So I was in Pullman, WA this morning in the old CVPI. Had just gotten breakfast and was pulling out of the parking lot. I stabbed the accelerator and *pop* goes the weasel.
I figured out what it was fairly quickly. I unplugged the injector and coilpack for the affected cylinder. I babied to to a mechanics shop and they told me to take it to Ford and have them fix it. But I managed to talk them into unbolting the coil and removing the remnants from the plug hole.
I then drove it 130 miles back home with no spark plug in the number 2 hole. It was loud! It sounded like I had a rod threatening to come out of the block. Everyone was staring as I went by.
It hardly had any power. Did a lot of manual shifting to try to keep it in a range it would make some power in. Some of the hills it was struggling as bad as the semi-trucks loaded with straw and grain.
It got a lot better after I unplugged the MAF half-way home.
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So, Im thinking its time to retire the old girl. What do you guys think?
I looked on ebay for a quick second and I can get a used-once time-sert kit for $300. I figure once I put the insert in I can put it back up for sale and even if I can get $250 for it Im only out $50. I already have a new coil pack and the only thing Ill need is a new spark plug.
But, I don't know if its realistic to fix it.
Otherwise, Im going to strip a bunch of parts off of it and scrap it.
I figured out what it was fairly quickly. I unplugged the injector and coilpack for the affected cylinder. I babied to to a mechanics shop and they told me to take it to Ford and have them fix it. But I managed to talk them into unbolting the coil and removing the remnants from the plug hole.
I then drove it 130 miles back home with no spark plug in the number 2 hole. It was loud! It sounded like I had a rod threatening to come out of the block. Everyone was staring as I went by.
It hardly had any power. Did a lot of manual shifting to try to keep it in a range it would make some power in. Some of the hills it was struggling as bad as the semi-trucks loaded with straw and grain.
It got a lot better after I unplugged the MAF half-way home.
Vine Video
So, Im thinking its time to retire the old girl. What do you guys think?
I looked on ebay for a quick second and I can get a used-once time-sert kit for $300. I figure once I put the insert in I can put it back up for sale and even if I can get $250 for it Im only out $50. I already have a new coil pack and the only thing Ill need is a new spark plug.
But, I don't know if its realistic to fix it.
Otherwise, Im going to strip a bunch of parts off of it and scrap it.