It's nothing to keep us off the road but it's all things we should
look into before heading to BC.
Here are the problems we are having:
1. Backfiring on deceleration
2. Squealing rear brake
3. Clanking noise coming from the front driver side
4. Loss of power compared to when we left.
So we headed to Napa and Canadian Tire and ran a few tests. First off
we (OK just Francis. I just read to him from the Muir book) changed
the oil filter. Then we checked the timing using a newly acquired
strobe light. Seems better now but she still backfires. We also
checked the sparkplugs (fine) and ran a compression test (passed with
flying colours).
We think there might be an exhaust leak so we will look for that and
patch it up later when everything's cooled down. It might fix the
backfire.
As for the brakes and front noise we're going to have to wait because
we can't take the wheels off.
We also think the loss of power might be due to the high altitude.
So more on that later. The plan for tonight is to watch UFC (not my
choice. Haha). Francis needs a tostesterone-filled break. I guess
being cooped up with a woman for over a week does that to you. :)
2 comments:
Well.. hope Lucy has a speedy recovery and that Francis enjoyed the fighting tonight.
xo to you both.
It's a good thing it isn't Allan & I out there with Lucy. There would be two of us reading the instructions and no one to actually do the job. Ah!Ah! Allan says we would have to be looking to book our flights home.... Hope there is no major problem with Lucy and you can keep on trucking!
tante Lucie & uncle Allan xxoo
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