Attn: Ken (kkoncelik@something)

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

Was experimenting on my D with water today, so I decided "what the
heck, as long as I'm flooding with H2O, might as well flood with gas
as well."

With the cold start valve jumped (and the coil unplugged) the engine
will start flooding with gas in a second or so (that's when I started
smelling it). If you're re-keying the ignition -- refilling the
accumulator -- and keep cranking, no telling how much is sloshing
around in there. Use the cold start valve sparingly. If you smell gas,
switch the plugs back. A car runs on vaporized fuel, not liquid. You
could use ether as an alternative (some people don't like it, but I
lived off the stuff until I found out what my starting problem was --
no check valve on my Volvo fuel pump. I still keep a can in the car).
Also make sure your problem isn't electrical. My experience (other
vehicles) has been 99% of car problems are electrical.

If anyone cares at this point, my moisture problem appears to be in
the electrical distributor. Car will start and run with a hose pipe
pouring some water on the resistor and relay (sorry Mr. Hervey) and
coil (can't open it wide or water will splash on the distributor and
eventually kill the car). Same volume on the distributor puts me out
of business. As long as it's not too much H20, can dry out with a heat
gun and experiment some more. It's been a busy afternoon in Bill's
driveway. 

I also discovered the fuel distributor definitely has to come up to
get the cap off (and I've got formed steel fuel lines). Is it too late
to punch a Swede in the nose? (can't punch JZD because his lines were
rubber).

Living the dream...

Bill Robertson
#5939