A thread to document getting my SVX back up and running

svxfiles · #1 11-05-2013, 01:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncamitzi

wait....it all comes back to me now..... working in your shop...neither one of us able to get the rear drivers side spark plug out..... THAT'S the problem.....

We did not take it out brcause the last person
(if there ever WAS one)
did not put anti-seize on the spark plugs threads and as a result WE believed
that with the spark plug (if id did not break off)
we would have removed a big chunk of the head!

Uncamitzi · #2 11-06-2013, 10:12 AM

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Originally Posted by svxfiles

We did not take it out brcause the last person
(if there ever WAS one)
did not put anti-seize on the spark plugs threads and as a result WE believed
that with the spark plug (if id did not break off)
we would have removed a big chunk of the head!

so... now THAT comes back to me.... I've got a original spark plug in my 1992 SVX with 160,000 miles on it....

yippy

Laser · #3 11-07-2013, 12:21 AM

Is there something wrong with cam/crank sensors from Rock Auto? Because they are about $150~ for either one right now...

The two companies that offer the sensors both have one year warranties...

Seems worth the risk on a secondary vehicle vs $450 or junkyard.

Uncamitzi · #4 11-07-2013, 08:15 PM

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Originally Posted by Laser

Is there something wrong with cam/crank sensors from Rock Auto? Because they are about $150~ for either one right now...

The two companies that offer the sensors both have one year warranties...

Seems worth the risk on a secondary vehicle vs $450 or junkyard.

Prices are all over the board. The jury is still out... My problem could be a wiring problem.

Uncamitzi · #5 02-18-2014, 10:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Uncamitzi

Prices are all over the board. The jury is still out... My problem could be a wiring problem.

And the verdict is wiring problem. Lots of them. Sensors were ok, wiring after 20 some years gets a bit brittle it seems. So now it's running and pretty well. a few lingering problems. Speedometer works until engine (transmission?) warms up and then it just fall to 0. After a stop, as little as a half hour, and it works again for a bit.

The good: sure feels good to be driving it again.

I had hoped to document some of the work I did..but I quit my job, moved into a 24' motorhome and I've been a bit busy fixing it up. I sent the car to a good trustworthy mechanic (he's done a lot of work on various cars of mine here in Salt Lake). So I cheated.