Thursday, July 20, 2017

Coeur d’Alene Casino, 7/20


Bob Arrives.

I was siting in the hotel room around 11:00, reading a book, waiting for Bob to show up.

The house phone rang. It was Bill saying that Bob was here and was waiting at my van.

A Short Discussion.

We sat down at Bob’s van and we talked over the symptoms my van was exhibiting.
After talking it over for a short time we decided that we had  plan of attack.

Loose Exhaust Pipe.

First Bob wanted to do a good inspection of the TBI installation and van’s engine in general.
While he was under the van he noticed that the exhaust pipe was very loose at the manifold.
I crawled under the van and tightened the nuts. One of the nuts had worked it’s way almost to the end of the bolt. The interesting thing is that I tightened that nut up before we left home because it was almost off the bolt. I will have to get another nut so I can double nut it.

I tightened the nut as much as I could  but the tail pipe was still wobbly. We decided that it needed another hanger.

Bob theorized that the loose exhaust was causing the O2 sensor to give a false reading.

We started the van and it still had the check engine light.

The Map Sensor.

Bob’s van has the same MAP sensor so the next thing we did was to swap sensors.
When we started the engine with Bob’s sensor on it, the check engine light was out and the engine ran smooth.
AHA!!
I knew that damn sensor was bad.

The Napa store.

I got directions from Bill, how to get to the Napa Store in Rockland.
Then off Bob and I went in my van with Bob’s MAP sensor installed.
The van ran smooth and had good power.
We got to the Napa store and showed the guy behind the counter the part and gave him as much information as we had including a part number that was in the TBI manual. He looked on the computer and couldn’t find the part.
Eventually he pulled out one of his older parts book. In this older book he came up with a picture of the part and a part number that worked.
He checked the computer and said there was one sensor in Spokane.
I asked if he would order the part and he did.
It is supposed to be at his store after 8:00 tomorrow morning.

I also bought a tailpipe hanger to fix the wobbly tailpipe.

Back at the Casino.

We headed back to the casino. The van was running so good I was almost giddy. I just hope it lasts.

When we got back to the casino, Bob had to fix something to eat.
I left him and told him that he could use our shower and Wi-Fi.
I went back to our room and hung out until Bob showed up.
After BS’ing for a short time I headed to the casino to find Patti and some lunch.
I found Patti at the video Blackjack table and we went in search of Shirley and Bill. After a short search we found them.
We asked them if the were ready to eat some lunch and they were so we went to a small snack bar where we could get sandwiches, etc.
After lunch we realized that it was already 4:00. We decided that, that would have to be our supper.

After eating, I went with Patti back to the Blackjack table where she played for just a short time. We went back to our room where I took a short nap.

Tail Pipe

After my nap, I went to the van to try and install the Pipe hanger.

I needed to borrow a bolt from Bob to connect the hanger to the cross frame. We found a nut and bolt in his bag of nuts and bolts.
Unfortunately the bolt was metric and I don’t have any metric tools with me. Some of the threads on the bolt were bad so I wasn’t able to tighten it up all the way.
I’ll pick a nut and bolt for that up tomorrow when I get the sensor

While I was working to get the hanger installed, I noticed that the Muffler was rotating around the tail pipe so I will need to get a new muffler at some point. It should be okay for a while with the new hanger holding things up.

Back at the Room.

Bob and I went back to the room and sat around shooting the breeze until he eventually headed back to his van.

After he left, I started this post so I guess that pretty much brings us up to the minute.

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