engine and drivetrain the '74tii is broken .....

[ray_]

I like Redszus. He rebuilt mine, In 1987.

 

http://www.precisionautoresearch.com/PERF_ENGINEERING_SRVCS/PAR9.htm

 

Cheers,

[lilmo]

Has Le checked cylinder compression? 

[OriginalOwner]

I doubt compression was checked.  His troubleshooting clearly indicated a "fuel delivery" problem from the KF.

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

[PaulTWinterton]

Wes Ingram in the Pacific Northwest is also a mechanical fuel injection specialist. And a great guy. He has an amazing shop in NW Washington: http://www.wesingram.com/

[cda951]

Hi Carl,

 

Sorry to hear about the setback.

 

If it were my engine, I would definitely take a good hard look at the oil supply to the injection pump. 

 

However, I would first drain the remaining engine oil into a clean pan for inspection and cut apart the oil filter to check for debris, along with sending out a sample of the oil to Blackstone Labs or similar. They will likely be able to tell if there is a "normal" level of metallic debris in the oil from engine break-in, or if it is excessive.

 

There may be foreign debris in the oil system, either from the KF pump failure or from elsewhere and it took out the KF pump.

 

It would be very odd for an injection pump to randomly seize up without a definite cause.

 

If the oil system is clean, I would pull the spark plugs and crank over the engine while observing flow from the KF pump oil feed hose.

 

Good luck, and I hope it gets sorted in a timely manner. My KF pump is still residing with Gus at Pacific Fuel Injection (he does excellent work), awaiting a rebuild for "normal" reasons.

 

Chris

Edited April 30, 2015 by cda951

[OriginalOwner]

Roger, Thanks Much for the oil check insight and info !!

 

Cheers, 

 

Carl

[ndog]

sorry carl hope you get it running proper soon.

[OriginalOwner]

Friday 22 May 2015 update .....

 

just got the word from Le Tran:  the KF has been rebuilt and he now has it in his possession !!  He's thinking to have it up and running next week, and hopefully trade-back for the Green Loaner next Thursday !!

 

 

Cheers,

 

Carl

Edited May 22, 2015 by OriginalOwner

[JohnS]

Good to hear.  I bet it will run really good Carl

[KenH]

Did you get an idea of what happened to it ?

 

Ken

[OriginalOwner]

Yes indeed, I expect the '74tii to be running even better than before ..... and it was running quite fantastic before the KF left go.

 

I've no knowledge of "why" it broke.  If Fairchild told Le, that info hasn't been passed to me yet.

 

Cheers,

 

Carl