White wire, yellow stripe, two wire connector end with single wire, very near brake booster/MC. See page 8-17 of elec/contents section of 89 fsm for precise location diagram drawing. Below/dside of wiper motor.

WHOOO HOOO!!! Done!!! Engine was brought up to full operating temperature and ring seating procedure has been completed.

Now I gotta go put 10 miles on and change the engine oil and filter.

Sunny in Oregon at the end of February? Seems kind of rare.

John B.

Good Job!! Now time to lift those bumpers, already

Photoshop!

HAHAHA!!! I've had that style since 2006. Don't you like it. LOL.

Seriously. I wish I had the welding skills to take care of this. I'll have to team up with someone who does. I'm sure this isn't much work but I don't have a cutting torch, or a welder (um... Yes I do.) I don't know how to weld. I wish I had the time to take a welding class at my local Community College.

Anyone want to help? I can return the favor in other ways.

Okay I put on my 10 miles after breaking in the engine. I also changed the oil immediately after those 10 miles. I drove around last night on surface roads and also took it out on the highway for a total of 30 additional miles on the new oil. I kept a close eye on the temperature and all other gauges. I'm trying to burn up the last of my gasoline from 2009. I'm at less than 1/8th a tank now with stabilizer in it.

What's next, fill it up with fresh gasoline and go to DEQ to see if I can pass the emissions test today. I really want to get my registration renewed. The last time I did that was in 2008 and the tags were good til 2010. Has anyone on this forum ever tried to get Smog tested this soon after an overhaul?

It "shouldn't" be a problem with passing emissions this soon after a rebuild, particularly since you followed FastEddy's procedures. It should be tight enough.

Incidentally, Jay, you will need to clear out your in-box so you can receive private messages. It's apparently full.

John B.

Hmm... Blue Smoke. I got an automatic DEQ failure yesterday. I didn't even get a chance to pull into the testing bay. I was pulled aside and out of line by a very condescending DEQ employee. In it he pointed out that I had blue smoke emitting from my tail pipe. I hadn't even noticed it until I was idling in line for about 15 minutes. The engine runs clean when I'm on the highway and on the surface roads but when I got home from DEQ last night, I let it idle in the drive way for about 10 minutes and Yes, you can easily see blue smoke.

I did some research on the matter and everything I've read has me thinking that it is the valve seals and valve guides on these new cylinder heads. You know I bought these back in 2009 from clear water cylinder heads but I never removed them out of the packaging until January of 2014. I wouldn't have imagined that could cause bad seals and guides but now I'm not so sure.

The blue smoke has disappeared! That's interesting. I've put a little more than 75 miles on the Raider after the engine overhaul and suddenly out of nowhere the engine no longer has blue smoke after idling for 10 minutes or more. I think I can pass DEQ now. I'll be on a business trip this week and I'll try to take care of that this coming Thursday or Friday. I'll let you guys know what's up.