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Subject:Re: '87 ECU problem resolved
From:Doktor Tim
Date:Tue, 7 Dec 1999 18:34:47 -0800

At 05:56 PM 11/22/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>Hi Volks,
>
>I was the one with the '87 Westy that ran funny (some hesitation,
>power loss). Sent the ECU to Darrell for his magic, got it back,
>things seemed okay, but my FLAM insisted something was still wrong
>because his scope determined eight cylinders.
>
>Rather, his scope said that my ECU was sending signals for an eight
>cylinder engine. Something like that.

>
>Well I recently drove from San Diego to Seattle at 70+, and it ran
>flawlessly. Why, on the passes it almost seemed like it had eight
>cylinders!
>
>Thanks to all who responded. By and large the listmembers were right,
>the mechanic was, well, unright.
>
>Neil Wigley
>

When a mechanic, or anyone else for that matter, tells you what you know to
be empirically false, how many more clues do you need?

T.P. Stephens aka Doktor Tim
Surveyor, Mechanic, Poet, Philosopher
San Juan Island, WA