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VIN 1B7GD14T3ES230141
can anyone decipher the Vin for me
does the VIN tell me what wheelbase the tuck is? every time I go to buy parts, especially exhaust pieces, they inevitably ask me what wheelbase it is and I inevitably have forgotten
I think I shall write the wheelbase on the back of the ownership slip that is always in the glovebox
Power Steering pump:
I took the pump off when doing the timing chain and negelected to take some digital photos; I was rushing because it was bloody cold in the garage
Now it is time to put it back on and the brackets look nothing like the picture in the haynes manual
does anyone have a skecth or picture from the FSM that could be shared with me ?
Now for the confession of the bonehead move of the year
Got the engine buttoned up to the point where I could start it up and time it
no P/S pump or air pump on it yet. I bolted the water pump pully on without the fan so that I could time it without running the risk of chopping my fingers off in the fan blades
I had not really disturbed anything when I changed the timing chain and sprockets and so I figured it would start up.
It did and it seemed happy enough. However, I took my timing light and set the timing per the sticker under the hood; 12 degrees BTDC.
Well - let me tell you - now the thing is running like a SOS - what a head scratcher.
After buggering around with it for a while I shut it off and went in the house in disgust convinced I must have moved the cam and upset both valve and ignition timing.
Yesterday, I went out to it again hoping that I would receive divine intervention and inspiration - which my freinds I do not deserve after all the foul language that I used
As it turns out, I had moved the timing to 12 degress AFTER tdc. Once I sorted that out, the little 318 was putting like a kitten
It is amazing what a 24 degree variance in ignition timing will make
can anyone decipher the Vin for me
does the VIN tell me what wheelbase the tuck is? every time I go to buy parts, especially exhaust pieces, they inevitably ask me what wheelbase it is and I inevitably have forgotten
I think I shall write the wheelbase on the back of the ownership slip that is always in the glovebox
Power Steering pump:
I took the pump off when doing the timing chain and negelected to take some digital photos; I was rushing because it was bloody cold in the garage
Now it is time to put it back on and the brackets look nothing like the picture in the haynes manual
does anyone have a skecth or picture from the FSM that could be shared with me ?
Now for the confession of the bonehead move of the year
Got the engine buttoned up to the point where I could start it up and time it
no P/S pump or air pump on it yet. I bolted the water pump pully on without the fan so that I could time it without running the risk of chopping my fingers off in the fan blades
I had not really disturbed anything when I changed the timing chain and sprockets and so I figured it would start up.
It did and it seemed happy enough. However, I took my timing light and set the timing per the sticker under the hood; 12 degrees BTDC.
Well - let me tell you - now the thing is running like a SOS - what a head scratcher.
After buggering around with it for a while I shut it off and went in the house in disgust convinced I must have moved the cam and upset both valve and ignition timing.
Yesterday, I went out to it again hoping that I would receive divine intervention and inspiration - which my freinds I do not deserve after all the foul language that I used
As it turns out, I had moved the timing to 12 degress AFTER tdc. Once I sorted that out, the little 318 was putting like a kitten
It is amazing what a 24 degree variance in ignition timing will make
