Location: Portland, Ore.
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Bah, Id'a had owls stuck in the tin by now.
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your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
- ruckman101
- Lord God King Bwana
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The slipper has no teeth.
- Xelmon
- Sedna of VW lovers
- Location: LA or Portland, OR
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Holy... That's deep-fried good sir!
- Mike Boell
- Old School!
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It looks like you had good spark.
Mike Boell
1975 FI Westy
Oregon City
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN THEY'RE PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.
1975 FI Westy
Oregon City
SOME PEOPLE ARE LIKE SLINKIES - NOT REALLY GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT THEY BRING A SMILE TO YOUR FACE WHEN THEY'RE PUSHED DOWN THE STAIRS.
- ruckman101
- Lord God King Bwana
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- hambone
- Post-Industrial Non-Secular Mennonite
- Location: Portland, Ore.
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BTDT yep
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it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
http://pdxvolksfolks.blogspot.com
it balances on your head just like a mattress balances on a bottle of wine
your brand new leopard skin pillbox hat
- Amskeptic
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"'Bout The Damn Time" you started it?hambone wrote:BTDT yep
bit the dust time ?
Blimey Toads Destroyed That ?
Battery To Die To ?
Before Talking, Do Think ?
Bitty Twiddly Dumb Twaddle, yep ?
But Trying DidnTwerk ?
ColinYouNewPeople . . . .
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
- ruckman101
- Lord God King Bwana
- Location: Up next to a volcano.
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Ok. Got it figured out. Firing it up tomorrow. Oil is in. Referenced static timing for my distributor. VW 113 905 205T, vacuum only advance. Zero degrees. Could be the reason Ramona's engine met it's demise. I was timing it at what I thought was 5 degrees, but was most likely 7.5. Odd though, dipstick temperature check never suggested it was running too hot. Maybe it was the road time rather than the shorter jaunts into town. And running at 70+ mph.
neal
neal
The slipper has no teeth.
- ruckman101
- Lord God King Bwana
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Folks are welcome to come on up and enjoy a bit of mountain retreat. PM for directions.
neal
neal
The slipper has no teeth.
- ruckman101
- Lord God King Bwana
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Re: My Fourth Engine Build
She runs. Did the 20 minute run at 2k rpm. Sounded good. Ran smooth. Started right up. Didn't exactly idle, but got things going and turned in the throttle valve stop screw and she ran her twenty minutes at 2k rpm with very very little vibration. Hit it with the timing light at 2k rpm and was advanced right about the 30 degree point and probably a bit under. Hit the case with a laser temp gun and got temps under 170 degrees about 15 minutes in. The plan was to then back the carb back to idle and check the timing with the timing light, but as the rpms dropped to about 1k, engine died. So it goes. Pulled the oil drain plug, and called it good.
Came in and reviewed my video, (wait for it) and when the engine died trying to take it to idle, the reason became glaringly obvious, but totally missed up to that point. The intake manifold I used has a port for a vacuum hose immediately under the carburetor that I had plugged in the past. It wasn't. Could see vapors drifting out of it on the vid right after the engine died. Major vacuum leak. Doh!!!
Will check the valves in the morning, reset static timing, plug my vacuum leak, add new oil, run her up to operating temp and check the timing with the timing light, then see how the rebuilt transaxle behaves with the new shift linkage bushings.
neal
Came in and reviewed my video, (wait for it) and when the engine died trying to take it to idle, the reason became glaringly obvious, but totally missed up to that point. The intake manifold I used has a port for a vacuum hose immediately under the carburetor that I had plugged in the past. It wasn't. Could see vapors drifting out of it on the vid right after the engine died. Major vacuum leak. Doh!!!
Will check the valves in the morning, reset static timing, plug my vacuum leak, add new oil, run her up to operating temp and check the timing with the timing light, then see how the rebuilt transaxle behaves with the new shift linkage bushings.
neal
The slipper has no teeth.
- Xelmon
- Sedna of VW lovers
- Location: LA or Portland, OR
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And so it has finally happened! Glad to hear that everything fired up mostly fine. =)
- Amskeptic
- IAC "Help Desk"
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Congrats on the start.ruckman101 wrote:She runs. Major vacuum leak. Doh!!!
Here is my vacuum leak illustration, it is only about 1/4" square in the book, but blows up nicely on the computer screen.
BobD - 78 Bus . . . 112,730 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles
Chloe - 70 bus . . . 217,593 miles
Naranja - 77 Westy . . . 142,970 miles
Pluck - 1973 Squareback . . . . . . 55,600 miles
Alexus - 91 Lexus LS400 . . . 96,675 miles