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T3: Fool Injection...


Hey, all,
	Got my AT 71 Square started the other day- just shifted into neutral,
cranked a few times, and voila, it runs.  Kinda. On the right side,
anyhow.  Started looking at the non-functioning left bank, and sure
enough, the injector wires had pulled loose.  It was getting dark, so I
brought the injectors home with me, so that I could test 'em.
	One seems to work OK- it clicks, and flows carb cleaner through it when
I pressurize it with a little test rig consisting of a power supply, a
Subaru fuel pump, and a 10 ohm resistor to keep from frying the
injector.   The other one's stuck solid- coil contituity, but no click
and no flow.  So at least one new injector is in my future...
	It got me thinking, though.  I've got some Bosch injectors from a Volvo
142, and they're the same except for a different (I'm guessing larger)
nozzle.  (VW's are marked 'C', Volvo's are marked '3')
	So could the "I need a bigger engine" crowd get away with bigger
injectors?  Bigger injectors and a computer from a car with a bigger
engine?  Volvo injectors and one of those very trick, completely
programmable brains that cost $1200+?  One of these days I'll pull the
brain out of the square and compare it to the 142's.  I can't imagine it
would be interchangable, but maybe adaptable?  If noone else knows, I'll
do some looking into it...  BTW, where is the computer squirreled away
on the Square?
Thinking too much and working too little,
Toby

65 Notch 
71 Auto Square


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