[T3] cool weather idle hunt

[Daniel Nohejl]

> My brother, I am an FI guy through and through so I can’t even believe I’m about to say this, but those dual Solex carbs are pretty sweet.  :-)


Well, I do have a “doomsday box” which includes everything needed to switch over to dual Solexes, but something always brings me back from the edge. I used to think of better gas mileage as an incentive, but the other day I was looking at owner's manuals and noted a sharp drop in gas mileage from the 1500 (30mpg) to the 1600 (26.4….just like FI). I do worry, though, about the lifespan of FI parts. That failed brain could have been 48 years old!


> If you're willing to send me the brain that failed, I'd like to see 
> if I can find the bad part. I might even be able to replace it, using 
> parts from one of your non-fixable brains that I still have here. I 
> also have more tested-good B brains.


Jim….I’m happy to send you the failed brain. I’m curious to see what happened. Of all the old ones I sent you, I’m pretty sure only one wasn’t able to start the car. I wonder if it’d be possible to compare the two. 

As to whether or not the new brain fixes the warm idle lope, we’ll have to see after I drive for a few days. However, I think it’d be a pretty serious set of coincidences if the warm idle lope (which would eventually stall the engine), the   stalling every time I got off the gas in traffic yesterday, and the death of the ECU were not all related.


Daniel