1st Family Camp trip since rebuild
- Mark
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1st Family Camp trip since rebuild
I love this camper so much and what it allows us to do!
We spent the March long weekend camping on Salt Spring Island, a 30 min ferry ride from here on Vancouver Island.
Some notes/observations:
1. Electrical gremlins (aka POs) After running the engine after a c-h-i-l-l-y evening to check how the battery would perform, (no problem there) I discovered the fridge and all shore power was NLA. Huh?
I don't know what possessed me last minute to throw the multimeter in the toolkit, but a couple half-split checks and I discovered the culprit.
Same ol' story, some previous owner had cut & spliced (poorly) the wires just behind the shore plug connection. Had they removed the cabinet, they would have discovered the plug and disconnected it but NOOOO, cut, snip, oops...re-splice. Minutes and several feet of electrical tape later, back in business.
2. Performance ramblings
a. Mileage is still sucky. After re-checking dwell, plugs, & adjusting timing w/ strobe between 28-30, I suspect some jetting is required. I haven't pushed the envelope past 30 BTDC, so maybe that's in order.
b. VDO CHT issues. Engine floating around 400 mark on highway speeds of 50 mph +. Cooling flaps responding A-OK to thermostat, engine doesn't feel/smell hot, no vac leaks detected.
c. Engine seems 'lacking' power, back to jetting?
3. Camp Setup/Arrangement This tent is big, heavy, smells funny, and the most practical and best thing I bought for camping!
The extra dry real estate this thing affords when the weather turns south is bliss. I was skeptical about it at first but it will now go on every camping trip w/ us.
Our daughter couldn't have been more snug in her "fort" behind the rear seat. We didn't have to fold the seat down once.
Time to figure out where we're going to next in April!
I love this tent!
One happy camper
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We spent the March long weekend camping on Salt Spring Island, a 30 min ferry ride from here on Vancouver Island.
Some notes/observations:
1. Electrical gremlins (aka POs) After running the engine after a c-h-i-l-l-y evening to check how the battery would perform, (no problem there) I discovered the fridge and all shore power was NLA. Huh?
I don't know what possessed me last minute to throw the multimeter in the toolkit, but a couple half-split checks and I discovered the culprit.
Same ol' story, some previous owner had cut & spliced (poorly) the wires just behind the shore plug connection. Had they removed the cabinet, they would have discovered the plug and disconnected it but NOOOO, cut, snip, oops...re-splice. Minutes and several feet of electrical tape later, back in business.
2. Performance ramblings
a. Mileage is still sucky. After re-checking dwell, plugs, & adjusting timing w/ strobe between 28-30, I suspect some jetting is required. I haven't pushed the envelope past 30 BTDC, so maybe that's in order.
b. VDO CHT issues. Engine floating around 400 mark on highway speeds of 50 mph +. Cooling flaps responding A-OK to thermostat, engine doesn't feel/smell hot, no vac leaks detected.
c. Engine seems 'lacking' power, back to jetting?
3. Camp Setup/Arrangement This tent is big, heavy, smells funny, and the most practical and best thing I bought for camping!
The extra dry real estate this thing affords when the weather turns south is bliss. I was skeptical about it at first but it will now go on every camping trip w/ us.
Our daughter couldn't have been more snug in her "fort" behind the rear seat. We didn't have to fold the seat down once.
Time to figure out where we're going to next in April!
I love this tent!
One happy camper
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'64 Sedan
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
- Mark
- Getting Hooked!
- Location: Sooke, BC
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
I'm waiting for a disc of photos my wife's father-in-law took. He's the pro so there should be some much nicer photos to contribute.
his site, kahena imaging
his site, kahena imaging
'64 Sedan
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
- DjEep
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Re: 1st Family Camp trip since rebuild
Are you adjusting you reading according to ambient temperature?Mark wrote: b. VDO CHT issues. Engine floating around 400 mark on highway speeds of 50 mph +. Cooling flaps responding A-OK to thermostat, engine doesn't feel/smell hot, no vac leaks detected.
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- Mark
- Getting Hooked!
- Location: Sooke, BC
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Yup yup, even for a metric person such as myself...eh!
I have this suspicious feeling the VDO is wrong...but it's still cause for me to do further checks.
I did some checking, pulling plug wires to check for idle drop...
#4 shows no change. uh-oh-oh?
I'll pull the plug(s) tomorrow & have a look-see. Early day tomorrow...sleepy time.
I have this suspicious feeling the VDO is wrong...but it's still cause for me to do further checks.
I did some checking, pulling plug wires to check for idle drop...
#4 shows no change. uh-oh-oh?
I'll pull the plug(s) tomorrow & have a look-see. Early day tomorrow...sleepy time.
'64 Sedan
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
- Westy78
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FYI, my VDO was 50° high right out of the box. Checked calibration via boiling water.Mark wrote:Yup yup, even for a metric person such as myself...eh!
I have this suspicious feeling the VDO is wrong...but it's still cause for me to do further checks.
I did some checking, pulling plug wires to check for idle drop...
#4 shows no change. uh-oh-oh?
I'll pull the plug(s) tomorrow & have a look-see. Early day tomorrow...sleepy time.
Chorizo, it's what's for breakfast.
- Mark
- Getting Hooked!
- Location: Sooke, BC
- Contact:
- Status: Offline
Nice! They're 'just' above the rear view line-of-sight with the top down.
I did the VDO boiling water test before installing, and it was very accurate. I've been cautioned the VDOs are best used to detect a trend, rather than take the reading as gospel.
I did the VDO boiling water test before installing, and it was very accurate. I've been cautioned the VDOs are best used to detect a trend, rather than take the reading as gospel.
'64 Sedan
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
'74 Westy
aka the "Hoover Bit" repro guy
- Gypsie
- rusty aircooled mekanich
- Location: Treadin' Lightly under the Clear Blue!
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I concur. I tested Westy's VDO guage with my new sensor and got the same reading (50 degrees high at 212. (He was nice enough to let me have it for close to a song.)
I don't know if the difference increases incrementally or if it is a flat 50. My inclination is to think that near 400 the diff is closer to 75-100. Maybe bad logic but I operate under the 'trend' theory anyway.
I like watching the needle go up and down depending on my actions. (downshifting etc.)
Fun with guages.
I don't know if the difference increases incrementally or if it is a flat 50. My inclination is to think that near 400 the diff is closer to 75-100. Maybe bad logic but I operate under the 'trend' theory anyway.
I like watching the needle go up and down depending on my actions. (downshifting etc.)
Fun with guages.
So it all started when I wanted to get better gas mileage....