Well, this weekend had been one Heck of a roller coaster ride! c23
Friday:
I took the day off and figured I would install my fancy new Flamethrower dizzy with built in petronix. I get the motot setup at TDC on cylinder 1 and proceed to pull off the the existing dizzy. I go to put the new one in and it is 90 degrees off s#r IT had Cylinder 1 TDC where 3 would be so I am a bit confised, and I call and chat with bob, and he agrees that it is odd, and we look at my svda and my old fubar bosch and they are exactly the same the new one is the oddball. So since i am running short on time I put my svda back in, until I can verify with petronix that it ok that the dizzy is out by 90, not a manufacturing defect. (bad car gods)
As I am putting things back together and I notice the my fuel line is weeping a bit from where I crimped it to change the fuel filter, SO I cut the piece of hose off and I notice that my metal fuel line is crimped shocked blocking about 85% of the line :wallbash: Well, that explains why my car was running like a**, and no matter what I did I could not get it to run right... (good car gods)
Now I adjust the timing and go for a cruise, and holy sh*% I have an additional 10 to 15 HP Yea (good car gods)
Saturday: (I preface this day with my opinion that Baja's are totally awesome, you'll read why...)
I figure I would change the oil, plugs, and adjust the valves, and get that new dizzy in! SO I dump the oil, and pull the plugs, and 1&2 valve cover. I find TDC on #1, using a pencil to make sure the pulley is correct and all that. Adjust the valves to .006, cool, on to cylinder #2. I put the pencil into cylinder #2 and try to get TDC, crunch, snap, WTF!! The pencil caught on the tin and broke off ithe bottom quarter of the pencil in the cylinder... m-d &m& m-d2 : -55] m-d So, after realizing I have no way to get the pencil out, I realize I'll have to pull the head! (bad car god's) Now, is about the time I am reminded how awesome Baja's are, I do not have to pull the motor to get the head off!!! I did have to make a small cut in my tins to get them out far enough to get to the head bolts, I had to snip a slit in each spark plug opening to get past the intake bolts... SO, after 8 hours everything was back together, fresh plugs, oil, and valve adjustment.... (good car god's)
Sunday:
Great drive to the show, plenty of power, 15+ degrees cooler at 75mph, better acceleration, and less noisy. ;D (good car god's) However, about 5 miles out of the show, my clutch cable snapped... m-d &m& (bad car god's) Lucky for me, Shawn had a tow bar handy... (good club member, screw the car god's, who needs them when you ride with SJVWC!!!)
What an adventure!!!!!!
PS when I ordered my parts the other day, I either had a premonition or I jinxed myself, because I ordered a new clutch cable!!! Guess what I am doing after work tomorrow! :rolleyes:
stoned# Marc