Recent content by 89autoworks

Okay so I dove back in deep tonight. Put the original vaf back on, adjusted it back to full rich that it started at, I backed off the timing, currently sitting at 5-6 btdc now, where before I had it at 10, yes I know 10 was high, but it was helping with making it idle. Which I found out that...

How exactly do I tell if the harmonic balancer is junk? And the propane, what exactly is that going to tell us?

somebody for the love of god HELP ME!!!!!! i ended up throwing codes 12,24,31. i ordered a reman OEM VAF off a seller on eBay (one stop and shop), they had good reviews and 200$ for a reman poem part seemed to be a great deal, or better then a new china unit. i went ahead and installed the...

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so, new dizzy, runs way way better, but still seems like a major misfire or cylinders not getting a proper combustion. timing mark on plugs 1,3,4,5 was all the way at the base of the electrode at 7 degrees btdc with the terminals jumped. cylinders 2 and 6 are still pretty black. 175-180 psi...

It’s possible, but I also use a screwdriver to make sure the piston is all the way at the top of its stroke. If the dizzy doesn’t fix it, that’s certainly the next place I am looking, and by looking I mean just replacing

I ordered a freshie. Will have it tomorrow am, then we will know more.

now i finally have a CEL for code #12, which is basically telling me the distributor is junk. so finally a smoking gun.

i never have fully pulled the chain, i had zip tied it to the cam gear, but that doesn't mean the crank gear couldn't go back a tooth. i saw another thread with a guy that had the same issue, they told him to back it up a tooth on the cam gear to make all the marks line up perfectly.

So i had moved the chain 1 tooth to line all my marks up to exactly, ran way better at that point. with the timing light on, i was still showing below 0btdc. i lined everything back up to cyl 1 tic, moved the dizzy 1 tooth forward, runs good enough to move down the road under its own power, but...

Okay, so i jumped the chain 1 tooth, made everything perfect, when i ran it, it ran noticeably better, but not perfect. after pulling the dizzy again, i checked the air gaps, and both where under .006, and factory spec being .008-.016, id imagine this would play a decent roll in my poor spark...

okay, so here's what i have found out, i couldn't stand the unknown. i tore the valve cover off to check timing again, with all dots PERFECTLY lined up on the cams, the crank pulley is reading around 7 degrees. with the crank pulley on 0, the cams barely come out of perfectly flat, which is...

how sensitive are these old mass airflow meters, i did remember that the whole intake assembly took a small drop to concrete when i disassembled the motor? I'm talking 2 feet or less, no damage to the airbox whatsoever

I’ll check it out. I had replaced 2 connectors with pigtails. Soldered and heat shrunk. I’ll check it out for sure

No I haven’t physically done it on the vehicle, but all plugs show combustion, and I cleaned and flow tested them on my injector machine while they where out of the vehicle.