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09-06-2010 02:57 PM #1
Admitting is the first step......
In a different thread I was asking about rough idle.... the first answer was vacuum (thanks glenn). There was a leak at the intake to the spacer plate. Fixed that with a new spacer plate that was a litte 'skinnier', and it ran better - but still seemed off.
Ummm...... in feeling around the back of the manifold, I found that I forgot to plug the 3/8 flare outlet from the vacuum block I am using. DOH! Plugged it, now runs fine.
So - need to admit I am a dork! Cannot believe I forgot to plug that darned outlet before installing on the vehicle.
Is there a 12 step for this?
David
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09-06-2010 03:18 PM #2
it seems that it is always the simpliest things i forget the most.BARB
LET THE FUN BEGIN
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09-06-2010 03:42 PM #3
The only way to never make a mistake is to never do anything
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09-06-2010 03:47 PM #4
I never do anything and still make mistakes."PLAN" your life like you will live to 120.
"LIVE" your life like you could die tomorrow.
John 3:16
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09-06-2010 04:35 PM #5
If we never made mistakes, we'd never learn anything!
God, I must be really, really smart!Buying parts I don't need, with money I don't have, to impress people I don't like
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09-06-2010 05:18 PM #6
Heck, I can make mistakes doing nothing but thinking about working on a project!!!! Anybody can make a similar mistake, but few will admit to doing it!!!Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, Live for Today!
Carroll Shelby
Learning must be difficult for those who already know it all!!!!
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09-06-2010 09:29 PM #7
We've all done similar things. I once spent half a day trying to figure out why vacuum advance was having no affect on an engine I had just timed. I felt really foolish when I realized that I was plugging in a loose windshield washed hose..."Where the people fear the government you have tyranny. Where the government fears the people you have liberty." John Basil Barnhil
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09-06-2010 09:44 PM #8
DOH! OK......that made me laugh.
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09-06-2010 11:02 PM #9
love it when it's a mistake that doesn't cost me lots of money!
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09-07-2010 09:50 AM #10
Those who can't admit a mistake, still haven't learned anything.theres no foo like an old foo
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09-07-2010 09:52 AM #11
now that is funny glennBARB
LET THE FUN BEGIN
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09-07-2010 11:35 AM #12
" "No matter where you go, there you are!" Steve.
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09-07-2010 12:18 PM #13
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09-07-2010 06:32 PM #14
I totally missed the vacuum port on the back of an old rochester 2-barrel once. This was on a Camaro stock car that I ran on dirt. The car ran great and had great throttle response, but idled like crap. Hey, who cares about a rough idle on a race car, right? Well, a fresh engine usually lasted a full season (that's a whole year here in Florida) before it needed freshening; this one started smoking and losing oil pressure 3 months into the season. I absolutely was baffled. I used the same brand of parts as always. I decided the machine shop must have screwed something up... When I pulled the engine out and started disassembly I found my mistake. DUH!!! The poor thing had been sucking dirt!Jim
Racing! - Because football, basketball, baseball, and golf require only ONE BALL!
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09-07-2010 10:48 PM #15
Doh!!!!!! That's a total bummer....To compel a man to subsidize with his taxes the propagation of ideas which he disbelieves and abhors is sinful and tyrannical...... Thomas Jefferson
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