Progress? (10 large photographs inside)
11-10-2005, 10:28 PM
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Originally Posted by gpatmac
Fired right up. Crappy idle. Smokey as ****. Then idle jumped up to about 3g's. Then I shut it off. (didn't give it any gas, John)
Throttle cable on too tight? :P
11-11-2005, 05:16 AM
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11-11-2005, 06:28 AM
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Hey, anybody familiar with SQL & stuff? On my Yahoo! server, I was screwing around and set it up and now my directory is polluted with a bunch of crap that I have no idea what it is. A bunch of .php files and stuff.
Chris, a few things/mistakes I've made along the way (in no particular order)
-my latest and most humiliating/humbling...I was trying to identify the cause of this rough idle so an idea I stumbled across this idea[PIC]. Unfortunately, I stumbled across another area to check....
Like you said, my throttle cable had been out of adjust. I adjusted it and it idled better but then I while I continued my research, I saw where some guy said, "you know I readjusted my cruise control and the problem went away." I thought, "I never thought to check my cc while I was adjusting the throttle..."
Of course it was out of adjustment too, so when I fixed that, I got all fired up that my problems were solved. Went to start it; now it won't start. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me.
.........I LEFT THAT TOOL (CORK) IN MY INTAKE!!!!!
So now, of course, I've got gasoline in my oil, in my combustion chamber, on the tips of my plugs.
Hey, I'm not above it. I made a mistake. It's that ADHD.....yeah, that's the ticket.
What else have I erred on......?
-Left a pipe on my FMIC unsecured.
-Couldn't get clutch release fork into the throw-out bearing collar.
-Went for a short ride with my rear lug nuts untightened.
-You know, I'm convinced now that the reason I had to rebuild because of this very SMALL error when we initially swapped the SB in; I had no idea that there was a PCV valve behind the throttle body. Remember I had a bad problem of oil pooling on top of the block? Well, it was because that valve was blowing to atmo. (you know, I'm still not absolutely sure if I've got my crankcase/valve cover venting routed correctly)
-Reverse lock-out on 6mt was way out of adjustment. I don't know if the two are related but that may have caused my reverse fork to bend. Now the car won't stay in reverse; won't go backwards at all, it just pops out of gear.
-While I'm pretty sure how to break the motor in (I think I'm opting for the 'hard break-in' method) I also have a brand new clutch and flywheel. I have no idea how to break the clutch in.
There's got to be more, I just can't think of anything right now.
Lesson: If you have any indication that your rebuild may take 10 months for whatever reason (in my case, at the time I started the rebuild, my job required/requires 6 day weeks with the 5 days of the workweek being generally from 9a-8p, AND we had a new addition to the family).....either don't start it, or take very many pictures, and/or write copious notes in a log.
Chris, a few things/mistakes I've made along the way (in no particular order)
-my latest and most humiliating/humbling...I was trying to identify the cause of this rough idle so an idea I stumbled across this idea[PIC]. Unfortunately, I stumbled across another area to check....
Like you said, my throttle cable had been out of adjust. I adjusted it and it idled better but then I while I continued my research, I saw where some guy said, "you know I readjusted my cruise control and the problem went away." I thought, "I never thought to check my cc while I was adjusting the throttle..."
Of course it was out of adjustment too, so when I fixed that, I got all fired up that my problems were solved. Went to start it; now it won't start. I couldn't figure it out for the life of me..........I LEFT THAT TOOL (CORK) IN MY INTAKE!!!!!
So now, of course, I've got gasoline in my oil, in my combustion chamber, on the tips of my plugs.
Hey, I'm not above it. I made a mistake. It's that ADHD.....yeah, that's the ticket.
What else have I erred on......?
-Left a pipe on my FMIC unsecured.
-Couldn't get clutch release fork into the throw-out bearing collar.
-Went for a short ride with my rear lug nuts untightened.
-You know, I'm convinced now that the reason I had to rebuild because of this very SMALL error when we initially swapped the SB in; I had no idea that there was a PCV valve behind the throttle body. Remember I had a bad problem of oil pooling on top of the block? Well, it was because that valve was blowing to atmo. (you know, I'm still not absolutely sure if I've got my crankcase/valve cover venting routed correctly)
-Reverse lock-out on 6mt was way out of adjustment. I don't know if the two are related but that may have caused my reverse fork to bend. Now the car won't stay in reverse; won't go backwards at all, it just pops out of gear.
-While I'm pretty sure how to break the motor in (I think I'm opting for the 'hard break-in' method
) I also have a brand new clutch and flywheel. I have no idea how to break the clutch in.There's got to be more, I just can't think of anything right now.
Lesson: If you have any indication that your rebuild may take 10 months for whatever reason (in my case, at the time I started the rebuild, my job required/requires 6 day weeks with the 5 days of the workweek being generally from 9a-8p, AND we had a new addition to the family).....either don't start it, or take very many pictures, and/or write copious notes in a log.
11-12-2005, 12:17 AM
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Started right up tonight, finally. Idled well, albeit a bit rough initially but I write that off to the forged pistons.
However, a couple of miles from my house, misfire on all 4 going up a hill. Turned around and the misfires became much more frequent.
However, a couple of miles from my house, misfire on all 4 going up a hill. Turned around and the misfires became much more frequent.
11-14-2005, 04:53 PM
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Well, the block was new but I blew a ringland in it before, so by mileage standards, I probably put 3k miles on it or so. It was in storage for 6mo's while I was deployed, then up on blocks here for 10 months. It's very possible that long periods of storage coulda been the problem, but common sense tells me I did something wrong.
It's very possible that long periods of storage coulda been the problem, but common sense tells me I did something wrong.
11-15-2005, 09:22 AM
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Damn, Pat. Damn. Good luck figuring this one out. I cashed out on the wagon. Too many speeding tickets and off to a deployment at the end of the month. I'll start over with something ludicrous when I get back.
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