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Fungal's latest activity

  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    OK... so that huge plug arrived that I bought off of Ebay. Holy smokes... what an absolute unit this thing is. The plug itself weighs...
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    cool... found this bougie-looking plug on Ebay, amidst all the rotten/broken/corroded/clapped-out milsurp ones: I'm going to run a...
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    All the fuel leaks have been fixed (after replacing the injector and the injector line). Still won't start. BTW, does anybody know...
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    I didn't bleed the line yet, but I will now. I'm also replacing that metal injector line... it's still wanting to leak just a bit...
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    Once I pulled out that pin, the actuator armed moved freely... and it's doing much better. It's almost starting... you can tell it...
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    OK... more incremental progress. Removed the old injector: Side-by-side with the new one: And no leaks once installed...
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    Yeah... I bought an OEM one, rather than ChinaMart. When tolerances matter, you don't go Chicom.
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    Yeah... that was my thought too. Somebody has cranked on that before. It's a cheap part. I'm probably better off just replacing it.
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    Found the leak. Here's the injector, side-view: And here's the leak point (circled in red):
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    Interesting... explained like that, it makes perfect sense.
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    The injectors I see online seem to have a gasket associated with them. https://www.ebay.com/itm/155770281975
  • Fungal
    Fungal replied to the thread Obscure question, MEP-831A.
    So we are making progress! Received my replacement starter/solenoid assembly from Ebay, and promptly set about removing the old one. It...
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