White Sheep is dying.
Came home from the Ol North State Cruiser's Relic Run Sunday morning 6 Jun 21. My daughter screamed and cried the whole hour coming back. Gave White Sheep a quick bath and inspection. Few things needed tightening, oil level sensor hanging on by a thread, but no big deal.
Drove to work the next morning, and at the first stoplight, White Sheep got a bad idle and running rough. Got to work, looked at a few things but did not know what was wrong. Still rough, idle the next day. Aired down, parked in the garage, and pulled parts off the shelf (New wires, plugs, vacuum hoses, MAF, injectors. . .)
Fired her up and she ROARED Strongly!!, but once put into gear it was the same old song and dance. Drove to @fourtrax house to run some tests. Wiring harness, fuel module, coil, all good. Front O2’s ohm was out of tolerance. Ran a compression test. . (1) 185, (2-4) 150, (5-6) 50. Pulled the valve cover and the intake/exhaust valve clearance is out of tolerance.
I’ve always thought about a build thread, but it would have been cosmetics because of everything I’ve already done. So I guess it's time to start one.
White Sheep had a good run. Here are a few of her memories.
I purchased here in the summer of 2018 in Tajikistan for $4K. I was serving there as a US Diplomat. She is originally from the US but has been overseas for several years in the Diplomatic circuit.
I had to wait two weeks for the registration to be complete, so I got here pained matte white and tinted.
Time went by and people kept putting their greasy fingers all over it. While I was in Kazakhstan, I saw a white SUV with textured paint but I didn’t know what the paint was. Asked the painter and he said Plasti-Dip. So we took the flares off, de-fringed the tailgate and Plasti-Dip’d it matte white.
Came home from the Ol North State Cruiser's Relic Run Sunday morning 6 Jun 21. My daughter screamed and cried the whole hour coming back. Gave White Sheep a quick bath and inspection. Few things needed tightening, oil level sensor hanging on by a thread, but no big deal.
Drove to work the next morning, and at the first stoplight, White Sheep got a bad idle and running rough. Got to work, looked at a few things but did not know what was wrong. Still rough, idle the next day. Aired down, parked in the garage, and pulled parts off the shelf (New wires, plugs, vacuum hoses, MAF, injectors. . .)
Fired her up and she ROARED Strongly!!, but once put into gear it was the same old song and dance. Drove to @fourtrax house to run some tests. Wiring harness, fuel module, coil, all good. Front O2’s ohm was out of tolerance. Ran a compression test. . (1) 185, (2-4) 150, (5-6) 50. Pulled the valve cover and the intake/exhaust valve clearance is out of tolerance.
I’ve always thought about a build thread, but it would have been cosmetics because of everything I’ve already done. So I guess it's time to start one.
White Sheep had a good run. Here are a few of her memories.
I purchased here in the summer of 2018 in Tajikistan for $4K. I was serving there as a US Diplomat. She is originally from the US but has been overseas for several years in the Diplomatic circuit.
I had to wait two weeks for the registration to be complete, so I got here pained matte white and tinted.
Time went by and people kept putting their greasy fingers all over it. While I was in Kazakhstan, I saw a white SUV with textured paint but I didn’t know what the paint was. Asked the painter and he said Plasti-Dip. So we took the flares off, de-fringed the tailgate and Plasti-Dip’d it matte white.