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#1301
09-18-2010, 02:00 PM
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Drove her over to my buddy's garage this morning and got some underside shots, since all I have to this date are the ones taken from a creeper 6" underneath the car when it was on jack stands.
     
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#1302
09-18-2010, 04:53 PM
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Looks AMAZING!! Great job!
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#1303
09-18-2010, 10:16 PM
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Wow! Just like a freshly delivered car...what a great job!
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Regards, Leigh Pontiacs I’ve owned…. 1960 Laurentian 283 1963 Laurentian 283 1976 Trans Am 400 1977 Trans Am 400 1951 Chieftain Flat head 6 1967 Firebird 400 convertible 1967 Firebird 400 coupe 1979 Trans Am 403 1971 Formula 455 (clone) 1969 Firebird 350 1968 Firebird 428 manual. Sydney, Australia |
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#1304
09-24-2010, 06:33 PM
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Today's lesson is the principle of Occam's Razor or in Latin, Lex Parsimoniae, which translates to "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one".
I have been chasing down a tachometer gremlin for a while trying to figure out why the tach would not rev beyond 4000 rpm even when the engine was obviously going faster that that. Also, when the engine was cold, the tach would read double it's actual engine reading. Well, after fiddling around, running extra tach leads to other tachs to compare readings, checking the distributor leads, checking point dwell... I was about to pull the coil and change that. Guess what...the coil wire was not fully seated into the top of the coil and all this time, the voltage was just jumping across which, while powering the ignition system, was wreaking havoc with the tach accuracy. So I pulled the coil wire, cleaned the terminal ends, pulled the boots way up and made darn sure both terminals were locked into the coil and the distributor. And now the tach reads correctly. So let that be a lesson to everyone - check the simple, stupid stuff first. 
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#1305
09-24-2010, 06:58 PM
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Excellent point Steve, always check the simple stuff first. Many years ago I was a line mechanic at a Cadillac dealership. Someone brought in an 82 Eldorado with a complaint of the check engine light coming on (might have been a service soon light, it's been too many years to remember). Anyway, there were about 5 different trouble codes in the computer. I would clear them and take a drive and when the light came back on there would be a different set of trouble codes. When I opened the hood I saw the car had a new distributor cap, wires, plugs, alternator, etc. It also had a new EMC (computer). Someone had spent a ton of money replacing all the electrical items in an attempt to find the problem. It turns out the car had been to a local tune up shop where they had replaced the distributor cap but failed to remove the ground strap from the old cap and put it under the coil (HEI). When there was a voltage spike the computer would go nuts and log phantom codes.
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#1306
09-25-2010, 09:14 AM
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[QUOTE=njsteve;4107706]Today's lesson is the principle of Occam's Razor or in Latin, Lex Parsimoniae, which translates to "the simplest explanation is usually the correct one".
I have been chasing down a tachometer gremlin for a while trying to figure out why the tach would not rev beyond 4000 rpm even when the engine was obviously going faster that that. Also, when the engine was cold, the tach would read double it's actual engine reading. Well, after fiddling around, running extra tach leads to other tachs to compare readings, checking the distributor leads, checking point dwell... I was about to pull the coil and change that. Guess what...the coil wire was not fully seated into the top of the coil and all this time, the voltage was just jumping across which, while powering the ignition system, was wreaking havoc with the tach accuracy. So I pulled the coil wire, cleaned the terminal ends, pulled the boots way up and made darn sure both terminals were locked into the coil and the distributor. And now the tach reads correctly. So let that be a lesson to everyone - check the simple, stupid stuff first. Who's your mechanic Steve, some lawyer? LOL
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#1307
09-25-2010, 11:52 AM
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Hey, we all need a day job to pay for this insanity.
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#1308
10-01-2010, 04:27 PM
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#1309
10-01-2010, 04:43 PM
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Congratulations!
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#1310
10-01-2010, 04:56 PM
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Steve, That's awesome! congrats!
Pat |
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#1311
10-01-2010, 04:56 PM
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Can't wait to read the article! Just got my November issue yesterday, so that means I have to wait 30 days more to read that article - damn!
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#1312
10-01-2010, 05:02 PM
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..You da Man there steve..Im comin round the bend on mine...Should be done in a few more months.......[ yeah right..who am I kiddin]....
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#1313
10-01-2010, 05:03 PM
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#1314
10-01-2010, 05:04 PM
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#1315
10-01-2010, 05:05 PM
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#1316
10-01-2010, 05:31 PM
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Hey 666, you don't actually have a lift in your own garage do you?
That's cheatin'! |
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#1317
10-01-2010, 05:33 PM
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...Not 2 rub it in but..lol.I have..2 LIFTS in my garage.But.....This PIC wasnt takin in my garage.....If that makes yah feel better..!!!
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#1318
10-01-2010, 05:35 PM
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 ..heres the ONE LIFT..!!
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#1319
10-01-2010, 05:36 PM
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and heres my OTHER..BIG TIME CHEATIN LIFT..!..lol.....
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#1320
10-01-2010, 06:04 PM
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Nice!
(I'm still in the dark ages - I don't even have any air tools) |
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