Nice!! So you don't feel too bad... I ran out of gas on a boat in the middle of the lake St. Claire at dusk. Got towed in by a sailboat 🤷🏽♂️ Turns out the fuel gauge was off by a 1/4 tank.
Haha, yep, been there, done that. My bike doesn't have a fuel gauge and the odometer quit working, so I fill it based on a guess of how many miles I've ridden. Sometimes my guesses aren't too accurate. I now keep keep one of those fuel containers for backpacking in the saddlebags. Figure that's enough to get me to a gas station anyway.
Very educational and entertaining video series 😁 i will be tackling a Sniper EFI install on a 66 Dodge Coronet this week. This video has eased some of my fears .👍
After I installed my Fitech I never let it go below 1/4 tank. When I installed my Tanks inc. Fuel pump I got the "fuel slosh tray" orientated in a way the float makes contact with it🤦♂️ so the guage never goes below 1/4
That’s quite the adventure you had lol .. An I’m actually trying to get the tv cable set right on my truck right now .. I either get it so it shifts to early or to late having trouble finding that sweet spot so it shift correctly.. it was all good but this fall I had unhooked it as I had taken I take off an all due to putting a new performance cam in it .. since all back together now I can’t get the damn tv cable set anyway maybe you have suggestion
I haven't done a video on it yet, but there are lots out there. Just make sure you are setting it with the throttle wide open and the cable should be tight with no slack when at rest. Hope that helps
Good stuff. Looks you're going to have a bit of fun with the Fitech. Keep an eye out for a gas station instead of the rear view mirror until the you get the gauge fixed.
I'm sorry you had to suffer through that thing.. I wish I would have found you earlier. I would have warned you. Their tech department is terrible to deal with as they talk to like you are a complete moron. It took me a year to get them to pull their heads out and actually pay attention. They ended up replacing the entire unit with a different version. That one was good for about a week then it pulled some different stuff, but it's livable. My customer is not real happy but what can we do. The definition of insanity is what this is about. As far as the IAC steps are concerned, it's a basic idle adjustment on the linkage itself and then a complete reset every time you make adjustments. If it dies and wont start, there is a default file that you will have to find in the hand held, that should be included in the options as a list. Also, I had good luck with mileage and such by manipulating the ranges and min/max for each target AF ratio. Good luck. I hope you can get is sorted. Oh, and yes...fuel in the tank is important as it pulls a bunch and returns a large volume so it can run a tank dry in the loop.
Happens to the best of us, My Mom came outside years ago as we were having trouble starting one of my Chevelles, She was right, I was out of gas. Sounds like it was a well worth swap. Hope you get Dale back out soon.
I'm glad it was an easy fix, though I think I'd drop the tank back down and work out a baffle system to keep more fuel around the pump when the level in the tank is that low. It may not be much of an issue if you never let yourself get below a 1/4 tank, but there's always that one that will drive until the fuel light comes on. I did the same thing the first time i got Ethyl moving under her own power. I hadn't been off our property yet, but sure as I was as far away from the house as I could get, the engine died and would not restart. That first five gallons never lasts as long as you think it should when there is no gas gauge. Lol!
A baffle system or some sort of a reserve can setup for the sock/pump like i've seen some other efi setups. I priced up the efi tanks and they are wicked pricy!
@@OldeCarrGuy I know what you mean. The only inexpensive way that comes to mind would be to take the stock tank and cut a hole in the bottom below where the pump sits. Then weld a baffle system to that piece that was cut out, and then weld it back in place on the bottom of the tank. Basically, you'd remove the piece of tank floor to do the baffle work, then reinstall it. Of course, now that the tank has gas in it, there is a lot more that would have to be done to do this safely. When I put EFI on Ethyl for the first time, I was using an aluminum boat tank for fuel. It didn't have baffles and the fuel system was a return style with an externally mounted pump. I found, much like you did, that the returning fuel was pushing gas away from the pickup sock as the level in the tank got lower. The tank was about 40 gallons and given the shape, I could effectively use about 27 gallons before I began having issues. It was an early twin TBI "Crossfire" system, so it was wonky anyway, but if I had decided to try to make it work better, I would have ended up relocating the return line to a different position in the tank.
Love it, seems like it runs great! you may want to look into a square body EFI gas tank. there’s an internal baffle to keep the pump from starving when fuel is low, off camber or during braking 👍
ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-AynXoLjYrKc.html I remember I once ran outta gas a few blocks away from the house while driving home in the ol square body also (none working gas gauge ) .. I called my lady to bring me some gas ⛽️ she was probably 40 / 45 minutes away ... I told her I’d wait (while waiting ) my sons friend drove by and his Ford pickup offering to pull me home ... guess what I told him ?? NAH IM GOOD You know them millennials he probably would’ve posted a picture on the inter webs 🕸 and what not I wasn’t taking a chance .... anyway my lady ended up showing up with the gas ol Chevy fired right up !
I once spent an undisclosed embarrassing amount of time trouble shooting a mud truck only to discover it was in fact out of fuel. I feel your pain. 🤣 Was a seriously entertaining video Jason. Bravo!
