[T3] Started after seven years, now what?

[Jacob Adam Schroeder]

Great, thanks Keith.  I certainly don't know what I'm doing, so I generally
prefer to leave things alone.  Maybe in time I will really know how this
stuff works, but at this point, I'm far from it.

Jacob

On Mon, Aug 27, 2012 at 5:12 PM, Keith Park <topnotch at nycap.rr.com> wrote:

> Just to add to Jims "Don't do this", WHERE you put the Lamba sensor and
> what
> kind you use is critical for proper AFR numbers.  The correct place on the
> stock T3 muffler is the upper half of the right end, you need to weld in a
> bung for it and your exhaust system MUST be tight.
>
> But, Jim's right... unless you REALLY know what your doing, and how the
> entire D jet system works... don't touch it.
>
> Keith
>
>
> On 27 Aug 2012 at 8:07, Mike Fisher wrote:
>
> > Clip on an o2 sniffer to your tailpipe and determine your air fuel ratio,
> > but it can only be adjusted at your manifold pressure sensor with a tiny
> > screwdriver.
>
> Don't do this. It's almost never the problem, you have a 99% chance
> of making things worse, and you'll never get it back to where it
> belongs. The D-Jet world is littered with the tampered remains of
> pressure sensors who's owners thought they could make things
> "better." VERY few succeed.
>
> > Also remember that this is 40 year old technology and they don't really
> run
> > good until they are warmed up.
>
> How true.  ;-)
>
> (But I get the impression that his problem is worse than just a poor
> idle....)
>
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