Arschlaufen has left the building....

[julie at menloparkrandd.com (julie@menloparkrandd.com)]

Congrats Cath! I look forward to seeing it in a few weeks! And Jill with a hot glue gun :)

>-----Original Message-----
>From: C Boyko [mailto:roccit_53@scirocco.cs.uoguelph.ca]
>Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2006 09:29 AM
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Arschlaufen has left the building....
>
>Finally, after almost two years of chasing gremlins, (the non-AMC type),
>Klaus (my Kolibri green 79) is finally "meeting my expectations". Which
>include such things as smooth acceleration. And not "running like ass". 
>
>Backing up the clock to fall 2004, I ran the tank dry. By this point, he'd
>had his "extensive cam swap" (JH with RD pistons, tranny, Fox intake, TT
>exhaust, 4K tranny, etc, oh, and a new cam, my husband knows about the cam
>at least), and had always had a slight miss, which we'd attributed to
>points ignition. But he ran like a scalded cat prior to that dry tank. Drew
>Mac builds a mighty fine junkyard block, let me tell you, and he's been a
>huge help in terms of mental health support and parts during this whole
>thing. 
>
>Anyway, long story short, the car ran like ass on the way to Ohio that
>fall, Ron and Drew swapped out the points and it ran worse on the trip
>home. At that point I swapped fuel distributor and injectors, (the initial
>distributor had a "catch" in plunger motion) The "new one" was the Raven
>"best case" distubutor, then it still ran poorly. So then next came several
>rewires, replacement of entire ignition system three or four times, new
>parts galore, a second set of injectors, fuel pressure tests X2, various
>filters and screens cleaned/checked, compression and timing and mix tests
>up to wazoo, fuel pump X2 (first "new" one was dead), cold start injector,
>AAV function (swapped it out several times and replumbed it), I even
>checked valve adjustment. And ignition wiring, resistance and voltage
>supply everywhere that might cause a problem, and swapped
>plugs/wires/coils/KS boxes, ICMs, and was looking into WMD sources. Probed
>pins, all that good diagnostic stuff. It really acted like a soft miss, and
>it got worse as you accelerated, so it could have been either ignition or
>fuel, most people said it sounded like ignition. And when you're swapping
>in used boxes and such, there's always that question eh? Some things helped
>a bit, and I sure found a lot of stuff that needed fixing, ragged wires and
>so on, but there was still something really wrong. I'd checked injector
>spray pattern a few times, but never done the volume test till last
>weekend. Needless to say, I was getting pretty down on myself for not
>finding it.
>
>So yesterday, I swapped in the ugliest looking piece of corrosion to go
>into the car. A "new" fuel distributor. And it just plain rocks my world. I
>still need to adjust mix a bit, but yeah, it's fixed. And not one leak. And
>we're back to "scalded cat" mode. :D
>
>Expect to see "happy Cathy" at Cincy, I love my 16V, but anyone with a MkI
>knows the deal. It's just not a MkI, you know? I just love that car. Which
>is good or I'd have given up on him long ago. Behrle? I owe you a ride....
>
>Cathy
>
>
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