Issues Sorted (Repost for the day shift)

"Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness" (long-voyager-2nd-edition) 04/22/2019 at 00:10 • Filed to: wrenching

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After some prodding Thursday when I got to work, I found the culprit for my random running/coughing issues on the van. I had a broken wire in one of the engine-body plugs.

So after work Friday, my Grandpa came over, and we set out to fix it. I cut the plug off my old motor and we set off splicing it in:

Got each connection soldered, then wrapped with heat shrink. With that done I put the loom back on and retaped everything:

With everything connected I finished putting everything back together:

Took it for a run around, issues solved!

So after running it around this weekend, all seems sorted. I still need to get the AC fixed ( Just needs a charge ) and I should have an alignment done, but those are minor right now.

The 3.3L lacks low end torque severely over the 3.8L that I had and mating it to the 3.8L’s longer geared trans only makes the issue feel even worse. It works quite nicely for cruising, managing to be quieter than the old motor, while seeming to net better fuel economy. WOT performance seems about equal, it just lacks low-mid punch and needs to downshift more often.

Thanks: O.C. the Tork Dorque for the new camera, used it for these shots, works great!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/22/2019 at 07:37

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well done!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/22/2019 at 07:37

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well done!

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > pip bip - choose Corrour 04/22/2019 at 07:48

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Twice!

SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/22/2019 at 08:13

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He spoke for me.

Future Heap Owner > Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness 04/22/2019 at 14:00

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Nice work!

How did you figure out the wire in the plug was broken?

Long_Voyager, Now With More Caravanny Goodness > Future Heap Owner 04/22/2019 at 16:05

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I noticed the random running issue would come and go hitting bumps, so I started wiggling connections under the hood with it running. When I grabbed that one it died. I wiggled it again to get it running, then went through each wire one by one until I found the one that made it die. That wire happened to have an odd kink in it, which is where it was broken/losing connection.