| Atoms' Gremlins again- [message #310804] |
Wed, 23 November 2016 14:52  |
Atom Ant
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Registered: October 2016
Location: Austin, TX
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Hey all-
did a good 6 hours of wiring yesterday. coach started right up, so I think we're good!
at least for now-
because I keep finding these things
can someone help me with this little prize?
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h252/adammetzger/WTF1.jpg
this is black wire stripped at end, green wire with male bullet type connection passing through stripped black wire end, then taped.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h252/adammetzger/wtf2.jpg
as I pulled on it to see where it ended, this came up from. It was simply dangling down the side of the valve cover.
It obviously has a plug, but any ideas where it goes? to a ground no doubt. does anyone recognize the black harness assembly? it looks to come from the compressor?
I spent a good amount if time opening looms to inspect yesterday. There is a loom into the engine area at the top front right of the engine, looking down from the top. it splits across the top of the engine to the left, going to the alternator, and another bundle of wires goes to the rear, along the right top of the engine, near the right valve cover.
one of these looms was in really bad shape, like it had melted from either engine heat or fire.
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h252/adammetzger/wtf3.jpg
could straight engine heat do this? the wires inside seemed okay, if not a bit worse for the wear-
http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h252/adammetzger/wtf4.jpg
I replaced all the loom in the engine compartment, and will keep an eye on it.
1976 Palm Beach
Austin, TX
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| Re: Atoms' Gremlins again- [message #310815 is a reply to message #310804] |
Wed, 23 November 2016 16:36  |
Atom Ant
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Thanks, Y'all. I'll look into the choke pipe.
birds eye view of the engine compartment, this loom runs down the right side of the engine, on top, between the carb and the valve cover on the right.
is there a engine schematic that describes pipes, tubes and lines the way the electrical schematic does? I'd loove to have a better idea of what I'm looking at.
I'm gonna get good at this, dammit.
1976 Palm Beach
Austin, TX
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| Re: Atoms' Gremlins again- [message #310880 is a reply to message #310815] |
Thu, 24 November 2016 16:31 |
Ken Burton
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Location: Hebron, Indiana
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Get that loom up off of the intake manifold. Especially right where the loom goes by the carb. There is a very hot exhaust crossover that goes under the carb. It gets hot enough at times to burn the paint off of the intake and will definitely melt the wire loom if it touches the intake in that area. Use a couple of cable clamps mounted by the valve cover bolts to raise that loom up off of the intake in that area.
Checking the stove pipe gasket, as previously suggested here, is also a good recommendation. That blown gasket is what started my engine fire 7 years ago.
Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana
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