All that work but _still_ no valve adjust ? .
You must hate this car a lot .
-Nate
Rick wrote:
>
> Folks
>
> I've been struggling with a no start condition for a month or two. My
> car will only start with a shot of ether. Glow plugs and system are
> good. I've been too lazy to adjust the valves but i replaced one
> injector 6 weeks ago with an unknown used and it ran better but still
> no starying joy.
>
> I had the removed injector tested over Christmas and it had a bad
> narrow spray pattern squirt.
>
> I finally located a reasonably priced KIKI injector tester (made in
> japan) on craigslist in abeline, texas and talked the seller into
> shipping it to georgia. A great investment!!
>
> This weekend we had a rare 2 days of around 70 f highs, so it was the
> time to do it.
>
> So i collected a junk set of injectors out of a 240 and added my
> spare. Incidentally they popped at 1500 to 16oo lbs. I washed them in
> gas and then disassembled them all and then threw everything but the
> nozzles into the ultrasonic cleaner. Then i installed new monark
> nozzles and reassembled. I fiddled with shims and set them all to pop
> at 2050 lbs, usually with only one try. I used a digital caliper on
> the shims to figure out what thickness to add or subtract.
>
> I swapped the rebuilt injectors for the ones in the car. Is there some
> trick to removing the heat shields. I couldn't get the old ones out,
> so i just reused them.
>
> I still don't know if it will start cold, but MAN what an improvement.
> I'd say i have 20% more power and acceleration is much more immediate.
> The lope in the idle went away and it's just much smoother and it was
> pretty smooth even with the goofy injectors.
>
> To keep some required airplane content, i test drove it out to AHN and
> talked planes with a member of the us aerobatic team. While i was
> there i took a call from my friend jay who is a watch repairman (watch
> content).
>
> I'll keep you posted on whether it will cold start. And yes, i've been
> running the 1982 300td on WVO for going on 4 or 5 years!! The monarks
> are supposed to be better for WVO and they are really made in germany.
>
> I'm sending this to the Peugeot list, too, because i'm sure the
> injector improvement will help a peugeot diesel with Bosch injectors,
> just are much!
>
>
> thanks,
>
> xx rick
> Rick Hawkins
>
> www.javaphoto.com
> www.javacycles.com
>
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