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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 12:31 PM
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find a +12v source with the switch on engine off. put that to the pump. a test light is an inexpensive way to find these wires.

crit, in a previous post he mentioned how the engine would bog when trying to rev the engine from idle. but i think it was that if he pumped it alittle while trying it would rev up. making me think it's an off idle issue and maybe in the ap or transition.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 12:38 PM
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Originally Posted by rxtasy3
find a +12v source with the switch on engine off. put that to the pump. a test light is an inexpensive way to find these wires.

crit, in a previous post he mentioned how the engine would bog when trying to rev the engine from idle. but i think it was that if he pumped it alittle while trying it would rev up. making me think it's an off idle issue and maybe in the ap or transition.
I'm not gonna worry about hardwiring the pump, I'm not keeping the shell the motor is in. The motor is moving over to the red 12A car, so it's already hardwired.

Yea. If I open the throttle from idle, it stalls, but if I give it a couple short bursts, then open it, it's fine...

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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 12:52 PM
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Then you've got a problem with your progression or transition circuit (two names for the same thing). If you can take it off again, it may be worth a good cleaning. You'll likely find clogged passages that are drilled into the primary bores and enter JUST above the throttle plates when they're fully closed. As they're cracked open, they'll expose these holes to the vacuum on the back side. I'd expect to find a clog in that passage.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 01:37 PM
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Originally Posted by Crit
Then you've got a problem with your progression or transition circuit (two names for the same thing). If you can take it off again, it may be worth a good cleaning. You'll likely find clogged passages that are drilled into the primary bores and enter JUST above the throttle plates when they're fully closed. As they're cracked open, they'll expose these holes to the vacuum on the back side. I'd expect to find a clog in that passage.
So I should take it off and blast it with some carb cleaner?

Sounds easy enough. I'll try tomorrow morning before work.

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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 02:37 PM
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a hand full of good relays, some fuses, and a headlight motor connection, and the car should be my daily again.

(oh and lower splash gaurd too)
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 03:07 PM
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Don't forget to look up those Logicon bulbs and get them ordered. Not hard, but a pain in the ***. I searched here briefly and couldn't find the part number. I've seen it suggested that you try an auto parts place and that you try Radio Shack. Just take a bulb in there with you and see if you can find something. If you do, by all means POST IT and let us know what part number you used.

Also, when you reinstall the Logicon there will be more than one 3-pin connector to choose from when powering it up. One's correct, the other's wrong. Also make sure the two bullet connectors at the very, very bottom of the dash, headed into the center console, are NOT plugged into each other. For automatic cars, they power a bulb down there. In your car, they power a black cloud of smoke that comes from your dimmer!
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 03:46 PM
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Rock Auto has the logicon bulbs for $0.30 each in packs of 10 (that's $3.00 for 10 for the mathematically challenged).



http://www.rockauto.com/catalog/raframecatalog.php

Part numbers: #09421330, 09442445, 9421330, W3W

Order today Chris and they'll be here for next weekend. You may want some help putting that logicon in, it's an Unfriendly Electrical Component (UEC).

Crit, Chris doesn't need to worry about his dimmer switch, I already fried it.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 04:05 PM
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Cruising around the mountains, trying not to get back to Atlanta before dark!
Crit was right. I was up in the Blue Ridge Mountains driving around. Jeremy and I didn't get back into Georgia, near the Jefferson area until after 7:30PM Sunday evening. Sorry I missed the excitement with SPII. I would have loved to have been there and helped. Plus the bonus of Cathy's Cajun Cookin.

Tim from the Xroads was with us. He brought some good homebrew, which was similar to Blue Moon. He was hoping some of the OGTA guys could have made it. We had a blast.

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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 04:38 PM
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being in the middle of all the action, i had the choices of either driving the twisties or getting greasy. i chose the grease.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 04:41 PM
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For what it's worth, Ray, that's not a logicon bulb in your pic. It'll be a grain-of-wheat bulb with long, exposed wires on the end.

Now that I've had a moment to look, that's a regular 194 bulb, like what's used to light up the ash tray and rotary ***** for the HVAC. The Logicon bulbs are MUCH smaller and very different. Rock Auto doesn't list any bulbs for the Logicon - perhaps the dealers have them.

-= Edit =- I just got off the phone with Mike at Sutherlin. There are two part numbers that may be that bulb - the diagram's unclear and actually calls for 5 of one part number, and 1 of the other. Diagram shows 5x FA5576196 and 1x FA5566195. They're around $4-$5 bucks each from the dealer, but they CAN still get them. Chris, I'll check some of the bound parts manuals I have, which are often clearer than the scans that the dealer works from. Either way, a few of those should have the logicon working great.

On second thought, one of those may be for bulbs, and the other would be the orange rubber condom that came on some of them. Who knows.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 09:15 PM
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Well I looked online and found out the standard 12V GOW bulb is 3.7mm in diameter, and used for model trains often, but since it's a 12V bulb, and 3.7mm, I was going to try to use a 3mm 12V LED instead. I found a set of 100 bulbs for $40, but I'd have to bundle and sell Logicon sets out to make back some of that money.
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Old Oct 26, 2009 | 11:41 PM
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is this logicon something that controls something in the car? if so, is these bulbs keeping it from doing what it's supposed to do?
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 12:28 AM
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Logicon is the HVAC controller for S3 GSL and GSL-SE cars. It's an automatic switch setup. The bulbs don't keep it from working, though you don't know where the Logicon is set to blow air without it. It's only an issue because he's got it removed from the car, know it has a blown bulb or two, and it's a pain in the *** to do later. Might as well get bulbs this week to make it easy to service next weekend.
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 09:24 AM
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oooooohhhh, heat a air controls. well why didn't he just say so. logicon sounds like some sort of electronic controller for the engine or something. i figured it used the same type bulbs that illuminates other stuff like the instrument cluster, etc. so this special bulb is what lights up behind the push botton for a/c or fresh/recirculate like i have? but wait, mine's not a gsl or se.

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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 03:00 PM
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Congrats on #3000 Michael!

OK I took one of the bulbs into Autozone today and matched it up with a Sylvania 2721 (the fan and heater ***** also use those lights Chris, you will need to get two more for those; also note, the Sylvania bulbs are made in Germany, whereas a lot of those "wheat bulbs" you find in packs of 50 or 100 are made in China, might be a quality issue here, which you don't want with a logicon that takes all day to remove and replace).



The problem is autozone wants $5.00 plus tax for two lights, WAY too much money!

So a google search will give you this, which lists several sources, most for under $1.00 a bulb (and one at $0.37):

http://www.google.com/products?q=syl...ed=0CCMQrQQwAw

But if all else fails you can get what you need at the autozone right here in Jefferson for about $20.
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 03:28 PM
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Anyone want to buy a gray dash pad with semi-perfect vents for an FC?
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 04:28 PM
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Hey Ray, don't forget that he needs the long exposed wire leads so he can wrap them around the base and make his own contacts. They don't pop into holders.
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Old Oct 27, 2009 | 10:22 PM
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OH! By the way, guys, Jefferey's no longer exists!


It is now 'Twisted Tavern'....
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 02:20 AM
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My friend told me that he was going to sell the place. Apparently he knows Jefferey because he hangs out at the one in Braselton and that's where Jefferey goes to drink.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 08:27 AM
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We need to tell Kent, then, so he can edit the first page for the newcomers. Twisted Tavern Tuesdays.... sounds like a wet tee shirt gimmick.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:24 AM
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Got it. I'll change the 1st post and put the new name in bold so people don't get confused.

It's a shame that I didn't ever get to make it to a real Jeffery's OGTA meet.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:50 AM
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I'm going to go to Radioshack, I went to the same autozone you went to Ray, and I don't think you brought the right bulb with you because they had NOTHING like it.
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 10:51 AM
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.... sounds like a wet tee shirt gimmick.
And? I for one don't oppose this idea

I am going to try to make it out Tuesday, which should be a done deal, but I won't be in my 7
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 11:01 AM
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As for Jefferey's having changed hands..( and names ), I wonder if all of the employees are still there? Maybe the service will improve. :-P
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Old Oct 28, 2009 | 12:19 PM
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And? I for one don't oppose this idea

I am going to try to make it out Tuesday, which should be a done deal, but I won't be in my 7
Hey Donnie, can you bring my flywheel stopper if you come down? We may need it soon for Chris' cracked flywheel.
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