T’ain’t snow-magedon, but

T’is snowin’ out. Big fluffy type flakes, slow fall, but building,,,

Cold as F! too. was 20 when I woke, sitting at 15 currently. Was gonna do some stuff on Bloo today (if it stayed nearer that 32 mark)

but notta now,,,, Fook that!!! Bloo can wait: ain’t nuthin on her that is gonna blow up on me (well, I say that and she might find something, like those crankshaft or lifter issues, that came barrelling around a corner like a thief on the run.)

Her issues as follows. P1345 code. thats a CKP and CPS out of alignment issue. Crankshaft and camshaft for the three letter culprits. ONLY, they ain’t the culprits. This is right back to that “was 180 out” issue that I had after I replaced the crankshaft. Did some digging online,,, TWO different camgears. one for tappet style one for rollers. Well, I didn’t order the gear correctly. SO, its marked 180 out,,, Now I just need to turn things around so that while ‘not right’, everything lines up correctly except that timing mark on the camgear. A couple of ways to do that and not pull the entire motor apart. Been here before on my Fiats where the timing marks were ALWAYS questionable. Key point here: the reluctor ring on the Distro is 180 out from the crank sensor. Turning that reluctor ring without changing the cam gear will bring me back into synch. Now, how to do that. It might be as easy as pulling the Distro, flipping the rotor 180 and installing it back in, in the right config. I don’t know if thats even doable. I seem to recall that the retaining screws are off center so it can only be installed one way. Gonna investigate this,,, Thats the EASY way,,,

She runs good, Only NOT RIGHT. The computer is running a ‘simulation’ with the injector sequence 180 out. It “knows it” and from my research, cuts the injection time in half, but doubles the speed of the sequence to smooth out the fuel delivery. And totally ignores certain other sensors. Fuel consumption is high in this case. I can smell it: even at operating temps she smells “Rich”. Its also hard on the injector selenoids: they are running double time in a sense, with a very narrow open/close window. (Carburator; Controlled fuel leak. Injection: HIGHLY controlled fuel leak.)

This is what we used to call a ‘drivibility issue’ and what I made my bread and butter on back in the day.

But then, I was in a heated shop with exhaust vent tubes and equipment that I sorely miss these days. ROFLMAO Listen to me,,, It’s just cold,,, she ain’t goin’ anywhere for at least a day, and its supposed to warm up in a few days(yeah, break that 30 mark,,,, Ooohhhh!!!! Heat wave!!!! Snark!)

I may go out and pull the distro and bring it in and play with it: see what I can get away with. Take a pic and make notes on the things before dissasembly so I can get it back in right, even if I do nothing else.

And the valve hot adjustment is gonna wait for warmer times as well. There is enough of a breeze out there, I don’t wanna be out in it for more than 10 minutes at a time. Might be 15; feels like 0 with the wind.

OR,,, I may sit here and think about it more,,,,

more coffee,,,

LLLLL! (, ‘)