Well, I pulled an injector off of the hummer engine, and headed to Phil's current AO. After replacing it, the engine would run- BUT- tons of unburnt fuel spewing out the pipe. Pulled the injector line off, and that went away.
Now for the bad- we checked compression, and there was none. Pulled the injector back out and cranked it- piston, no longer moves.
My theory- injector went bad, filled cylinder with more and more fuel, then the con rod went crap. It must have spun off the crank shaft completely, because it doesn't run all that bad, just like one cylinder isn't firing, not like there is a huge weight imbalance on the crank.
SO----
Tomorrow, I will tow it to MitchG's LZ. I have the engine in a can on the back of the 818, so it's a win win, as long as we can find a way to get it DOWN from there in one piece.
So, calling all SC members, if you have or want to or need to learn how to do an engine swap, we will be asking for assistance tomorrow evening. If we get enough guys on this, we can pull it and put the other engine together at the same time, and drop the new one in. I've been up late all week trying my best to get Phil and his boy back on the road, but I'm still going to pull an all nighter tomorrow if I have to, whatever it takes.
SO, open call to anyone who wants to lend a hand, work on it, or just pass wrenches or liquids.
Let's