Re: IT RUNS! and lots of questions!

[T Berk <tberk@mindspring.com>]

Jason Arms wrote:
> 
> List,
> 
> Well, after a long wait many of you know i got my '81 S on the 19th of
> August, and dropped it off at the body shop. <snip>
> Tonight... Less than one week after
> getting the bare shell back from the body shop, i got MY engine running!
> sigh, im so proud of myself..pat pat pat...It was sooooooo awsome!  I have a
> few questions though.
> 
> 1)  My car has the wires for a fuel frequency valve, but the airbox/fuel
> distributor i have do not... the car has NO computer of any sorts so do i
> need to even plug this plug into anything?  What happenes if i dont do
> anything?  What happens if i get the right distributor for it and plug it
> in?

You have no O2 sensor? How about points vs electronic Ign?  NO Computer?
 Slap in an early fuel Dist from something that matches an 81 S. 

<snip>
> 3)  When i got the engine running tonight ( no radiator/ coolant/ lots of
> fuel and exaust leaks ;)  I noticed that i could hear the hydrolic lifters
> LIKE MAD!  They were smacking away really bad!  HOw do i quiet them down,
> keep in mind that the engine has sat for about a year, but also has been
> rebuilt and only has approx 4k miles on it.... i think it has an agressive
> cam in it too.. i also HAVE changed the oil and filter.

Argh!! Don't do this. At least get some plain water in there, even if
you just loop the two coolant hoses. Warpage young man, WARPAGE!!! 

As for noisy lifters, if you just started it don't sweat too much, do an
oil change (10w40 for winter?) and see what happens. During the rebuild,
did they replace the oil pump too?

> 4)  The fuel injectors wabble in the seats in the head.  THey were from a
> newer golf so they had the dual seal thing going on.  I put them in my rocco
> in a hydrolic lifter head and they wouldnt go in, so i poped the little
> pieces off the bottom that hold the second seal, and then put them in the
> head, they went all the way in, but kinda are not too steardy... though, it
> did not seem to effect the runnability of the car...?  Ok, thats it for
> now.. thanks~!
> 
> Jason Arms (Essex, VT)

4- Just get new injector seats (they screw into he head and aren't too
expensive) and some new injector orings and it will fit right.

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