I went camping with one of my old crews from high school. I've always wanted to take a 240 camping, so I loaded up with all sorts of gear and headed up to Shabbona.
Damn, is I-39 is boring!
Overall, the trip was great. It was nice to catch up with old friends, and relax outdoors. Moose, on the other hand, was not having the greatest time of his life. Cruise control was working intermittently and rapidly loosing speed. This was always a small issue, but it finally kicked the dust on this trip. Then I also noticed an extreme lack of power (even for an NA 240) when leaving from a stop. I hadn't thought much about the buzzing noise I was experiencing under load, but I think I've finally realized that the in-tank fuel pump is bad. If that's the case, then the buzzing is the main pump cavitating. Oh well. Time to get working and spending again!
Luckily, the cruise control issue was resolved very easily. The system was cobbled up when we bought the car, but I never really bothered to do anything about it. It seems that somebody didn't have the correct vacuum tees so they made do with what they had. Some lines were sized incorrectly not only for the cruise module, but for the adapters they were using as well. This caused a bad vacuum leak and a starved module. I wish I took the 5 minutes to fix it BEFORE my trip, but ?‍
Much better! Yes, I need to clean this engine.
Damn, is I-39 is boring!
Overall, the trip was great. It was nice to catch up with old friends, and relax outdoors. Moose, on the other hand, was not having the greatest time of his life. Cruise control was working intermittently and rapidly loosing speed. This was always a small issue, but it finally kicked the dust on this trip. Then I also noticed an extreme lack of power (even for an NA 240) when leaving from a stop. I hadn't thought much about the buzzing noise I was experiencing under load, but I think I've finally realized that the in-tank fuel pump is bad. If that's the case, then the buzzing is the main pump cavitating. Oh well. Time to get working and spending again!
Luckily, the cruise control issue was resolved very easily. The system was cobbled up when we bought the car, but I never really bothered to do anything about it. It seems that somebody didn't have the correct vacuum tees so they made do with what they had. Some lines were sized incorrectly not only for the cruise module, but for the adapters they were using as well. This caused a bad vacuum leak and a starved module. I wish I took the 5 minutes to fix it BEFORE my trip, but ?‍
Much better! Yes, I need to clean this engine.