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Posted by: dinomium Feb 8 2005, 10:16 PM

It seems like it has been YEARS since I had anything of my own to post here!
Yesterday my wonderful wife Christine bought me a shiney new Optima for the Ugmo! I ripped out miles of PO "electrical en GIN ear ing", replaced the points and condenser and "jumped" across the fuel pump relay and turned the key!
IT FREAKING STARTED!!! The sound so foriegn to my ears that it quite frankly startled me!!
I am gaurdedly optimistic about this... I think I will have myself a progress thread!

woo hoo!

Posted by: red914 Feb 8 2005, 10:22 PM

dude! this means we need to track down some powder blue and some orange paint! WOOHOO!!!!

Posted by: red914 Feb 8 2005, 10:24 PM

i predict that when all the kewl kids see the soopersexy side scoop, they are all going to want one!

Posted by: dinomium Feb 8 2005, 10:28 PM

Ya know Shane, you can HAVE the scoop, but you must also take the WING! they are a set!

Posted by: red914 Feb 8 2005, 10:29 PM

if i had the wing, i'd have to get a mullet, too. and while that doesn't really bother me, susan is against it!

Posted by: rhodyguy Feb 9 2005, 03:25 PM

you're half way to california dino.

k

Posted by: dinomium Feb 12 2005, 08:06 PM

Well, did run for a while today. Shane was over to lend a hand. Now I think I am having injector trouble... Need to figure out how to clean the lil suckers!
Search on!!

Posted by: red914 Feb 12 2005, 10:01 PM

it was pretty kewl, listening to ugmo run on, what?, maybe 2 cylinders. i love the muffler, or rather lack of muffler! sounds like this

i proved to dino that i could read a flow chart. just don't let the electrons get near me!

listen to the force, dino; "use the carb, use the carb..."

Posted by: ablose58 Feb 13 2005, 01:08 AM

Kalifornia here ya come dino

Posted by: dinomium Feb 13 2005, 01:17 AM

You must walk before you can run. One cannont run into running! I think we need some testing before the ex OH dust down south, Al...
I think is sounds more like a Huey chopper rather than a machine gun... I was able to get it running on 3 injectors before I called it a night. Also, once again big KUDOS and thanks to Paul "Brad Anders for his great flow charts... So good even Shane could read them
BTW Shane, you forgot yer sidescoop and wing! Maybe you could trade Kevin the wing for his syncrometer!

Posted by: dinomium Feb 13 2005, 01:22 AM

http://members.rennlist.com/pbanders/djetfund.htm for great info on yer Djet!!
Thanks again Brad!

Posted by: ablose58 Feb 13 2005, 01:30 AM

Hey Dino, good to see you are making progress Give me a shout iffin ya need a hand bud! AL

Posted by: dinomium Feb 13 2005, 11:12 AM

Thanks, Al!
Baby stepping my way to the WCC!

Posted by: red914 Feb 13 2005, 11:35 AM

now that ugmo has sprked to life, we need to remove the indignity of that, that, that thing. the side scoop has to go . and we can bury it, unceremoniously , with that most ugly of wings. ugmo deserves so much better, now.

a great time was had listening to a long dormant engine cough to life.

like frankenstein..."live, damn you, live!"

Posted by: dinomium Feb 13 2005, 06:34 PM

I swapped out an injector, and the FI brain and can now say that the UGMO is RUNNING! It starts every time now.
Next project is to mount the new Optima battery in the rear trunk and fix the PO bad wiring. He used speaker wire for everything! Tach, Fuel gauge and radio....

Posted by: red914 Feb 14 2005, 08:35 AM

YAY!!! i only wish i could have been there for that, dino. maybe it runs becasue i wasn't there...

now for some paint... no, wait, other things come first. how did it sound on all 4 cylinders? loud and awesome?

dude!!!

Posted by: dinomium Feb 14 2005, 11:39 AM

This was a great weekend for the Ugmo!! I did get it running and even drove it! Well to the end of the driveway and back. Go to get the battery attached to the trunk!
I dont think I will be ready to run at Bremerton this weekend, but I might be able to show up in the worlds ugliest 914...

Posted by: rhodyguy Feb 14 2005, 01:11 PM

now you're a bungee cord and a day or 2 with a pair of wire crimpers from california.

k

Posted by: ablose58 Feb 15 2005, 05:21 AM

Go, Dino, are you still going to do to ugmo like we discussed ,ie ,animal house

Posted by: dinomium Feb 16 2005, 11:07 AM

That or some other obnoxious paint sceme... If it doesn't make the trip south, I will pull it into the shop and give it a nice Do It yourself Gulf paint job...

Although I do like FLAMES!

Posted by: dinomium Feb 25 2005, 11:53 AM

Ok I hate PO guy!! I know, everybody with a 914 has a PO story (well most of us!) but MINE oh boy. So the gauges are going all wonky, so I suspect a short... I pulled out the speedo and geuss wot I found? SPEAKER WIRE for both ground and hot leads going to ALL three units. Tach wire was just snipped!
Only 59 days to go? Not lookin good right now. Might need to call in some back ups!!!

Posted by: ablose58 Feb 25 2005, 05:58 PM

Go. dino!! I know that you can make it but if you need help give me a shout, AL

Posted by: jones Feb 25 2005, 06:14 PM

My best vibe to UGMO has been projected.

Posted by: dinomium Mar 14 2005, 04:17 PM

We actually had some smoke from the PO wiring behind the dash, no the eflashers on on all the time!
I have the motor running well and is ready for timing and valve adjusting. I got the Battery mounted in the aft trunk, and most of the wiring sorted out.
I DROVE it on a real city street. I had to. Ugmo was blocking the garage and the new Pick up wants it's parking spot...
My wife was very proud that the car moved, stopped and shifted gears just like a real car! Now she wants to buy me a muffler!
HA!
I will post some pix later...

Posted by: red914 Mar 14 2005, 11:18 PM

that's it, dino; the side scoop comes off! UGMO has been reanimated, and no self respecting RUNNING teener deserves a side scoop. at least not that one. the ones on phil's blue V6 looked good. but then they were functional.

off with the scoop!

Posted by: ablose58 Mar 15 2005, 03:22 AM