So -- I see you are a mechanic like me: nearly perfect!
--
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 12/29/2007 9:27 AM Vdub Guy wrote:

> OK, just got the Vanagon started. The more complicated this problem got, the more convinced I was that I'd find something really easy/stupid. When I discovered what the problem was, my first thought was to sell the Vanagon, drop off this list, and hope you good people forget who I am, because I am really embarrassed to tell you what it was. I had been thinking over the past couple of days what had I done to the van prior to pulling the injectors? OK, I had changed the ground strap from underneath the relays to the head-easy to miss getting one of the grounds on the head. Thoroughly searched all over the left side of the engine-that wasn't it. This morning I remembered that about a month ago I had pulled the distributor. But, I had driven the van quite a bit since then. What the hell, worth taking a look at. It looks as though I did not tighten the clamp enough around the distributor-it had riden up enough that it was not turning! Pushed it down, tightened the clamp-van fir
ed right
> up. Soooooo, it wasn't the injectors, I didn't fry the ECU (whew!), it wasn't the fuel pump, etc., etc. Several folks had asked if I was getting spark-had I checked that days ago I would have found it. I was too pig-headed to think it was anything but related to the injectors. At least I didn't start slamming the company that cleaned them (WhitchHunter), or I probably would have sold the van and dropped out of sight! Now, I'm heading out to take a drive and see how it runs with clean injectors! Thanks everyone for your help and support.   Jeff (feeling very foolish)