We went to Bonnaroo, a three day concert in Tennesse. I think we both realized that we're not in our 20s anymore and three days of living with portapotties and no showers is really a beat down. On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 8:41 PM, singlecabboy <sealingwaxred@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > Who did you go see ? > > Paul Smith > Transporters@The Point 8 > October 7,8 and 9 ,2011 > Morgan's Point Resort Texas > > > --- On *Tue, 9/27/11, Cari Smith <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx>* wrote: > > > From: Cari Smith <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] Re: t@p pain and jeapordy > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, September 27, 2011, 8:18 PM > > > rob, > thanks, we will look at the points, We went through an 8 hour traffic jam > at this "great" concert we went to... and from what I hear the heat could > have warped them. Sure that the wires to the plugs are correct.... we > already screwed that up earlier in the summer. Will let you know what we > find. Thanks master buster. > > On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 4:33 PM, > <wuzmop@xxxxxxx<http://us.mc804.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=wuzmop@xxxxxxx> > > wrote: > > Plug wires routed wrong! Points are also VERY important, but have no > bearing on the compression, so the comp test wouldn't tell you that. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Biggestdaddyo > <biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc804.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=biggestdaddyo@xxxxxxxxx> > > > To: tcb > <tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc804.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Tue, Sep 27, 2011 9:01 am > Subject: [tcb] Re: t@p pain and jeapordy > > This seems to have "vacuum leak" written all over it. I would check the > nuts/bolts on the entire intake system for tightness. > *From:* Cari Smith > <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc804.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx> > > > *To:* > tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx<http://us.mc804.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > *Sent:* Monday, September 26, 2011 5:51 PM > *Subject:* [tcb] t@p pain and jeapordy > > The other Paul Smith and I have worked to get the bus back to road worthy > shape in time for T@P <http://us.mc804.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=T@P>, > but we are getting down to the wie. Here's our problem. We have a fuel/air > mix problem that we can't seem to kick. Symptoms are a bus that does not > idle correctly and Paul has to 3-foot it at all stops. That's one on the > clutch, one on the brake, and one on the gas to keep us from stalling. The > first and easiest answer is to adjust the idle. The screw does nothing and > based on our Muir book, we cleaned the carb. Now will hold a fairly steady > idle , but it's too low. When you engage the transmission it dies. Or when > you rev the throttle, on the way back down to idle it goes too low and > dies. So far we have: cleaned carb with carb cleaner, cleaned air filter, > replaced fuel pump and rod, replace valve cover gasket (unrelated), replaced > spark plugs, checked timing, run compression test... all is good. The only > thing we havent replaced is points, but I surely would have thought fouled > points would show up in the compression test. > > Any words of wisdom, we're caught between takinging it to a mechanic down > the street for God knows how much moolah, or skipping Transporters > altogether, which really means we would still come in our pontiac and just > camp in a tent. > > Help! > Cari smith > > > >