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09-06-2010 01:57 PM #1
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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 02:18 PM #2
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it seems that it is always the simpliest things i forget the most.BARB
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09-06-2010 02:42 PM #3
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The only way to never make a mistake is to never do anything
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09-06-2010 02:47 PM #4
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I never do anything and still make mistakes.
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09-06-2010 03:35 PM #5
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If we never made mistakes, we'd never learn anything!
God, I must be really, really smart!
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09-06-2010 04:18 PM #6
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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!
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09-06-2010 08:29 PM #7
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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 08:44 PM #8
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DOH! OK......that made me laugh.
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09-06-2010 10:02 PM #9
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love it when it's a mistake that doesn't cost me lots of money!
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09-07-2010 11:18 AM #10
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$1.63 for the plug.....
Originally Posted by djv8ga
Stovens - I can totally see myself doing something like that.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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09-07-2010 08:50 AM #11
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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 08:52 AM #12
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now that is funny glenn
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09-07-2010 10:35 AM #13
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09-07-2010 05:32 PM #14
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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
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09-07-2010 09:48 PM #15
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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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