Hey guys, and gals, just acquired a 1986 300 SDL from Alantbird here on the board. He's in Belen, NM and my wife and I are snowbirds in the Mayhill, NM area, 120 some miles NE of El Paso (we have a 50 acre hobby farm with an on-site wood-fired brick oven pizza restaurant in SW Wisconsin. If anyone wants to work 4.5 months, drive cars on the twisties in the Mississippi River bluff country, let me know, place is for sale). Car runs great, we're at 7200 feet up the Sacramento Mountains and have a few questions on things that need a 'fixin'. It's 1400 miles back and forth, and the fuel mileage was why we bought the car. Our rust-free 1985 Jeep Grand Wagoneer was great for our dogs, but a bit 'spensive to run~!
First, and most important, the heat works only at idle. After searching, I find that the monovalve diaphram is the likely culprit. I've already tried the disconnection of the two-wire plug, no difference. The CCU 'seems' to be working, I can hear the air flow change from upper to lower when I turn the temp thingy, and all the pushbuttons work. So, on the right track?
Also, the car is hard starting when cold outside. I've plugged it in, and, presto, starts right up. However, in milder temps, say, 35 over night, and 50 during the day, it still starts hard cold. I can get it to start, but fuel over-loading creates quite the cloud! Does the car have to be plugged in even in the 35-40 degree overnight temps, have no choice? The ALDA have been disconnected, as well as the EGR.
The sunroof doesn't work, nor do the rear windows, but I have the plastic sliders on order, motors work. Here's a pic!
11-13-2011, 04:35 PM
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