Okay, so any wiring bits associated with high voltage.
--
Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
KG6RCR

On 12/4/2007 9:34 AM Jake de Villiers wrote:

> Plug wires too!
>
> On Dec 4, 2007 9:14 AM, Kim Brennan <kimbrennan@mac.com> wrote:
>
>> spark plugs, distributer cap and coil. Wouldn't hurt to hit the
>> grounding point too. Don't get it on the O2 sensor.
>>
>> On Dec 4, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Michael Elliott wrote:
>>
>>> Where be the best place to spritz the WD-40 when the engine is wet and
>>> cold and doesn't want to spark?
>>>
>>> To answer your question about how the engine ran after started, the
>>> engine
>>> ran fine, with one exception which I think is an unrelated side issue:
>>> When the engine is cold (even 75F cold) it has this odd behavior
>>> where it
>>> doesn't want to continue to idle. Typically, this means that I'll
>>> leave
>>> the house (or school parking lot, or wherever) and trundle along for
>>> two,
>>> three minutes, get to a red light and wait. After about 20 seconds
>>> or so,
>>> the engine kind of "shudders" -- you can feel it in the seat. Then the
>>> rpms start to drop, lower and lower, like the engine is missing. If
>>> unattended, it will die -- although it will start instantly.
>>>
>>> My O2 monitor tells me that the mixture is fine. When I see this do
>>> this
>>> with a timing light, the timing marks starts going spastically all
>>> over
>>> the place.
>>>
>>> Once it gives its warning shudder and the tach starts wobbling
>>> downward, a
>>> slight pressure on the gas pedal to raise the speed to 1,000 rpm or so
>>> suffices to keep it from dying while waiting. After about 5 seconds,
>>> the
>>> engine will suddenly and smoothly rev to about 2,000 rpm.
>>>
>>> Once warm, the engine doesn't do this.
>>>
>>> When I got to the top of the mountain last week, I paused to talk to
>>> the
>>> campground host, discuss which sites were open, whether the water was
>>> turned on, whether the flush toilets had been shut down (they were,
>>> it was
>>> outhouse time for Mr Squirrel), the weather forecast, etc. While
>>> chatting,
>>> the engine slowed and died. It started at a touch of the key.
>>>
>>> After it eventually started that cold, wet morning it didn't want to
>>> idle
>>> long enough for me to pack the wheel levelers I'd just pulled off
>>> of. But
>>> it did re-start immediately.
>>>
>>> Like I say, I don't think this is related. But since you asked....
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>> 71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>> 84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>> 74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>>> KG6RCR
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/4/2007 8:48 AM Jake de Villiers wrote:
>>>
>>>> If it was moisture, take along a can of WD-40 - Water Displacement is
>>>> what it does best.
>>>>
>>>> Some more description of the engine's behaviour when it did finally
>>>> start might be helpful....
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Dec 4, 2007 8:29 AM, Michael Elliott < camping.elliott@gmail.com
>>>> <mailto:camping.elliott@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>    All adventure tales should start with, "So thar I was . . ." This
>>>>    alerts
>>>>    the listener that some old codger is about to embark on a long,
>>>>    rambling,
>>>>    and ultimately pointless tale.
>>>>
>>>>    This alerted, the smart listener knows that it time to leave the
>>>> room,
>>>>    mumbling some excuse about needing to check the mail or get a lung
>>>>    removed.
>>>>
>>>>    But anyways.
>>>>
>>>>    So thar I was last Friday, camping at 6,000 feet in the mountains
>>>>    east of
>>>>    San Diego. We were having a record storm: 40 mph winds, several
>>>>    inches of
>>>>    rain, and lows in the middle 30's (F). By many standards, that
>>>> ain't
>>>>    much
>>>>    of a storm, but around here it's notable.
>>>>
>>>>    Mellow Yellow was parked broadside to the wind and while the
>>>> gusts shook
>>>>    the van, the poptop showed no sign of stress. However, the force
>>>> of the
>>>>    wind pushed water right through the fabric on the weather side.
>>>>    Things got
>>>>    a little damp in the spice rack.
>>>>
>>>>    The rain blew horizontally. All day and all night.
>>>>
>>>>    In the morning, the rain had stopped, but the wind continued.
>>>> Easily
>>>>    Beaufort 7 (moderate gale). I packed up and went to start the
>>>>    engine, but
>>>>    it didn't want to cooperate.
>>>>
>>>>    Cranked and cranked and cranked. But there was no indication of
>>>>    combustion. I paused, thinking, "I don't want to have to call for
>>>>    help! I
>>>>    just want to go home to Mrs Squirrel."
>>>>
>>>>    After waiting a bit, I tried again -- lots of cranking, and
>>>> after a bit
>>>>    the engine caught -- grudgingly, it seemed -- and shortly
>>>> thereafter
>>>>    I was
>>>>    on my way home.
>>>>
>>>>    Here's the thing: I am scheduled to go up that mountain every
>>>> month and
>>>>    spend a couple of nights. December, January, and February. If
>>>> the engine
>>>>    didn't want to start this last time, I worry that it might be
>>>> worse next
>>>>    time. it might not start at all.
>>>>
>>>>    I don't know what the problem was. There was gear covering the
>>>> engine
>>>>    hatch, my fingers were cold, and I didn't have an assistant to
>>>> crank the
>>>>    engine while I checked for spark or other stuff (actually,
>>>> checking for
>>>>    spark is about the limit of my skills, anyway).
>>>>
>>>>    Cold, altitude -- those both cold affect starting, I reckon. I
>>>>    wonder also
>>>>    whether a full day and night of sideways horizontal rain might
>>>> have
>>>>    gotten
>>>>    the ignition parts wet. I don't have enough information to
>>>> hazard a
>>>>    guess.
>>>>
>>>>    So my question is: if you had just had this experience, what
>>>> would you
>>>>    have done? What might you bring along the next time to help get
>>>> the darn
>>>>    engine started, in the snow or rain, with no one to assist?
>>>>
>>>>    --
>>>>    Mike "Rocket J Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>    71 Type 2: the Wonderbus
>>>>    84 Westfalia: Mellow Yellow ("The Electrical Banana")
>>>>    74 Utility Trailer. Ladybug Trailer, Inc., San Juan Capistrano
>>>>    KG6RCR
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jake
>>>> 1984 Vanagon GL
>>>> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
>>>> Crescent Beach, BC
>>>> www.crescentbeachguitar.com <http://www.crescentbeachguitar.com>
>>>> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/
>
>
>
> --
> Jake
> 1984 Vanagon GL
> 1986 Westy Weekender "Dixie"
> Crescent Beach, BC
> www.crescentbeachguitar.com
> http://subyjake.googlepages.com/