Home Made Fuel Injector Cleaning Machine

[60dgrzbelow0]

John...(Forced Firebird) If you're out there and following this thread, I remember when you were building your Bench Flow Machine that you were working with either Lexan, Lucite or some other kind of plastic materials in portions of the brackets, etc. I woke up around 3:00 AM this morning (4, if you disregard DST ), thinking about using a long, rectangular block of clear plastic (perhaps 2" square X 14" in length...solid) that I could center drill from one end and then bore, countersink and smooth out the Six (6) properly sized inlet port holes to accept and super-seal the upper "BLUE" O-Ringed ends of the EFIs. Then, all I need to do is thread the long drill hole for brass EFI Cleaning Solution In-Flow Port Fuel Line Fitting...and THAT would solve all my problems of working with difficult metals to get this damned thing built in the simplest way possible. Drilling Bracket Mount holes would be a snap to do as well on either end of this "Clear EFI Cleaner Fuel Rail". Using this kind of stable material would also solve the problem of thermal expansion and contraction, too. The only problem is... I have no idea where I can lay my hands on such an exotic, raw building material.

So again... John ...anybody... "Lurkers"...too... Come on guys... lend a Friend a hand here... Please? ...and tell me where I can find something like this to try out.

[60dgrzbelow0]

Uh Ohhhhhh...That CAN'T Be Good......

Okay...Saturday Morning...A Fresh Start on the last things to do on the Last Version and Build of "The FrankInjector" Machine. I mocked up the Acrylic Drain Lines and after removing all the old sub-piping and re clamping too many S/S clamps than I'd care to count... I went ahead with the re-hosing and attachment of the various high-pressure fuel lines to allow the down flow of the EFI Cleansing Fluid to enter the Brass "T" fitting that feeds the stuff into both of the three port NOS Fuel Blocks holding three EFIs a piece. No Problem! Everything lined up and connected like on Versions One and Two (already proven versions of this machine)... with an appropriate drain angle so the last hose connection in the series that drops the used EFI Cleaner into the Gallon Plastic Receptacle.

It looked "Pretty"...So Very "Pretty"...

But... A Little Problem Raised its UGLY Head!

No sooner had I connected the fuel line coming out of the "Out" side of the Fuel Pressure Gauge to the Brass "T" (which was arguably a lucky event while it was leaking out a steady stream of cleaner) and tightened the clamps... then...Came the Flood!

When I decided to use "The Brass Pipe Inside the Copper Tubing" solution as the means to mate the upper EFIs to the NOS Fuel Blocks... I thought I had the mating tolerances snug enough that the "BLUE" O-Rings on each EFI would seal under any and all pressurized conditions. Ooops. Remember when that cool physicist, Dr. Richard Feynman, showed those Yo-Yos at NASA and Morton Thiokol why the first Space Shuttle blew up? All he needed was a Rubber Band...a Pair of Vice-Grips and Bucket of Ice Water... He clamped the Rubber Band in the Tool and held it up with the other end of the stretchy band to prove he had it squeezed as tightly as possible...then he dunked them both in the Ice Water...Result? Instant Failure... and the reason was because of the thermal considerations of the materials being used ...were NOT considered. This turned out to be exactly what I did...wrong. Here is Feynman...straightening out NASA and THIOKOL...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qAi_9quzUY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghNG-xkbV2M&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8UjQ6yx_Y&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQmmnlsj5F4&feature=related

Move over Captain Ben..and let me take the Helm of the FAIL BOAT for just a while...because this morning I EARNED it. What I did not realize was that after standing "The FrankInjector Machine" in the bright, hot Florida Sunshine...all that metal Brass Piping and Copper Tubing heated up and since expansion is the only thing that happens when things get HOT....Bingo...the interface between the "BLUE" O-Rings and the Copper end pipes got very loose ...very quickly...and all the EFI Cleaning Fluid was POURING out around the top of each EFI...just with a Gravity Feed, too!...and that Little Problem means my idea of doing this has FAILED!

Now there are only three possible things I can do to rectify the problem:

1. Scrap the latest Copper Tube design and try to find some threaded blocks of another kind of metal that I can machine open enough to accept the compressed "BLUE" O-Rings.

2. Try to find some REALLY FAT O-Rings that will compensate for the Thermal Expansion Problem and seal them puppies up high and tight.

3. Abandon the Third Generation FrankInjector Idea...and be satisfied with the design and functionality of the Second Gen version using the GM Fuel Rail...and be done with it.

I'm open to any suggestions here that might salvage all my work on the Third Gen...and if that happens...and potential builders who want to do their build of this device without the necessity of the GM Fuel Rail...will be VERY HAPPY! I'll drop these four attached images at my photobucket site with the other images and videos of better working days on the earlier successful versions:

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

"They Look "Pretty", Colonel... Very "Pretty".... But can they FIGHT?" (Donald Sutherland to Robert Ryan while imitating an incognito General inspecting his "Troops" in the movie "The Dirty Dozen")

[60dgrzbelow0]

The Third Gen "FrankInjector" Machine...Progress!

If your Doctor has you on any kind of "Werdless" Diet... Go here for the latest images taken this evening ... (twenty eight) Digital Images ...

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

For those who don't mind a wade through the verdant and detailed paragraphs for details...Please continue...

Okay Gents... I just finished the design...the mock-up...the fitting and almost 85% of the build on the Newer, Simplified "Third Generation FrankInjector Machine" Fuel Rail today that might interest those with no intentions of trying to find, modify and fit an out-dated and oddly angular GM Fuel Rail from the "Early Days of Yester-Year..." off the 2.8L-3.4L Engines into their own efforts to replicate the construction of their own "FrankInjector Machine".

The difficulty was in finding just the right size final "down pipe" that would allow for the easy introduction of the upper ends of the Rochester Multech EfIs...and still ensure a good seal around the Outside Diameter of the "Blue" EFI O-Rings. A two foot length of standard 1/2" Copper Tubing came to the rescue when a modified 1" length of threaded Brass Pipe is introduced into the top of a 1 1/2" length of this Copper Piping...and then brazed together...it allows for the Brass ends to be permanently screwed into the In-Line Threaded Ports on the two Chromed NOS Fuel Rails supporting three EFIS per Rail...the other end of the copper pipe has a 1/2" free depth to allow the "Blue" O-Ring to slide up inside and fit snugly against the bored out and chamfered Brass Pipe inside. This idea came after spending too much time looking at a bewildering array of Brass Plumbing Fitting Racks this morning at Home Depot. But in the end...Simplicity beats Complexity...Hands Down! Oddly enough (And I SWEAR I didn't consciously plan this) The Mounts of the New Rail when assembled...lined up with existing holes in the Axial Bracket...Perfectly! Oh well..."Even a Blind Hog in the Woods ...Finds an ACORN once in a while..."

What remains for me to do tomorrow morning is the brazing on of the mated Brass Pipe-to-Copper-Sleeve and then to allow them to cool and be dunked into the UMAX Ultrasonic Machine for a good Hot Cleaning to remove any Solder Resin (Rosin?), Dirt and metal filings from their innards. After that... I'll use some ARP Bolt Sealer to finish the job after tightening all six composite brass/copper fittings into their proper places on the New EFI Fuel Rail. I will still have to work on exactly how I'm going to manage to keep all Six (6) EFIS "High and Tight" inside both rails without popping out under the pressure of 43.4 PSI on the EFI Cleaning Fluids. (I'll sleep on that problem...When I can get a dry day outside to set up my work table... I'll turn to on getting the final brazing of these 'plumbing fixtures' and use this latest design to incorporate the "Reverse Flush" Procedures.

All of this work was completed this evening and the Mockup and Construction of the Third Generation FrankInjector Machine is finished! What remains for Saturday Morning is to finish setting up the high pressure Fuel Line connection between the hose coming from the "Out" side of the Fuel Pressure Gauge and into the Brass Barbed "T" connecting the two-three EFI Position NOS Fuel Blocks together. After that, it remains that I have to design a newer and more simplified "Acrylic Drain Down Piping and Fittings" that will accept all of the outflow from the now completely vertically positioned EFIs during their Pressure Cleaning Cycles and drain down from the In-Line hose matrix into a single Acrylic Hose feeding into the Clear Plastic Jug at the Base of the Frame for EFI Cleaner Re-Cycling. Then its just a matter of attaching the adjustable air line toi the Aluminum Pressure Cylnder with a small amount of EFI Cleaning Fluid for Testing Purpose and slowly raising the air pressure to about 50 PSI Max... to test all the fittings and connections on the Rail and the mate ups to the EFIs via the Copper Tubing Adapters for any possible leaks. If the New 3rd Gen FrankInjector passes Muster... then I'll attach the two OTC EFI Testers to their respective two-wire harnesses on either side of both Fuel Blocks, then power up the Modified ATX Power Supply...and with a freshly filled Aluminum Pressure Cylinder topped off with the Binary EFI Cleaning Solution...I'll trigger the two OTCs and we'll see what happens. If the Pressure Cleaning Cycle works out and is safe to continue doing, I'll move on to trying the New Rail out while performing a the Flow Balance Test with All Six (6) Injectors into the 50ml Graduated Test Cylinders. Naturally.. I'll shoot enough videos and images to cover the remaining work areas that can be done over this weekend and post them all to my photo-bucket site.

You might notice that I solved that little problem of how to get the injectors to stay tight inside of the Copper Tubing...without using any Moon Clips... by using small sections of half-split Acrylic Hose and Two S/S Clamps per Injector to act like "Clear Bungee Cord" to hold each side in place. I slid the "Shorty" Acrylic Tubes over the ends of the Copper Tubes spouts and then, after sliding in the "BLUE" O-Ringed Tops of all the EFIs... I used a larger S/S clamp to hold the split open ends after they wrapped around the middle of each EFI and clamped the two together. This did the trick! The Hose and clamps do not interfere either with the Wire Harnesses of the Acrylic Down Drains on each EFI. What a surprise it was to finally figure THAT damned problem out!

Here are a handful of the latest of the many more new images that are posted there now...

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

Oh... And of course... when all is said and done on this latest iteration... I'll plug the EFIs into the New Fuel Rail...UPSIDE DOWN... and try to make them "Reverse Flush", too ...just for drill... I hope the replacement of the original GM Fuel Rail-Manifold with this new rig makes it easier to understand how this machine works and what the benefits of using it might mean for anyone who wants to clean their EFIs more than once every ten years...

[60dgrzbelow0]

The new fuel rail design is complete!

Want the "Jam in the Jelly-Roll" first? Go here for the latest (twenty eight) Digital Images ...

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

For those following the progress of this project wanting more build details ...Please... Read On!

Okay Gents... I just finished the design...the mock-up...the fitting and almost 85% of the build on the Newer, Simplified "Third Generation FrankInjector Machine" Fuel Rail today that might interest those with no intentions of trying to find, modify and fit an out-dated and oddly angular GM Fuel Rail from the "Early Days of Yester-Year..." off the 2.8L-3.4L Engines into their own efforts to replicate the construction of their own "FrankInjector Machine".

Briefly... This set up was simple to envision ...but a stone bitch to find all the "Interior Brass" Doo-Dads that will allow it to feed the EFI Cleaning Fluids into two, In-Line Fuel Rails from a single pressure line coming off the Fuel Pressure Gauge from the Original Set-Up I made on the "Second Generation FrankInjector Machine".

The difficulty was in finding just the right size final "down pipe" that would allow for the easy introduction of the upper ends of the Rochester Multech EfIs...and still ensure a good seal around the Outside Diameter of the "Blue" EFI O-Rings. A two foot length of standard 1/2" Copper Tubing came to the rescue when a modified 1" length of threaded Brass Pipe is introduced into the top of a 1 1/2" length of this Copper Piping...and then brazed together...it allows for the Brass ends to be permanently screwed into the In-Line Threaded Ports on the two Chromed NOS Fuel Rails supporting three EFIS per Rail...the other end of the copper pipe has a 1/2" free depth to allow the "Blue" O-Ring to slide up inside and fit snugly against the bored out and chamfered Brass Pipe inside. This idea came after spending too much time looking at a bewildering array of Brass Plumbing Fitting Racks this morning at Home Depot. But in the end...Simplicity beats Complexity...Hands Down! Oddly enough (And I SWEAR I didn't consciously plan this) The Mounts of the New Rail when assembled...lined up with existing holes in the Axial Bracket...Perfectly! Oh well..."Even a Blind Hog in the Woods ...Finds an ACORN once in a while..."

What remains for me to do tomorrow morning is the brazing on of the mated Brass Pipe-to-Copper-Sleeve and then to allow them to cool and be dunked into the UMAX Ultrasonic Machine for a good Hot Cleaning to remove any Solder Resin (Rosin?), Dirt and metal filings from their innards. After that... I'll use some ARP Bolt Sealer to finish the job after tightening all six composite brass/copper fittings into their proper places on the New EFI Fuel Rail. I will still have to work on exactly how I'm going to manage to keep all Six (6) EFIS "High and Tight" inside both rails without popping out under the pressure of 43.4 PSI on the EFI Cleaning Fluids. (I'll sleep on that problem...)

If anyone is struggling with what kind of Bolt Sealer to use on bolts that either live inside naked water jackets in their various engine blocks... or have been needing a great sealer for that Timing Set Replacement/Cam Cover/Water Pump Replacement Job that has you looking at Blue and Black Tubes of HT RTV and wondering if any of that stuff will really do the work ... THEN JUST KNOW THAT THE ARP BOLT SEALER IS THE SH*T THAT WILL DO THE JOB FOR YOU!

Here again is the link to the latest (twenty-eight) sequential design and construction photos... and more will follow tomorrow when the final portions of this "Third Generation FrankInjector Machine" is put together and running!

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

UPDATE:

As a follow on to the need to be able to "Reverse Flush" the injectors... Pocket-Rocket duly noted that both ends of the Rochester Multech EFIs use the same "Blue" O-Rings to plug the other ends into the LIM and suggested that to do this last and perhaps dubiously necessary procedure, I could simply invert the injectors and stick them back into the Axial Mounted GM Fuel Rail on The FrankInjector ...and have at it. I took his suggestion to the device and gave it a try...but due to the design of the lower section of the EFIS being so much wider...they would not fit ...and so would not work on the Second Generation "FrankInjector" HMFICM (Home Made Fuel Injector Cleaning Machine). So...when I can get a dry day outside to set up my work table... I'll turn to on getting the final brazing of these 'plumbing fixtures' and use this latest design to incorporate the "Reverse Flush" Procedures.

[60dgrzbelow0]

Simplifying the Design of "The FrankInjector"

Okay ... I thought I would get a bit of a jump on the "end-game" portion of this project before I actually dive into the doing of it next week, This idea hearkens back to what Superdave suggested earlier about the "Over-Engineering" aspect of the design and build of this EFI "Kleanser" Device called ..."The FrankInjector".

Occam's Razor suggests that in trying to describe anything..the simplest explanation of any problem (and its solution) is almost 99.9999% correct. So too does that principle follow on in regards to engineering. In many of the things I've had to think up "from scratch" and then build to solve any particular mechanical need, I know that "Real" Engineers would cringe at either how overly sturdy or overly safety-conscious I have been... and in most cases... completely inelegant by their standards. But the simple fact is...that when I set my mind to finding a way to fix something or do something in my own, unconventional way...it stays...fixed...and always works better than it worked (or failed to) before.

But having an open mind amongst so many talented and capable people is the only way we all learn and grow...and so I am re-visiting my design of this machine with an eye towards simplifying its design to the point where I can eliminate the need for having to use the most problematic of its components:

The GM Fuel Rail-Manifold

The next Rail I'm designing will sidestep the need for this cumbersome part of the project and perhaps look less daunting to anyone who eyeballs the images and videos and says to himself, "WTF is THAT Thing???!!!"

I've taken some new photos and measurements of the Rochester Multech Fuel Injector and its dimensional relationships with and inside of the GM Fuel Rail to share with everyone on my photo-bucket with an eye towards how I will accomplish this last part of the project and more images will follow as the parts and pieces needed to make, measure, drill, chamfer, cut, bore, polish or...seal... when they can be obtained, modified and installed. At the very least, you will get the gist of what my thinking is and when soon assembled and functioning... this entire apparatus will make perfect, simplified sense upon being viewed by anyone with even a modicum of mechanical ability. Please find the latest images ...here:

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

[60dgrzbelow0]

THE SUBSTANCE OF THE PM:


Thanks a lot Brad... I know how busy you always are...

I've already excised my original start of this as an Off Topic ( It's already moved over to the Off Topic area of the Main Forum Menu) from the other part of a sub-post that needs to be here...and used it to start another thread called:

Home Made Electroplating: The Benefits and HAZARDS


The parts in this post that need to be attached to the NEW thread and taken out of this one are as follows:

72, 74 AND 76

Thanks for "The Fix"

--==Bob==--

[bszopi]

Just PM me a list of what post numbers you want moved over to a new thread, and I can do it.

[60dgrzbelow0]

There are five new videos and more images on the update to this project here:

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

The update on the design and testing of "The Frankinjector Machine" has achieved the following benchmarks and the need to follow procedures in an "Orders of Operation" manner to make the cleaning process of a full set of EFIs as simple, direct and inexpensive as possible.

The modification of a ATX Computer Power Supply to power either one or both of the OTC EFI Tester Units has mixed results. The power coming off of the Yellow and Black DC lines (12Volts @ 5-10 Amps) is more than adequate to make them function. However, the design limitation for how many EFIs any one OTC Box will properly actuate is one (1) to a maximum of three (3). So in order to be able to clean all six (6) injectors when mounted on both sides of the Fuel Rail...both OTC Units had to be employed.

The discovery that complete submergence of the EFI harness does not cause any short circuits lead me to doing the re-cleaning of a full set of 3.4L Rochester Multech EFIs Model # 17103007 that had already been cleaned Ultrasonically. But THIS time, the cleaning ability of the "Purple Power" Solution at 65C and with a thirty (30) minute Ultrasonic cleaning cycle, made the most dramatic and indispensable difference in improving how much cleaner and better they all came out! It was like night to day! The video of the detritus (the 'mung') that wound up in the bottom of the S/S Umax cleaning bucket will be proof enough that to REALLY get these cleaned properly...the pintle valves MUST be activated while the UMAX is working its magic.

The videos will show more that I can explain about the difference, so watching them will give you a mode of comparison against the earlier videos on the subject:

http://s557.photobucket.com/albums/ss19/60dgrzbelow0/HOMEMADEEFICLEANER/

Last, but not least...is the matter of Reverse Flushing the EFIs using the Axially Mounted Fuel Rail presently installed on the machine. I'll tackle the design and testing issues on this item next week. After that... I'll be running every single EFI set I can get my hands on through their cleaning paces and tag and bag the sets I want to try out on the 3.4L Re-Build Engine when the time comes. I'll be shooting the motor installation and break-in procedures when the time comes for all to see.

[pocket-rocket]

That guy should have said that in his videos, instead of just saying the nickle oxide was toxic...

[60dgrzbelow0]

Well... if that turns out to be the case... I would recommend that those who are serious will not suffer from making regular checks on eBay for the following "Big Three" items that are really the Heart and Soul of "The FrankInjector" EFI Cleaning Machine:

(1) Any GM 2.8L, 3.1L or 3.4L 60* V6 Fuel Rail (preferably with the Injectors and EFI Harness thrown in for good measure)

(2) At least one (1) OTC Fuel Injector Tester...OR ANY OTHER SIMILAR EFI ACTIVATING TESTER WILL DO AS WELL!

(3) Either an Aluminum A/C Pressure Cleaning Cylinder with a threaded-"O" Ring sealed brass upper air nozzle and a lower exit fitting at the base...or follow the thread mentioned earlier that gives credit to the man who first made his in 2001 using a GALVANIZED PLUMBING PIPE WITH FIXTURES as a reasonable and much less expensive alternative.

The rest can be cobbled together fairly easy and when I finally get the completed design of "The Frankinjector" done to my absolute satisfaction, I'll post a FRANKINJECTOR PROJECT PARTS LIST on my photo-bucket for all to access at will.

One Last Caveat Emptor and WARNING (DISCLAIMER) from me, known herein as "60dgrzbelow0" concerning the device, known herein as "The FrankInjector":

Anyone (any person or persons) who either builds or attempts to build or use or attempts to use any parts or uses or prepares any pieces or attempts to prepare any assemblies or any sub-assemblies of what I, "60dgrzbelow0" have described herein as components or sub-components of this device herein referred to in this entire post as "The Frankinjector" does so at his or her or their own risk; without any warranty from me, "60dgrzbelow0" as to either the safety or suitability of building anything either exactly or similar to or even like "The FrankInjector" device in any way, shape or form and said person or persons does so without any warranty from me, "60dgrzbelow0" of any kind; either expressed or implied and without any liability whatsoever to me, "60dgrzbelow0", in any way shape or form whatsoever and shall hold me harmless from lawsuits, liability or litigation for any and all time as to the consequences to life and property of any kind or of any such or said person building or attempting to build or use or employ this said device: "The FrankInjector". By the very act of doing anything listed in this Caveat Emptor Warning and Disclosure, you agree that you understand and will abide by any and all terms listed in this message. This device is not designed to be used indoors...EVER!...and requires the presence of a competent adult user of this device who is capable of properly using a fully functioning ABC Fire Extinguisher and the knowledge of its proper use should the machine be ignited, either intentionally or accidentally and a fire occur and takes full responsibility for taking any and all actions to suppress such fires. This device uses compressed air and flammable materials to function and is therefore not a toy and is not intended for use as a toy nor should it ever be tampered with by any minor children or incompetent adult or adults and should not be used when any or either children or invalid person or elderly persons are in close proximity to the device when in operation and the such person or persons in doing so assumes all risk, risks and liabilities incident to the use of this device thereof. It is therefore understood and agreed that, as a part of the consideration for using or attempting to use this idea and or for building or attempting to build the said device and/or uses or attempts to use any portion of the plans or constructs or any aspect of how this device as is described in this or any other postings or used or to build or to attempt to build this device known as "The FrankInjector", as a condition thereof, no claim, suit, action or demand of any nature whatsoever shall ever be made by any person or persons, his or her successors or assigns, against me, 60dgrzbelow0, as the source of the idea to build or attempt to build this device for injury to any person or persons, including death resulting therefrom, or loss of or damage to property caused by, in connection with or by reason of the construction, building, use or mere presence of this said device: "The FrankInjector".

Now THAT warning ought to scare off any of the squeamish, the stupid, the careless, the thoughtless and the dumb who don't or won't understand the inherent danger involved when you use compressed flammable liquids in the presence of any ignition source... until its too late!

[robertisaar]

I've been thinking that if the new ATX Power Supply makes it through "Trials" on "The Frankinjector" over the next few days...I might stash the second OTC if I don't have to use one for each bank of three injectors and later...put together A Complete "Frankinjector Kit" with all the necessary parts and pieces pre-fabbed and perhaps sell it on eBay for Best Price.

not a bad idea...

and i do think a LOT of people are lurking around, waiting to see what, if anything, goes wrong. something else tells me that a LOT of people are completely confused as to what's going on.

in essence: i think a lot more homebuilt injector cleaners/testers are going to be made soon...

[60dgrzbelow0]

I wish I had the motivation for doing something like this, but with being sick lately, motivation is not a friend of mine :/

How much did that 2nd OTC injector tester run you?

I really like the idea of electroplating that hold down. I had no idea electroplating was that easy

Mr. P-R... Sorry that you are so under the weather... But not to worry...these kinds of project ideas have the wonderful aspect to them of an indefinite (infinite?) 'Shelf-Life' Kind of the like the packs of Twinkies that WALL-E opens up at bedtime for his room mate (the Cockroach) ...so when you get back in the saddle and start feeling better...they'll always be ready for you to try out when you feel up to it... (err..uhh... The IDEAS, I mean......NOT the Twinkies!...LOL)


The Second OTC Tester I just got was being offered for $99.00---> "OBO" on eBay. I made the Seller an offer of $75.00 and lucked out when he accepted.

Here is their latest offering and lowest asking price for an OTC Unit for a "Buy Now" Buyer:


http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/OTC-E...motiveQ5fTools


I've been thinking that if the new ATX Power Supply makes it through "Trials" on "The Frankinjector" over the next few days...I might stash the second OTC if I don't have to use one for each bank of three injectors and later...put together A Complete "Frankinjector Kit" with all the necessary parts and pieces pre-fabbed and perhaps sell it on eBay for Best Price.

But I'm getting ahead of myself... Many people have "peeked" in on what I've been doing here while collaborating with a handful of interested 60* "Big Dogs"... but there does not seem to be a wide-spread interest from others in deciding to build their own version of this useful machine. Perhaps they will want to wait until after I fire up the newly re-built engine (with some detailed videos) ...with a nice set of EFIs that have been through their paces for cleaning on "The Frankinjector" and refurbished to a fair-thee-well before becoming seriously involved. My next design for one of these machines will probably involve using the Galvanized Steel Pipe with a pressure relief valve for safety installed, in place of the Aluminum A/C Pressure Cleaning Cylinder... because THAT item and the OTC items are the most expensive parts to acquire for the build.

Once I get my "Moon Over the Mountain" and finish working and proving out "The Frankinjector"...I'll do my own "Step-By-Step" DIY on the Nickel Plating of the OPD Hold Down Claw...and shoot some B4 and After photos and Videos of the process and post them in a new thread to encourage the safe use of this process on some of our V6 60* engine parts...If I can make it work right!

[pocket-rocket]

i LOVE these DIY threads....

so much raw potential being utilized....

I wish I had the motivation for doing something like this, but with being sick lately, motivation is not a friend of mine :/

How much did that 2nd OTC injector tester run you?

I really like the idea of electroplating that hold down. I had no idea electroplating was that easy

[60dgrzbelow0]

I LOVE these DIY threads....

so much raw potential being utilized....

[robertisaar]

i LOVE these DIY threads....

so much raw potential being utilized....