I thought I was funny. You too!

Karl Wolz
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> On Jul 2, 2014, at 4:06 PM, Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> Funny how some people miss a joke when they see it.
> 
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
> Bend, Ore.
> 
>> On 07/02/2014 03:54 PM, SDF ( aka ;jim lahey' - Scott ) wrote:
>> there is a device already that is an 'engine running indicator.'
>> 
>> it's call a 'tachometer.'
>> 
>> and if you've ever ridden or driven in a really really loud environment..
>> such as lined up to race with 20 other reving 2 stoke race bikes ( where
>> you can only actually tell your own engine is running by feeling the
>> vibrations of it ) you can imagine how useful a tach is for this purpose.
>> 
>> additonally ..
>> warning lights will be on if key is on but engine isn't running.
>> 
>> we could/should all try this ....just to make sure the fuel pump will
>> always stop if the engine stalls...
>> with engine running, foot on brake, let the clutch out until the engine
>> is stalled..
>> you should NOT hear the fuel pump continue to run ..it's a safety feature.
>> 
>> I have one modified 2.1 ECU that runs the fuel pump any time the key is
>> on....'taint right.
>> 
>> all fuel pump cirucits are designed so if engine stalls, like in a crash
>> ...fuel pump will not run.
>> a few cars even have an inertia switch ,that when pumped hard enough
>> will stop the electric fuel pump.
>> some use the alternator signal to keep the pump running,
>> our vanagons use ignition pulse to keep the ecu informed that the engine
>> is actually running.   If the ecu doesn't see that...
>>   fuel pump signal is turned off.
>> 
>> 
>>> On 7/2/2014 11:09 AM, Steven Johnson wrote:
>>> God help you (especially your hearing) if you can't tell the engine is
>>> running...
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 2:05 PM, Roy Nicholl <RNicholl@nbnet.nb.ca> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Could we put a gate in that lamp circuit so it flashes only every couple
>>>> of hundred cycles (revolutions) to avoid a pandemic of seizures of old
>>>> farts driving Veedubs?
>>>> 
>>>>> On 02-Jul-2014, at 17:21, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Good, good. How about this: it triggers a lamp every time the engine
>>>>> passes TDC. An "engine running" indicator?
>>>>> 
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
>>>>> 1984 Westfalia, auto trans,
>>>>> Bend, Ore.
>>>>>