[Gmecm] Undignified death of a project :P

[Steve Ravet]

Andrew, sorry about your loss.  It doesn't have to be a complete loss,
though, the memory of your project can be enshrined on the wiki page so
that others contemplating a straight 6 conversion can benefit from what
you learned.  Please think about writing up an article/howto and posting
it.

I agree with Mike -- your brother probably needs a super-double wedgie.

--steve 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org 
> [mailto:gmecm-bounces at diy-efi.org] On Behalf Of Andrew Gibson
> Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 10:28 PM
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> 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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