I decided to give it another try today on FreeBird. After retracing and
rechecking everything I gave it another try. Managed to get the wife to turn
the key while I adjusted the timing. FreeBird still did not want to start. I
re-rechecked the plug wires and found them to be "out of order". I
reconnected the wires up the right way and then, to my shock, FreeBird
started up!!!! Yaaaaaaaaaaaahooooooooooooooooooooo!

I had to replace the following after the fire.

1-fuel lines--not finished yet, but most are done
2-cold start valve-melted
3-ignition wiring harness-melted
4-FI wiring harness-melted
5-most vacuum lines-melted-some with big holes
6-timing scale and grille-melted
7-belt-melted
8-oil pressure switch-toast
9-distributor and hall sender-toast
10-thermo time switch-connector melted
11-engine cover insulation-burnt up-ashes
12-there were more but the list is getting too long. :-)

All these items were melted or destroyed because of the fire. THIS FIRE
HAPPENED BECAUSE OF THE FUEL LINES!!!!!
Is it time to replace yours??????????????

After starting I noticed a very loud tapping around #3 & #4 cylinders. I let
the engine warm up, but the tapping remained very loud. Is this caused from
sitting since June, 98?? This did not do this prior to the fire. Is there
more damage? There is only 64,000 original miles on it.

Special Thanks to: Karl von Salzen, Jim Thompson, and Gary Shea. Because of
them I was able to obtain and get running this old 82 CA Westy which I can't
wait to get on the road. :-)

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Bill
'85 GL [*Magic*Bus*]
'82 Westy [FreeBird] ...cause I'm as free as a bird now...
Big Sky Country                                 ---Ronnie Van Zant
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