I've sensed nothing here but top-notch Square Bodiedness.
TBI rebuild is underway. It feels good, not wasteful, replacing parts that aren't broken yet. Reckon the van'll be back together in time for a November 16 trip to NY. Thanks for the help thus far, folks.
Oh, I tried the pump manual prime / injector test - they held pressure. Drips seen with engine running must indicate a need for cleaning. Andy, I am curious to see if the injectors spray well with the new CTS installed, but I wish I didn't have Witchhunter's long turn around time to contend with. Coast-to-coast shipping twice and a 5 day turnaround put me up against the wall for a November 9th inspection date, and a November 16th trip to NY. Maybe I can find someone local to clean injectors. Decisions, decisions!
Did you do this with the key power on? I wanted you to power up the injectors, to see if maybe the ground wires from the ecm may have chaffed on something, and wer grounding out and dumping fuel.
I didnt know you were back east...and its right there in front of me.
Send them to Jon at
http://www.fuelinjectorconnection.com ...24.50 each for service, and he is in GA. I sent him my TPI injectors for cleaning, and instead of cleaning them, he sent me a new balnced set in, just for cost of cleaning service. Sinc mine still worked, he just threw them in a pile to be cleaned, and then later flow matched. Helluva guy!
Or...if you can crack your fuel lines, and empty your tank into a few gas cans, You can dump a coupla cans of sea foam, Berrymans, or 3m fuel system cleaner, and connect the lines to your injector pod while it is dismounted from the throttle base. Next, make 2 wires with gator clips on each end, long enough to reach from the battery, or other 12v source of choice. connect 1 wire to the + side, and the other to the - side of the power source, then connect the + side to an injector post. Hold the injector pod over a metal dog bowl, put the fuel circuit into prime to pressurize the system with concentrated cleaner, and then puls the injector with the - wire. Be careful about sparks. watch for the spray pattern to return to a fine mist, then move to
the next injector. When the bowl fills, get a funnel, with a paper coffee filter in it, and dump the used cleaner back into the tank. you just dont have the ultra sonic doohiky they use.
This has worked okay for me, I built a little setup at one point, where i had an extra injector pod, and an old in tank pump from my sisters old T bird. Mounted the pump in a black 5 gallon bucket, made a mount at the top of the bucket for the pod, and used a 12 volt 30 amp power supply to run the pump, and to pulse or hold the injectors with a button. the cleaner was recirculated constantly, and was filtered by the sock filter on the bottom of the pump. I did multiport injectors too.
I took the van as a free gift, and have since repaired "what's needed." While I love the van, I understand why it was free!
