Noob jumpin in the deep end

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Noob jumpin in the deep end

Reply #15 – January 20, 2007, 12:26:49 PM

Quote from: Ether947;124300

What part of Alabama are you from?

Birmingham area. Actually, grew up in LA (Lower Alabama), down in Washington County. Now, I live in Shelby County.

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Reply #16 – February 22, 2007, 08:56:01 AM

Update:

Replaced the TPS, and nope, that wasn't it. Get a little better throttle response now when it's running right, but still got that nagging surge on light throttle. I may pull the kick panel today and see if the original EEC is still there, and get the numbers off it while I'm there. After my alternator, speedo cluster, OE stereo and a few other things in the dash mysteriously died during the long-block installation, this could prove to be an interesting find. If it ain't the original EEC, then that will be proof positive the dealer hooked up the battery backward, ate the cost of the EEC, and tried to hide the reason for the failures in a car with no engine in it. The digital camera will be close at hand when I pull the kick panel off, for sure.

Isn't there a date code embedded in the model numbers for the EEC's? Anything newer than 11/86 in there, and a dealer's got some big troubles coming.

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Reply #17 – February 22, 2007, 04:35:30 PM

Try disconnecting and plugging the vacuum hose to the EGR.

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Reply #18 – February 26, 2007, 02:33:12 AM

I actually thought about doing the same thing I did to the F-150 while hunting vacuum leaks. I cut the side out of a soup can, and just capped off the EGR for a while. It won't hurt anything except the highway mileage a little. It isn't being driven on the highway much for now anyway. It's still got the original ECT and ACT sensors too. Would be willing to bet the ACT is covered in gunk. Was on the F-150. Didn't really change the way the F-150 ran (had a very serious vacuum leak at the plenum). Just gave me a warm fuzzy knowing it had a new one. MAP sensor's still original too. Not real sure how those things work, but gotta be a diaphragm involved in there some where. I know the one on my F-150 is actually a frequency output. Is it the same on the MAP for the '86 Bird? Some of the info I've seen suggests an buttstuffog signal from the MAP. I have a vacuum pump I can test it with, so I may do that too.