Matt and I did some more testing last night as planned. We connected the test light to the proper leads on the sensor, mounted the light inside the cab for optimal viewing and set out to test on the highway, now that we were more within the limits of the law. The EGR on/off solenoid was the first victim. Our theory was that we'd never see the valve open in the garage with the vehicle in neutral no matter how hard we tried. Shortly after getting on I-25, we saw the first flashing and it met our expectation that the valve should be opened by the computer at cruising conditions. We moved the test light to the mix control solenoid on the carburetor, not really knowing what to expect, but from what we read, we knew there should be pulsing involved. Yup, pulsing it was, but we still don't know if it is operating properly, but it does get the signal to do whatever it is supposed to. Nothing left to do now, but raise all sorts of hell in the manner a old pickup truck owner can and should. We probably will get all sorts of street (or farm) cred for parking on the snow bank at the Whole Foods . . . ah the humor.
Oh my gaah . . . did y'all see that!!??!!
Oh yeah and we still had to pass emissions, but knowing that things were apparently doing what they should be after the vacuum "leak" was fixed made us that much more confident. Plus, if it failed this time, we'd know even more than when we started. I took the truck in this morning, waited for 2.2 minutes to get through the line and the truck passed with flying uh . . . emissions. To be exact, HC GPM 2.0396 (4.5 limit), CO GPM 3.298 (45.0 limit), CO2 GPM 535.7429 (no limit), NOx GPM 4.1948 (6.0 limit) so everything was pretty safely within the limits, but two years from now, we might need a catalytic converter. That is if we still have the truck then . . .
The "initial" cost per share of this here fractional ownership truck is $494.68, not too bad. I'll have the mileage report in the near future as soon as I can start tracking it.
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