Cabella Car Company

Having worked our way past the distractions of last week, we moved forward into a week of obstructions.

It's hard to say whether this is an improvement, or another incremental push towards the cliff called F*ck It All. (Pardon my faux French)

That having been said, it is always uplifting just to be out on the farm(s).

Grant has been working on the engine. I was running just fine, right up until it wasn't. Kicking on the power at the ignition switch lights up all of the overly complicated Sniper EFI fuel injection components and also lights up the fuel pump - it's fairly loud, so we were sure the fuel pump was working, but the engine would only run for a few seconds before dying.

This was an unwelcome event, as well as being somewhat perplexing because it had been running just fine before.

Like a wise man once told me, it is prudent to avoid blondes and carburetors. Or maybe I just learned that all by myself. Memory is hazy on that. Anyway, frustration was the Word of the Day.

All symptoms pointed to a fuel delivery problem. Taking a rear-to-front strategy to find and attack the gremlin(s), we verified that the in-tank fuel pump was working, there were no copious leaks/geysers of fuel, and fuel was being received by the fuel pressure regulator. Unfortunately, I had chosen to mount the regulator with rivets.

That was pretty dumb, to be honest.

I'm really just here for comedic effect.

Oh well, it was just two rivets.

Caption: "Hmmmmmmmmm."

I was internally scoffing at the idea that he could find a mechanical problem on such a simple component, but sure enough he proved me wrong.

Again.

Take a close look at the hole in the middle of the component. Can you see the obstruction?

Here's a better view:

While it was nice to have found the problem, it was still very frustrating and disappointing. Frustrating because, well, that's obvious, but it's also a big disappointment to find this kind of sloppiness from Blueprint Engines. Grant is already a bit miffed at me already because he would have much preferred a simple carburetor over the incomprehensible SniperEFI.

That was water under the bridge, though, so we gave it another try.

Same result. 😈😡

Here is some good news, though: there was another obstruction. I found this one halfway down in one of the fuel lines: