Re: Sonoma Gt #501 Has Been Saved!!! now with pics!! UPDATED!!
IT RUNS!!!!!!!!
so here's what happened....story i got..
1st guy had truck, it started running rough, so he start's throwing parts at it, trying to futally fix it.
list of new parts i found..probaly less than 100 miles on all of them.
1. new cat back factory exhaust.
2. new 02 sensor
3. new fuel filter.
4. new timing chain (yes he was that stupid, read on, it gets better.)
5. new tps sensor.
6. new plugs.
7. new plug wires.
8. COMPLETE NEW FUEL PUMP ASSEMBLY. not just the pump, the WHOLE assembly.
9. pays $400 at napa for a new cpi injector assembly.
at this point he gave up and traded it even up to guy # 2 for a running, driving, beater.
guy #2 ownz a repair facility and is the guy you would NEVER take your car to, hell i wouldn't tell my worst enemy to take his car to this guy!
he trys to get it running to no avial....
truck sits for 1 year outside of his shop. meanwhile the 1st guy asks 2nd guy if he can have the cpi injector back so he can take it back to napa and get his money back
so i come along, and trade a $500 beater that im asking $750 for, that's ready to rust in half
+ $50 cash for a sonoma gt, and a newer sanborn 60 gal. air compressor.
i sold the air compressor on e-bay for $365 on e-bay within a week.
anyways.....i got a used cpi injector from JIMMY for shipping.
YOU ROCK JIMMY!!!!!!!! i owe you one!!! just let me know if you need anything.
put it in and check fuel pressure, 28 psi no higher.
so i bang on tank with rubber hammer, psi droppes to 22 psi, no higher...WTF!!!!
cranked up fp reg, no dice.. install new regulator, same, no dice...
so i had a sneaking suspicion and pulled the bed, to get to the fuel pump, and what do i find???
HE NEVER PUT HOSE CLAMPS ON THE RUBBER PIECE OF HOSE FROM THE FUEL PUMP TO THE HARD LINE IN THE TANK!!
so i put 2 50 cent hose clamps in, and BAM!! 60 psi of fuel pressure.
turn the key and VROOM! fires right up, but has a hell of a lope, and a almost flowmaster 40 series "ting, ta, ting, ting," out the stock exhaust!!
so i think it has a hell of a cam in it.:myclone: :myclone:
i had to go so i never took it off the lift, to drive it, but IT RUNS!!
so to sum it up, this guy is a $1.00 idiot, that could have fixed this truck for a measely dollar.
