nikgurn
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About nikgurn
- Birthday 12/02/1984
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Logan
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Interests
Snowboarding, and well snowboarding
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Occupation
Rep at biotech company (ugh)
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Biography
I am also onto motorsports in general, I like to go fast which is a bad thing, my last car was a old Quattro. It got me into heaps of trouble that i couldn't afford. Now i am driving the Loyale, much harder to speed in.
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92 Loyale Wagon
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1986 Brat w/rich Weber 32/36
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Okay, I'll start there. It looks like carbsunlimited is only 60 for the kit instead of 70. Thanks for your advice, I appreciate it man. -
1986 Brat w/rich Weber 32/36
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Plugs, gas out the exhaust, and the front passenger cv boot is fried. All signs seem to point to running rich. What elevation do you live at? Logan is 4500+ feet and it spends most its time tooling around the mountains. From what I take the weber carb needs attention past 2500 feet. -
1986 Brat w/rich Weber 32/36
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Its rich on the bottom end, so I am thinking a primary jet. Everyone around here wants to sell me a 'kit' that cost $70.00. It hesitates when I take off, and once it is warm wont idle below 1500rpm. It is the stock K731 redline kit, I guess I was hoping somebody could point me in the right direction on the jet, or have a handful laying around that they would part with for a little bit. I suppose I should have been more explicit. Thanks for your help though. -
I have a Weber DGEV on the old brat and would like to go a step leaner than stock (it spends a fair shot of time at 5k feet+.) Does anyone have some spare jets hanging around/be willing to sell me one?
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'86 Brat wont start in the heat!
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Sorry guys, I have been away from the interwebs. The disty was bad. I had put in a A1 Cardone reman one, and well where the wires hook up to charge it, the original replacement was completely different that the new one that I just put in. I am going to guess that is the issue, but this hitachi-nippo thing has me interested. I will have to check into that and see if they're different. If so I'll have to come up with something different. Maybe its time for a Accel coil. -
'86 Brat wont start in the heat!
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
So I got into it a little more last night. It is definitely a spark issue. The coil seems to be doing its job; rotor, cap, etc look good, as do the wires. I put a rebuilt distributor in about 6 weeks ago, is there a chance the ignitor is bad in the distributor? Any other ideas out there? -
'86 Brat wont start in the heat!
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Thanks guys, I was camping for the weekend but I am going to jump back on it today and see if I can't make some headway. I was kinda thinking maybe the coil, but then I had another thought, could it be something with the EGR and all the emissions garbage? I will check the coil first though. -
'86 Brat wont start in the heat!
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
thanks for your input. It cranks, and smells of gas. Pulled the plugs, cranked it and couldn't see any spark. Could be that its broad daylight out though, and I am not so desperate yet to hold on to the plug to find out...but yeah, it has me stumped. All I can think is it is some electrical gremlin upset by the heat, but idk. -
So my Brat has decided that it doesn't like to start in the heat, and I am at a loss as to what it could be. It seems more like a loss of spark than anything. I initially thought vapor lock, but when I dumped some gas down its gullet it did not respond. Could it be the coil? Some sort of temp sensor? I'm at a loss, any advice/suggestions would be extremely appreciated!
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I think my distributor is puking...
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Update: New one is in. Thanks Travis at Car Quest of Logan for a deal on the new disty. -
I think my distributor is puking...
nikgurn replied to nikgurn's topic in Old Gen.: 80's GL/DL/XT/Loyales...
Okay, from poking around the forum I think I have confirmed my suspicions... Now how do I switch it out without screwing the timing? Any suggestions, oh and does anyone have a spare sitting around? Thanks- -
So my tach has started jumping around pretty bad, and from time to time the car will fall on its face when I start rolling. I would be inclined to think it is the distributor giving me issues, but of course if I open the hood to see if it is the culprit the jumping goes away and I can't put my hand on it to check for vibrations (I swear I am going to catch it one of these mornings.) From what I read on the forum it could be the alternator or coil as well? How do I go about checking before I start buying? oh and if it is the disty, how do I get it out and a new one in with out screwing the timing over? (I am sure it is probably in the forums somewhere, I just didn't find it...)Thanks in advance guys-
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Yeah I bought it from my brother; he works at CarQuest and gets a little butt hurt when I purchase parts elsewhere. At least he gets me a decent price. Suppose I will just hold onto it cause I am planning the lift and 2.2 swap this spring/summer (I am going to go carb style, wires hate me.)
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BTW thanks, and Merry Christmas! PS, if anyone has a shorter element and would like to trade for the taller one let PM me.
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Of course. Good thing I checked into that before I put this thing on 200 miles away from my house. hahaha