WE HAVE IGNITION...

[vwtype53 at yahoo.com (Ben Harder)]

Ron,

 Amazing! Congrats!!

Sounds like you should take days off work WAY more often... :)~


Ben


--- Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com> wrote:
> IT RUNS.
> 
> Well, it starts and idles anyway.  My now long-term project (MkI, 2.0L 16V w/
> Megasquirt) took a
> major step forward today - had the day off so I finally wired up a few more
> sensors, drilled and
> tapped for a manifold vacuum tap, screwed some plugs in and fired her up. 
> Kicked over almost on
> the first crank, but huge vacuum leaks through unplugged ports prevented
> that.  After remedying
> that with electrical tape, a quick twist of the dizz, a press of the button,
> a puff of smoke and
> ...braa-aa-aa-aap... the normally sedate neigbhorhood is filled with the
> happy sound of a long
> dormant 9A happily outgassing through open pipes.  Music, I tell ya,
> schweeeeet music.
> 
> But...no coolant, so off it goes, have to wire up coolant temp sender, rig up
> a fast idle solenoid
> (I have a CIS thermostatically controlled one, but nowhere to mount it), and
> an O2 sensor.  
> 
> Then the head comes off to find out why the oil leak.  And the wacky
> compression test results. 
> Shite.
> 
> But, hey, as they say in Ireland, happy days!
> 
> Whew.
> 
> Ron
> 


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