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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>You're right as rain
about the need for acrobatic ability especially when working on anything around
that Distributor; the cramped Syclones are far worse that the 'Phoons! And
that's one of the reasons-- THE PAIN-- I <EM>don't</EM> like to go diddling
under that Hood anymore unless I know <EM>exactly</EM> what I want to do there
and why.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>However, my
single-bolted Distributor Cap is the last among several I have managed to
replace... have lots of practice and a special hex-wrench rigged-up for just
that purpose. The Cap is <EM>NOT LOOSE</EM> and has been smoothly running
since early July (when I also replaced the FPR, IAC, TPS, and the Rotor).
The Cap simply WON'T FIT! I can screw-down ONE bolt but not the other--
take your pick! The screw-hole in the newest Cap is simply cast/molded
wrong. Later, I'm going to try to get it replaced provided I can find a
new one in <FONT color=#ff0000>RED</FONT>. (The one I got a few daze ago
was dark gray.)</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Thanx
anyway,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4></FONT> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>D.O.
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<DIV style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A
title=lewisstraughn@netscape.com href="mailto:lewisstraughn@netscape.com">Lewis
Straughn</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=seravilo@netzero.net
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">DOlivares</A> ; <A title=syty@syty.org
href="mailto:syty@syty.org">syty@syty.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:14 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Syty] Broke & Stumped!</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Dennis, <BR><BR>I had the same problem with the screws in the
distributor cap and that will cause the problem you are having. I know it is
hard to get to that screw, but what I had to do was just get one screw started a
couple of turns and then get the other one going and then be sure I had the cap
pushed down to the bottom and seated in position and then tighten each screw a
little at the time until I had them both tight. I don't know why it is so hard
to get the cap in position, but it is and when you get it you will know it. I
had to walk away a couple of times because it was a job for Houdini.<BR><BR>Hope
that helps,<BR>Lewis Straughn<BR><BR>DOlivares wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Yep, had <EM>all</EM>
those bases covered before admitting to being STUMPED!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>FPR is brand-new;
Conrad Cap and Rotor are brand-new, although <EM>only one bolt can be
secured</EM> to the Distributor-- bizarre manufacturing flaw... anyone else
ever see this? I just bought another one yesterday, but that
<EM>won't</EM> fix this problem....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>I've taken enough
engines through hot pressure-washes to recognize and know how to defeat water
in the Distributor as well: a screwdriver and a spray-can of
ether!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Keep
trying,</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>D.O.
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<A title=theodore.metzing@verizon.net
href="mailto:theodore.metzing@verizon.net">Ted Metzing</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=seravilo@netzero.net
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">DOlivares</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 02, 2006 9:54 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Syty] Broke & Stumped!</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hey Dennis, I'm not all that great at diagnosing problems but
when you said that you replaced the fuel pump to the Walbro, did you re-adjust
the FPR? Maybe too much gas for a cold engine to burn off until warm? Or what
about a crack in the distributor cap, letting moisture build up inside it from
the previously warm motor (when off) then when cold the moisture is preventing
the spark from arcing? Had a problem like that on my Harley with the
coil-pack, wouldn't start until all moisture evaporated (warm day or a hot
motor). These are just guesses, again not qualified as a problem solver. Good
luck.<BR><BR>Ted Metzing<BR>93 TY #0190<BR>06 Trailblazer
SS<BR><BR><BR>DOlivares wrote:
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<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Thanks... so far,
and happy New Year... <EM>et pax hominibus boni
voluntatis!</EM></FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>[You know who you
are.]</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Unfortunately, I
have <EM>tried</EM> all those diagnostic trees-- even a couple of bushes for
good measure! This episode has been going on for nearly a month.
As I said, I'm running out of hardware to swap-out. The only things I
haven't diddled with is the <STRONG>EST Module</STRONG> in the Distributor
and of course the <STRONG>ECM/chip</STRONG>. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>The reason I
haven't fooled with those things is that the misbehavior complained of is SO
PREDICTABLE and only afflicts COLD-START-UP conditions, except when it's
really cold outside in which case I will get precisely ONE chug-a-lug spasm
about 5 minutes into the run-up to full operating temperature... just
after everything had been going just fine. That's the worst of it...
as far as I can tell without a scantool... seat-of-the-pants power and
smoothness is better than ever, otherwise. This is no
"intermittent." This is pure predictability! And my experience
with bad chips and modules is that they either fail outright or exhibit
sporadic, random upsets... before failing outright. That's not what's
occurring. Even so, I might drop in my spare EST (Holley Annihilator)
just for laughs....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Keep thinking...
what <EM>else</EM> could it be??? What's the connection to cold/cool
ambient temperature?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>D.O.
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style="BACKGROUND: rgb(228,228,228) 0% 50%; moz-background-clip: initial; moz-background-origin: initial; moz-background-inline-policy: initial"><B>From:</B>
<A title=leroy@sunflower.com href="mailto:leroy@sunflower.com">Jim Sloan</A>
</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=seravilo@netzero.net
href="mailto:seravilo@netzero.net">'DOlivares'</A> ; <A title=syty@syty.org
href="mailto:syty@syty.org">syty@syty.org</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Monday, January 02, 2006 8:11 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> RE: [Syty] Broke & Stumped!</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Happy New Year Dennis!</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I've had hardware problems with several of the 10-1
adapters. You could swap back to the stock memcal (and map sensor) to
rule that out, if your build isn't too radical.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>I usually keep at least one spare ecm for a
substitution test, and have seen quite a few fail in weird ways. Let
me know if you need one.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Sometimes it helps to go back to the basics, and follow
the diagnostics in the service manual <A
href="http://syty.org/old/d&e-code44.html">http://syty.org/old/d&e-code44.html</A> .</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Just a few ideas, if you haven't already tried
them.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV dir=ltr align=left><SPAN class=004520414-02012006><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Jim </FONT></SPAN></DIV><BR>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:syty-bounces@syty.org">syty-bounces@syty.org</A> [<A
class=moz-txt-link-freetext
href="mailto:syty-bounces@syty.org">mailto:syty-bounces@syty.org</A>]
<B>On Behalf Of </B>DOlivares<BR><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, January 01, 2006
7:36 PM<BR><B>To:</B> <A class=moz-txt-link-abbreviated
href="mailto:syty@syty.org">syty@syty.org</A><BR><B>Subject:</B> [Syty]
Broke & Stumped!<BR><B>Importance:</B> High<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Who watches The
Watcher? </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Who advises The
Guru?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Who assists The
Good Samaritan?</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>I think we're
about to find out pretty soon-- at least until I can get my Lapdog running
again (and one of the diagnostic programs to troubleshoot my li'l
pony)</FONT><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080
size=4>:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Meanwhile, I NEED
HELP! With my laptop in pieces all over the bench, I can't run
DIACOM or DATALINK to give me clues about the usual suspects:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Clean-livin'
doesn't always pay off if my holidaze so far are any indication. I
spent Christmas Eve on a carlift taking apart my right-front axle--
again!-- after being assured by our local "Gear-Guru" (who fully rebuilt
that differential less than 6 months before I started hearing that
same CLUNKING on left turns again) that all I needed was a new
cir-clip (GM #14041989) to keep the axle from popping-out of the side-gear
in the differential. HAH! More bad advice and I ended up
taking a cab home.... More about that Horror Show in a later
mailing.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Meanwhile, we got
our first technical freeze down here in what was becoming
<EM>tropical</EM> San Antone on Nov. 17th and our first hard-freeze,
appropriately, on Dec. 7th, and somewhere in between those times ol'
Syclone #773 began <STRONG>throwing fits during start-up and for the first
5 or 6 minutes until the water jacket hits and stays at 180°</STRONG> or
so. I'm stumped for the first time in a decade or more! Here's
what happens:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Since the
<EM>new</EM> Walbro fuel-pump went in a few months ago, cranking times are
way down... engine catches pretty quick, but now it won't stay lit and
"choke" with the <EM>new</EM> IAC, which went in along with a <EM>new</EM>
TPS and remote-adjustable FPR about a month before the new Walbro.
Now, I have to feather the pedal once the ignition gets going and hold the
throttle open a bit while the IAC hunts for about a dozen cycles making
the tach swing about 1200 rpm back and forth until we hit the "sweet spot"
and the engine takes off smoothly and the IAC-hunting stops, at least for
a while. Now, it's safe to put her in gear and drive away as long as
I keep a little positive bias in the pedal for the next few minutes every
time I have to slow down to an idle or coast speed. </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>THIS PROBLEM IS
WICKEDLY WORSE ON COLD DAYS, where ambient air is in the 40s or
below, which thankfully is rare. (Ain't this global-warming
great!) However, on a couple of occasions when I did have to drive
in the 30s-- and even <EM>after</EM> reaching full-warm-up temperature--
the engine starts cutting out seriously as the SES light comes on!
Now, we're talking some MAJOR pumping of the pedal to keep things lit and
if I can get on a clear piece of road and cruise a spell at 35 mph or
better the problem goes away <EM>completely</EM>, until I shutdown and the
engine gets cold again. I barely even recognize that SES light...
hardly ever see it. Driving on warmer days never sees a recurrence
of that mid-period cutting-out, and idle is smooth as is the rest of
drivability. Warm start-ups see a few moments of that IAC-hunting,
but the rpm-sweeps are only on the order of 500rpm and the whole anomaly
goes away in about 30 seconds. I've NEVER encountered anything like
this in my many years of wrenching! Now, it's time for some
wretching!! All that ever gets logged in the way of a trouble-code
is <STRONG><FONT color=#ff0000>44</FONT></STRONG>... not too
helpful!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Naturally, I
replaced the O2 sensor-- no improvement at all! Everything described
above instinctually told me this was a weird thermal transient in the
injector-drive circuits or else the MAT, CTS or MAP I replaced (for the
hell of it) 3 years ago needed to be switched again. So I
<EM>did</EM>... one at a time to see if I could fault-locate the culprit
that way. No dice! I'm running out of hardware to
replace! I've even tried setting that 10-to-1 Chip to different
settings, but the same nasty behavior persists-- the engine's as well as
my own!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4><STRONG>WHO CAN
TELL ME WHAT MY PROBLEM(S) IS?</STRONG> Be nice,
now....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face="Palatino Linotype" color=#000080 size=4>Dennis
O.</FONT></DIV>
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