O.K. , I'm home again .
Last night I began smelling raw Diesel fuel so I popped the hood and looked in with the engine idling , the # 1 element on the I.P. is soaking wet now , I think I can see the fuel pulsing out under pressure .
So ,
I bought a large stamped steel pie pan a BIG bottle of 50 % denatured alcohol and a box of Q-tips , two cans of starting fluid and a tiny magnet on a stick to get the valves out of the IP after I remove the double ended threaded connectors ~ here's my quick plan for to - night :
Remove the # 1 fuel pipe and element , valve and spring , swab down inside the IP's open connector with a Q-Tip to see what / if / how much crud I find , then blow it out for the starting fluid and snorkel .
Take the collection of used elements , valves and springs I harvested from a W-116 recently as Tom made rude comments about my fanaticism..... I have already cleaned the double ended threaded parts on a motorized wire wheel and now I'll clean all the parts until they're cleaner than a pig's mouth (one of the cleaner things in nature BTW) before I carefully dry them off by hand and inspect closely for wear and rust , damage or who the heck knows what , then I'll install one and button it back up using yet another used # 1 cylinder fuel pipe , wash it all dry with the starting fluid then fire it up and see what I get .
If it doesn't weep / leak , I'll drive it to SWMBO's place to - night then change then all soon , maybe this weekend .
If it leaks , I will be weeping worse than the IP ever did , maybe I'll just give up and replace the whole danged IP as I have a spare one , I just want to use this opportunity to teach my self better injector servicing .
Stay tuned ! you'll laugh , you'll cry , you'll wonder why the hell I do all this .
-Nate
Posted by: vwnate1@yahoo.com
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