Having finally had enough, I caved and took the car in
for a professional diagnosis. The fuel system tested OK,
and there _are_ vacuum leaks that will have to be dealt
with. The most amusing result was that one of my _new_
Beru spark plug wires was open-circuit. (Though I believe
it was a short gap that would fire anyway, a bit. The plug
was not any different-looking than the rest.)
I speculated, and cut open the plug end. The 1K resistor
was open-circuit. I bridged it with a piece of iron wire,
and taped it back together. What a rickety POS now. Still,
the car was running better yesterday after this operation,
more time will tell. No way it'll hold up very long.
So, where do I get _one_ screw-on (machine screw threads,
not wood screw) Beru spark plug connector? Or, barring
that, _one_ new Beru spark plug wire? Really don't want
to part with the cash to get another entire set.
I have some old Bosch connectors, but they're all wood-screw.
(Hmm, I wonder if the Beru has a machine-screw end that I
can see, but that _that_ bit has a wood screw that screws
into the wire itself? Still, it's working now. I'd hate
to take it apart again and make it worse, just trying to
find out that detail.)
-- Jim
I still miss Rusty (Q) He woulda found that.
alt. answer: junkyard/upull
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