Re: [Amc-list] Wideband-Re: Hornets, not the AMC kind.

[Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx]

That's what I thought and suspected.
Just a rush to press type thing with the magazine articles.
It owuld be nice if they cautioned people about not doing that long term.

--
Mark Price
Morgantown, WV
1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
" I was different before people dared to be different" 

 -------------- Original message ----------------------
From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> My sensor is a Bosch and the instrument is an Innovate
> LM-1.  The sensor is mounted on the downward portion
> of the head pipe a few inches below the manifold.
> 
> You are correct about NOT mounting it on the bottom of
> a pipe where condensation can collect. The istructions
> include a caution about that.  
> 
> One other note. Since my Gremlin has a smog pump I
> have to disconnect it.  So I will try to tune the carb
> in my driveway or with short drives in the
> neigborhood, since long drives without the pump may be
> hard on the catalytic convertor (which is brand new).
> 
> Joe Fulton
> 
> --- Wrambler242@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> > Can I ask a question, well, silly me of course I can
> > ask!
> > Does the instructions detail where to put the bung
> > in the headpipe? And how to properly orient it?
> > I'm just asking, because years ago I saw a tech
> > article on O2 sensors hat said to always orient the
> > O2 so that the bung is at a minimum Vertical,
> > placeing the O2 on its side. Best is to have the O2
> > pointing straight down with the bung horizontal. The
> > reason they gave being that if the O2 points up
> > condensation can lay on the sensor and cook off
> > leaving deposits and eventually faulty readings and
> > or failure.
> >    Time and time again I see magazine articles
> > installing the bungs in the bottom of the pipe and
> > pointing the O2 straight up, in the worst postion. I
> > can only assume that either the article I read is
> > incorrect or the magazines are doing what comes
> > easiest to get the job done.
> >    I took the time to install my bung when I was
> > doing the efi swap and it points the O2 sensor
> > straight down. I put it in the actual collector area
> > where the front and rear sections join, letting it
> > read all 6 six cylinders.
> >    I kind of wonder what the wideband companies have
> > to say about mounting.
> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Mark Price
> > Morgantown, WV
> > 1969 AMC Rambler, 4.0L, EFI, T-5
> > " I was different before people dared to be
> > different" 
> > 
> >  -------------- Original message
> > ----------------------
> > From: JOE FULTON <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > The Blue Angels are in Salinas this weekend for
> > the
> > > airshow last night through Sunday. As many of you
> > > know, the fly FA-18 Hornets.  The Canadian
> > Snowbirds
> > > are here too.  
> > > 
> > > Today was absolutely picture perfect weather.  No
> > > clouds at all and we had that central CA blue sky
> > and
> > > light breeze.  The Blues looked great contrasted
> > > against that sky.  My home is about one mile from
> > the
> > > Salinas Airport so I can see much of the show from
> > my
> > > back yard.  A formation of Hornets over my house
> > at
> > > 800 feet kinda shakes up the cat, though.
> > > 
> > > I changed out the lower door hinge on the Gremlin
> > > today.  It was actually worn so bad that new hinge
> > > bushings still allowed the door to sag and hang on
> > the
> > > latch.  I did it by myself, as I usually do, and
> > it's
> > > a bit of a chore for one person. The replacement
> > hinge
> > > came from a junkyard Gremlin I saw in LA many
> > months
> > > ago.  
> > > 
> > > I have been reading the instructions for my wide
> > band
> > > oxygen sensor and will tune the BBD carb tonight
> > or
> > > tomorrow using that instrument.  I reset the
> > timing to
> > > 10 degrees adv (idle) during the last tank of fuel
> > and
> > > got the mileage up to 13.6 mpg.  The car has a
> > 3.08
> > > axle but I may swap in a 2.73 axle next month. 
> > The
> > > car runs great.  It's just using too much fuel and
> > > cruise.
> > > 
> > > Joe Fulton
> > > Salinas, CA
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