The Git'rDun Challenge

[JethroBodine]

Umm... I thought June 1st was the goal? And that is coming up TOO fast. I'm going to the SMCC rally on the 8th and was hoping this would get me one color before then. Looking kinda iffy at this point, at least for the first. I might be painting some night after work.

[drmiller100]

crap. it was june 1.

it ain't gonna be running by then.

[eco_generator]

I know... June came up too fast. Who is setting up the next Git-r-done challenge?

[JethroBodine]

Awww, come on. Let's finish this one first. I don't want to be a failure twice at the same time.

Seriously, I do think it's a good idea for another round. Maybe even a continuing event. I, for one, will NEVER run out of projects to strive to finish, and a deadline, self imposed or not, really helps me to focus on the prize.

What thinking, monthly? Doug?

[drmiller100]

I tried to upload some photos - won't let me.

Lets extend the date - June 10.

Come on ladies - Let's GIT"RDUN!!!!!!!!!!!

[drmiller100]

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[UFO]

Spent the last two weeks taking care of wiring and other details, like programming the maps into my laptop and verifying the sensors. Got a tach at cranking speed, so I installed the injector fuses and tried firing it up today.

Actually fired right away, but couldn't get it to idle it's running so roughly. Looks like I'm missing spark on #5, and it's not the wire (swapped wires with #3). The plug is gapped and seems ok, so perhaps it's as simple as a bad distributor cap.

If Megasquirt was pulling the spark because of a bad tach signal, I assume it would find a way to tell me, or would I have to make a datalog and check it? I am using a Z31 wheel in my '82 L28ET distributor, so one of the pulses is wider than the other 5. I did change the tach input from falling edge to rising edge and it made no difference -- cylinder 5 still dead.

One other issue. I have a fuel leak on one end of my Pallnet fuel rail. Looks like the 3/8 NPTF tapered threads are cut too deeply and my 3/8 to 1/4 NPT reducer may be bottoming out. I replaced the bushing and got it as tight as I could without tearing anything up, but it still has a slight leak. maybe I'll replace my reducer with a pipe, and change the rest of the hardware to fit my 1/4 NPT to AN -6 fuel line connector.

Won't be long now, but I hate these little annoyances....

[drmiller100]

on the leak, try teflon tape.

[UFO]

Originally Posted by drmiller100

on the leak, try teflon tape.

Yes, did that, standard practice after building biodiesel processors. Yellow stuff, 3 layers instead of the recommended 2 the first time. I need a better fitting.

[skyking]

UFO, I feel your pain. I have some air bags that are just cut too big/deep. I end up epoxying in the fitting. No combination of tape/dope/ gookempucky will stop them up.
Regarding the challenge:
I bit off more than i could chew. I can live with that. I am ambivalent about extending the date, at best.