[tcb] Re: t@p pain and jeapordy

  • From: Cari Smith <cariandpaul@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 05:59:46 -0500

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
>
>
>
>

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