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**Budd Cochran[_2_]** · July 20th 15, 04:29 PM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys

On 7/20/2015 3:53 AM, J. Clarke wrote:
> In article >,
> says...
>>
>> "J. Clarke" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> In article >,
>>> says...
>>>
>>> Look, go be miserable if you want to. You're the one who said you
>>> couldn't use a multimeter and a tach at the same time. When I tell you
>>> where to get a tach for a reasonable price you start whining about
>>> "Renix scanner".
>>>
>>> If it had a carburetor what would you be whining about?
>>>
>>
>> YOU say that I'm miserable ... Gee ... I don't.
>>
>> Rather, I'm ticked off at an organization, the EPA, that liberals have given
>> law-making authority to that is not a part of the legislative body of the US
>> government, Congress, and doesn't even have a true automotive engineer on
>> staff yet has decided they know all there is to know about how an internal
>> combustion process works.
>>
>> But you've probably swallowed their propaganda hook, line and sinker and
>> washed it down with a liberal amount of their kool-aid.
>
> Oh, booh hooh.
>
>> As for handling two items ... ok, smart guy, tell me how you would operate a
>> DVOM while holding an el cheapo tach and controlling the throttle whilst
>> keeping all the test leads away from rapidly (2000+ rpms) rotating
>> assemblies and you are not allowed to ask for help.
>
> By setting both in a secure place where I could see them and routing the
> leads away from the front of the engine. Geez, I thought you were an
> _experienced_ mechanic. If this is _difficult_ for you I begin to
> understand why you couldn't get a mechanicking job.
>
>> And you conveniently forget that I am broke when it comes to your "suggested
>> purchases".
>>
>> Maybe you should buy them for me if you think it's that darn important.
>
> Maybe if you hadn't spent all that money on parts you didn't need that
> didn't fix the problem and had either paid it to a real mechanic or
> gotten the right tools for the job up front then you wouldn't be broke.
>
>> You know nothing of carbureted fuel systems or you wouldn't have made that
>> comment.
>
> You didn't answer the question. If it had a carburetor then how would
> you diagnose it?
>
>> The same symptoms on a carbureted engine could be caused by: Faulty ignition
>> system (did tune-up and replaced ignition coil and ICM)
>
> In other words you shotgunned it instead of finding out what was broken
> first.
>
>> ; contaminated or
>> lack of fuel (checked for foriegn materials like rust or water. replaced
>> pump and filter, cleaned injectors manually);
>
> In other words you shotgunned it instead of figuring out what was broken
> first.
>
>> dirty carburetor passages or
>> low float settings (cleaned throttle body, replaced IAC, and got sprayed by
>> fuel from the schrader valve because I wasn't expecting any pressure after
>> the engine had been turned off for 30 minutes and my arm is a bit over 24"
>> long).
>
> In other words you shotgunned it instead of finding out what was broken
> first,.
>
>> Carbed engines don't have ECM's so that doesn't enter into that diagnosis
>> but since the unit I pulled out had a physically damaged electrolytic
>> capacitor (swollen case) I decided to replace it to see if it was the
>> problem.
>
> I would have replaced the capacitor, not the unit, but that would have
> required you to spend 25 bucks for a soldering iron instead of whatever
> you paid for a new ECU, but that's me. Still, other than that you had
> no indication that the ECU was the problem, so again you shotgunned it
> instead of finding out what was broken and fixing it.
>
>> As for the Renix scanning tool, there are things in this Universe you cannot
>> check or do without the proper tool ... like playing pool with a quart jar
>> of nitroglycerine.
>
> So what specific thing do you want to check for?
>
>> Miserable??? If I were miserable I wouldn't remain sarcastic with you ...
>> I'd just ignore you.
>>
>> And with my Irish/Scottish/Cherokee ancestry, the time to worry is when I
>> get quiet. . . . . . . .
>
> Threats from an old man who admits he doesn't have the means to drive
> across town. I'm sooooooo scared.
>
> However it's clear that your problem is not your Jeep, so gday.
>
>
Actually, the problem is asses like you that have no concept of reality
outside your own little world.

And I don't threaten.

Budd

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