Re: Volvo 7.4 MPI timing
An Attaboy for Funtimes. Not too many guys know the pin jumping trick. I'm afraid to tell people that here for fear they'll cross the wrong pins then blame me for burning the boat down. Dave R obviously knew what he was doing though, that helps a bunch.
Remember Funboy, all the attaboys you build up can be wiped out with one "Awcrap" thereby leaving you at zero. Me I'm in negative attaboys, maybe I'll get into positive territory before I finally kick the carb cleaner bucket
I hear you Walt and your right, any advice we can give out over the internet should be as careful and accurate as you possibly can be in order to help provide the best information that you are comfortable with giving in hopes that the people reading and using the advice is comfortable knowing how to preform such tasks. The last thing we want to do here is make something worse then it already is.
Yes even though I've known this trick for years, I've personally never had done it as I've always had the tools to do it the safer way. That said, i'm not the only one on the internet that has provided this information in the past as there have been a few other guys on various boating forums that have mentioned this step in the past including this very forum that was provided by one of the most trusted iboats member that even took the time by posting a document of how to proceed with this step if you don't have the correct tools that I had mentioned before telling him to jump A & B. Here is the link of how you could jump A & B if interested.
http://forums.iboats.com/volvo-pent...-5-0gi-pefs-tbi-timing-adjustment-473979.html
I gave him the two options and it becomes up to him of how he wants to go about performing it at his own risk. Most people are aware of the risk involved, they just hope the person giving the information is telling them correct procedures.
I'm not 100% sure why you feel that your in the negative attaboys, you provide some really helpful advice. Just keep in mind that there is no way we can all provide 100% accurate information all of the time over the internet as it is very difficult to pinpoint an exact cause of why something is doing something that is out of normal characteristics without being there to see it first hand.
All we can do is read the info provided and either ask some more questions that may lead to a solution or give suggestions of what it may or may not be and ultimately hope that the poster will come back and say it was this that was wrong the whole time.
Trust me Walt when I say our iboats team members both new and old truly appreciate the time spent by both you and others providing any additional advice you may have to offer. We all offer something in are own way and we gain something from it even if the advice seems to be on track or not with the information provided by the original poster.
And of course for the most part, it's now in our human nature to let someone know if they are too far out of line or not especially over the internet for all to see. So yes unfortunately that may come up from time to time just as long as it's done respectfully. Especially here on iboats.
