Injector O-rings; hood release cable

[Christopher Scarpulla]

Geeze dude, sounds like it's time for a new car. :p

On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 4:15 PM, David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com> wrote:

> Oof! I bet I do. I have two alternators of unknown effectiveness lying
> around, and the deep, dark recesses of my memory are telling me that one of
> them probably came from you a million years ago.
>
> If I had a good starter I'd swap it in, as I think the solenoid on mine is
> starting to go.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 4:13 PM Lawrence Weeks <lweeks at anabasis.net>
> wrote:
>
>> Is that the green blinker fluid, or the orange?
>>
>> David: don't you have an alternator or starter or distributor or
>> something like that of mine still? You should visit and drop whatever it
>> was off. :-)
>>
>> Larry
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 19, 2018 at 3:54 PM Kieran Lavin <kieran at kieranlavin.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Blinker fluid.  Definitely change your blinker fluid and both problems
>>> will go away
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> kieran
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>> From: David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 9/19/18 11:48 AM (GMT-05:00)
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>>> Subject: Injector O-rings; hood release cable
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>>> -------- Original message --------
>>> From: David Pertuz <d.pertuz at gmail.com>
>>> Date: 9/19/18 11:48 AM (GMT-05:00)
>>> To: SE-R List <se-r at se-r-list.org>
>>> Subject: Injector O-rings; hood release cable
>>>
>>> Last week my car suddenly started running rough again, in a familiar
>>> way. Smell of fuel under the hood and no change when I unplug the #1
>>> injector, pull injector out before work this morning and predictably find
>>> another torn O-ring. Replace with new, good to go. But I swear I already
>>> replaced that O-ring earlier this year. Why might this be recurring? I
>>> check the lower seat with my finger before reinstalling to make sure it's
>>> clean. Is it highly sensitive to the injector being put in straight? Should
>>> I be tapping it down into the seats with a mallet before tightening the cap
>>> down?
>>>
>>> Meanwhile, I have to push the front of the hood up with a wedge before I
>>> can pop the hood with the release. I could maybe move the latch down enough
>>> to address this, but that would just be a band-aid. Is there any adjustment
>>> in the release cable? I can't see any. And how can I even lube the thing?
>>> The horizontal track immeditately below the latch makes it seemingly
>>> impossible to get lube anywhere near that thing.
>>>
>>> David
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>>
>> --
>> Lawrence Weeks                                    lweeks at anabasis.net
>> Anabasis Consulting Ltd
>>
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