[Gmecm] Undignified death of a project :P

[Mike V]

Hi Andrew,
Sorry to hear about your loss..
It sucks when non-believers disrespect our sacred
transplant recipients and treat them like mere transportation.
Even if that's what they are.
If that was MY brother I'd give him a wedgie.
MV
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Andrew Gibson" <andrewsharyn at yahoo.com>
To: <gmecm at diy-efi.org>
Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 11:27 PM
Subject: [Gmecm] Undignified death of a project :P


> About 2 years ago I embarked on a project to fuel inject the 250cid 6cyl 
> in my 78 Chev. It involved putting a 2.5L TBI on it with a 7748 ecm. It 
> was started up for the first time in February 2006. It has been very 
> reliable and the only things I have had to do are minor tuning 
> adjustments.
>
>  This year I purchased a newer GMC truck with an auto trans (for my left 
> knee's sake), less rust holes, and A/C. Since I was not driving the '78 
> anymore I gave it to my younger brother because he needed a truck.
>
>  Last week I got a call from him telling me it lost power and died on the 
> freeway. He had it towed to my parent's house. I went over to check it 
> out. Cranking it over just didn't sound right. Had spark and fuel coming 
> out of the injector. No oil in the crankcase. Then another little bit of 
> information came up. It was boiling antifreeze out when it died - 
> overheating.
>
>  I finally got it started at 3/4 throttle. It runs on two cylinders. It's 
> finished. The engine is blown up and it's not worth fixing. What a shame. 
> 6 months of commuting 100 miles a day and he didn't check the oil or watch 
> the guages. Oh well, the cab was about to rust off anyway.
>
>  Anybody want to fuel inject their chev straight 6?
>
>
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