Hi All-
Well, for the past few WEEKS, I've had a no start. I tried everything that I could think of, including the No Start Procedure on GNTTYPE (Well, partially). Finally, my schedule at work and the lack of time to troubleshoot the car led to me having the car towed to a mechanic.
I had checked the car, and I was getting spark when I turned it over, but no fuel pressure. I stuck the +12V on the Hotwire relay to the fuel pump to the trigger to turn on the fuel pump (Walbro 307), and it turned on, and I got fuel pressure. This made me think it was the injectors to some extent, but I don't have the tools/time to fix it.
So I told the mechanic about the things that I had checked on the car, and he of course ignored me, because I'm 19 years old and obviously could not understand a SFI engine .
This was last Friday. On wensenday (sp?) I got a call back saying it was definitly the fuel pump. I argued this saying that I was getting fuel pressure at the Schrader Valve, but they managed to convince me otherwise. So the price was going to be $200 for an AC Delco or $300 for a Holley (200 l/hr). I've never read anything about Holley's in TR's, and I thought that the guy was screwing me as far as the cost, so I got him to agree that I could supply my own fuel pump. Ramchargers cost me ~$130 for a Walbro 340. Turns out they were trying to screw me for the fuel pump .
Anyways, new fuel pump on the way, the car was promised to me on Friday (Today). So I call them up to see if the car is ready, and guess what? They hotwired the relay and they got pressure! Who'da thunk it?
So it turns out that they is no injector pulse to open the injectors. They said that it was probably the part that sits under the coil pack (Forgive me, I can't recall the part name).
Later that evening I talked to a guy I know that has an 86 and a lot of TR knowledge. He told me that he spoke with an engineer on the GN motor, and he was told that this part underneith the coil pack has a relay in it that goes bad every 80000 miles or so. I'm about to roll 160,000 so I think this relay might be the fault.
Has anyone ever heard of this mystery relay? Or even know the part I am speaking of? Also, I have a Walbro 307 in the car right now, but I need to drop the tank this winter (It has a JB Weld patch), and replace it, so should I use the Walbro 340 that i bought, or should I return in to Ramchargers? I need this car running! I have to move from South Carolina to New York in three weeks!
Thanks as always for your help everyone.
Well, for the past few WEEKS, I've had a no start. I tried everything that I could think of, including the No Start Procedure on GNTTYPE (Well, partially). Finally, my schedule at work and the lack of time to troubleshoot the car led to me having the car towed to a mechanic.
I had checked the car, and I was getting spark when I turned it over, but no fuel pressure. I stuck the +12V on the Hotwire relay to the fuel pump to the trigger to turn on the fuel pump (Walbro 307), and it turned on, and I got fuel pressure. This made me think it was the injectors to some extent, but I don't have the tools/time to fix it.
So I told the mechanic about the things that I had checked on the car, and he of course ignored me, because I'm 19 years old and obviously could not understand a SFI engine .
This was last Friday. On wensenday (sp?) I got a call back saying it was definitly the fuel pump. I argued this saying that I was getting fuel pressure at the Schrader Valve, but they managed to convince me otherwise. So the price was going to be $200 for an AC Delco or $300 for a Holley (200 l/hr). I've never read anything about Holley's in TR's, and I thought that the guy was screwing me as far as the cost, so I got him to agree that I could supply my own fuel pump. Ramchargers cost me ~$130 for a Walbro 340. Turns out they were trying to screw me for the fuel pump .
Anyways, new fuel pump on the way, the car was promised to me on Friday (Today). So I call them up to see if the car is ready, and guess what? They hotwired the relay and they got pressure! Who'da thunk it?
So it turns out that they is no injector pulse to open the injectors. They said that it was probably the part that sits under the coil pack (Forgive me, I can't recall the part name).
Later that evening I talked to a guy I know that has an 86 and a lot of TR knowledge. He told me that he spoke with an engineer on the GN motor, and he was told that this part underneith the coil pack has a relay in it that goes bad every 80000 miles or so. I'm about to roll 160,000 so I think this relay might be the fault.
Has anyone ever heard of this mystery relay? Or even know the part I am speaking of? Also, I have a Walbro 307 in the car right now, but I need to drop the tank this winter (It has a JB Weld patch), and replace it, so should I use the Walbro 340 that i bought, or should I return in to Ramchargers? I need this car running! I have to move from South Carolina to New York in three weeks!
Thanks as always for your help everyone.