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rhipsher · 01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by Dynomite

You are DAMAN

I am NOT ignoring you....this darn system is so slow tonight I can hardly stand it

I just had a bad day

What you say as a solution I am doing all of that. I just got back from experimenting exactly as you suggested (after spending the last couple hours trying to dry out my cell phone) hot wiring a spare vacuum pump I have and using a long spare roll of vacuum line connected to each secondary.

Do you want to hear how the ole experiment went

Well....The actuators were first installed correctly for the experiment (they were backward before) with the short leg of the shaft "L" facing toward center of engine......(the short leg of the "L" was facing outward before and incorrectly causing the actuator shaft to be angled toward the outside of the engine toward the actuator)......

When I applied a vacuum to either actuator, the first motion of the "L" was toward the center of the engine a bit (toward the direction of the short leg of the "L"). Both actuators moved from that point smoothly pulling the secondary.

Now.....32valveZ if I rotate both actuators back the "wrong way" like they were.....with the short leg of the shaft "L" facing outward and with the resulting greater angle of the shaft........the first motion was outward in the direction of the short leg of the "L" tending to make the angle of the shaft less and that side motion was greater than it was when they were installed correctly with the starting angle of the actuator shaft less.

So....what you are saying 32valveZ is that since these actuator shafts started with a greater side motion when installed incorrectly there is prolly much greater fatigue of the rubber which is suppose to hold the vacuum.

And now if one were to keep those secondary actuators (installed now correctly) the motion of the actuator shaft has now changed considerably and as such would not be reliable especially given the work to replace them involves removal of the plenum and other crapola

Ah! Now what was you question again.

Dynomite · 01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

Ah! Now what was you question again.

My question is.....how do you dry out a cell phone that has been through the wash cycle

rhipsher · 01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by Dynomite

My question is.....how do you dry out a cell phone that has been through the wash cycle

I'm sorry man. I've
had a few to many glasses on red wine tonight. Being silly. I think the cell phone is toast. You outta see how many times it will skip on the water. If it's a razor it should skip nicely.

Dynomite · 01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by rhipsher

I'm sorry man. I've
had a few to many glasses on red wine tonight. Being silly. I think the cell phone is toast. You outta see how many times it will skip on the water. If it's a razor it should skip nicely.

Darn...I should be drinking red wine myself

The cell phone is coming alive....I used a heat gun and it is a bit foggy but my wife suggested I let it sit for a couple days and it might be fine

This is the second time I did this

meaning myself

carter200 · 01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by Dynomite

Darn...This is the second time I did this

meaning myself

Remember to check the pockets before throwing in the machine

Dynomite · 01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by 32valvZ

I went through 11 cans before finding 2 that were perfect.

Really...you went through 11 cans (secondary actuators)? Were they new old stock? I am assuming then that because they possibly were new (old stock) and the fact they have been shelved so long affected there quality?

Or are you saying the secondary actuators had poor quality control in the beginning. Right up there with the quality control of the original installation

01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by Dynomite

Really...you went through 11 cans (secondary actuators)? Were they new old stock? I am assuming then that because they possibly were new (old stock) and the fact they have been shelved so long affected there quality?

Or are you saying the secondary actuators had poor quality control in the beginning. Right up there with the quality control of the original installation

Nope, they are just bad out of the box. I went through the same issue about 6 years ago.

GOLDCYLON · 01-07-2010

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Originally Posted by Jeffvette

Nope, they are just bad out of the box. I went through the same issue about 6 years ago.

WURD !

rhipsher · 01-07-2010

Word to yo mother.

32valvZ · 01-07-2010

I had a good laugh from all the posting! Dynomite, it seems you have a firm grip on the vacuum can issues now!

I'm by no means any kind of expert on the LT5, but I had my "fun" with this issue already! If I can save someone a little headache from my misfortunes, then cool! The issue with the cans for me was not so much the diaphragm not holding vacuum, (which 3 did not), but also the actuator arms weren't pulling in straight when vacuum was applied.

Dynomite, did you call Tom Henry Chevy yet? I think I was able to get my cans for around $70./ea if memory serves me.

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rhipsher Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 2,314	Re: Kinda strange. Word to yo mother.

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32valvZ Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sunshine State Posts: 1,061	Re: Kinda strange. I had a good laugh from all the posting! Dynomite, it seems you have a firm grip on the vacuum can issues now! I'm by no means any kind of expert on the LT5, but I had my "fun" with this issue already! If I can save someone a little headache from my misfortunes, then cool! The issue with the cans for me was not so much the diaphragm not holding vacuum, (which 3 did not), but also the actuator arms weren't pulling in straight when vacuum was applied. Dynomite, did you call Tom Henry Chevy yet? I think I was able to get my cans for around $70./ea if memory serves me.