Dave- Vixen is lookiing good...I cant believe that thng is driveable though...i tlooks like it came from the junkyard (reason : parts stripped off) I have to give you praise for takign this as far as you have, and it'll sure be a great thing when it is a completed project... But what will you do when vixen is done?? get another one and restore it? I'm curious to know! Patrick Cowan No Vin On A DMC I drive a Honda Hoping 4 a D ----- Original Message ----- From: Dave Stragand <dave.stragand@xxxx> To: eGroups Digest <dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2000 11:18 AM Subject: [DML] The Resurrection of Vixen Continues... > Hi All, > > I'm anxiously preparing the Vixen for the trip to Cleveland in a couple > of weeks, but I had an engine problem that was driving me nuts. You can > chalk this one up in the "Intermittent Failure" category on the Zen > scale (see http://www.ProjectVixen.com/zen.htm to know what I mean). > > The Problem: > The frequency valve circuit worked intermittently. Some days it worked > just fine, others not at all. My situation was that I currently did not > have an Oxygen sensor attached, as I still need to have the nut welded > onto my exhaust pipe. > > What I Tested: > - There was power from the RPM relay when the engine is running. > - There was constant power from the fuse. > - The relay was functioning correctly. > - The temp. sensor was functioning okay. > - When the full-throttle microswich is triggered, the frequence valve > -did- operate. > > I was under the assumption that the Lambda ECU was shot. I jumped to > the wrong conclusion. Darryl Tinnerstet guessed the correct answer -- a > bad ground wire. It was the one from under the resistors to the engine > block. The wire -looked- just fine, but only worked when I wiggled it. > New connector, and voila! Running fine. Of course, she could probably > use a good tune up, but a running car is a good place to start. > > Ever since I got my brakes hooked up, I've been able to 'drive' the car > around a bit. Pretty strange site to my neighbors, I'm sure. I've > heard the car described as 1) a dune buggy, 2) a Fiero, and 3) a > go-kart. Huh. Well, they aren't "car people" I guess. > > For an untuned, stripped down little car, she sure does get up and go, > though. Of course, I haven't left my street yet, or shifted out of > first, but I can feel quite a bit of pep when those turbos get to > kickin'. > > For anyone interested, I have updated my web site up through Week 30. > Check it out if you'd like. > > That's about it recently. See y'all in Cleveland! > > -Dave Stragand > Vin# 05927 > http://www.ProjectVixen.com > > > > > Before posting messages or replies, see the posting policy rules at: > www.dmcnews.com/Admin/rules.html > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > moderator@xxxx >