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**J. Clarke[_5_]** · July 19th 15, 09:21 AM posted to rec.autos.makers.jeep+willys

In article >,
says...
>
> On 7/18/2015 4:57 PM, J. Clarke wrote:
> > In article >,
> > says...
> >>
> >> Funny you should ask ... I are one (small engines to heavy equipment,
> >> including diesels), but I've not been able to keep up with these
> >> computerized injection systems due to working other jobs and because I
> >> didn't go to one of the diploma mills like WyoTech (my middle son went to Wyo
> >> @ Laramie and was constantly calling home to learn how to do things his
> >> "instructor" couldn't do)... and I am 68 years old, you see.
> >>
> >> Oh, and being on fixed income I can't afford the $100+ /hour diagnostic fees
> >> IF they have the right scanner (currently $1500+ US to buy if they can find
> >> one) for an OBD1 (no retained codes) system.
> >>
> >> The symptoms, if it a carbureted engine, are like gasoline contaminated with
> >> water but the first thing I did was put in two cans of HEET (alcohol) at a
> >> fill up from a trusted station (where I've got my gas for years) so water
> >> isn't likely and a settling test (a small amount pumped into a glass
> >> container by the fuel pump and set aside for an hour) shows no water or
> >> foriegn material.
> >
> > Have you managed to find out what isn't working, specifically?
> >
> Well, obviously not if I'm wanting to sell it and if you had read my
> posts more carefully you wouldn't have asked because it would also have
> been obvious that I would have fixed/replaced the defective item.
>
> It's a bit hard to be in two places at once, ya know.

So how _ever_ did you get by before you had a computer to tell you scan
codes?

> For example: I can't be watching the tach for an RPM drop while also
> reading a voltmeter connected to the ignition module (my wife is not
> mechanically inclined along with being on O2 24/7 and I do not have any
> available help in my neighborhood).
>
> Or reading a fuel pressure tester (as if I have one!) when checking RPM
> drops on the tach.
>
> Get the idea????

Yeah, the idea I get is that you seem awful short of tools for someone
claiming to be a trained mechanic. Harbor Freight will sell you a
multimeter with tach for 35 bucks and a fuel pressure tester for 20
bucks. I find it strange that an experienced mechanic would shotgun the
problem to the tune of 1500 bucks without spending a hundred or so on
the tools to do a proper diagnosis.

> Now. I would appreciate it if everyone would engage brain before asking
> more questions of this type.
>
> You want more info? Read previous postings about the 89 XtremeJunker by
> me ... it's all there.

Where? Google can't find it either in the main search or in Groups.

> As for what is not working "specifically", how about "the whole
> dangblasted Renix system"?

So which is it, is it an OBD1 system or is it a Renix system? And when
you say "the whole blasted system" do you mean that there is no signal
on _any_ of the engine control wiring?