WE HAVE IGNITION...

[juliemac57 at hotmail.com (Julie Macfarlane)]

WOW! Congrats!
You sounded a pretty depressed the other day. I am glad you kept on.
Now you can park with Ben and I  :)



Julie Macfarlane
1981 MKI 2L 16v w 2Y
"For good health : EAT RICE!"
Amsterdam NY





>From: Ron Pieper <rapieper@yahoo.com>
>To: scirocco-l@scirocco.org, Al Malventano <amalventano@sc.rr.com>,  Brian 
>McGarvey <brianm@earendel.org>, Ben Harder <vwtype53@yahoo.com>,  Dan Bubb 
><jdbubb@ix.netcom.com>, Anson Clement <ansonivan@hotmail.com>,  Josh Conner 
><joshuaa.conner@verizonwireless.com>
>Subject: WE HAVE IGNITION...
>Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 12:55:34 -0800 (PST)
>
>IT RUNS.
>
>Well, it starts and idles anyway.  My now long-term project (MkI, 2.0L 16V 
>w/ Megasquirt) took a
>major step forward today - had the day off so I finally wired up a few more 
>sensors, drilled and
>tapped for a manifold vacuum tap, screwed some plugs in and fired her up.  
>Kicked over almost on
>the first crank, but huge vacuum leaks through unplugged ports prevented 
>that.  After remedying
>that with electrical tape, a quick twist of the dizz, a press of the 
>button, a puff of smoke and
>...braa-aa-aa-aap... the normally sedate neigbhorhood is filled with the 
>happy sound of a long
>dormant 9A happily outgassing through open pipes.  Music, I tell ya, 
>schweeeeet music.
>
>But...no coolant, so off it goes, have to wire up coolant temp sender, rig 
>up a fast idle solenoid
>(I have a CIS thermostatically controlled one, but nowhere to mount it), 
>and an O2 sensor.
>
>Then the head comes off to find out why the oil leak.  And the wacky 
>compression test results.
>Shite.
>
>But, hey, as they say in Ireland, happy days!
>
>Whew.
>
>Ron
>
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