Hi Art,

Your story of having a special torque wrench for a Chrysler products is not surprising.
I found out some years ago that only on the left side of early Chrysler vehicles put left hand threaded lugs nut on the wheels.
Their thought was the wheels rotated to the left and they could unscrew themselves.
Imagine being in a hurry to change your tire and forgetting which side of the car you are on. Now that was truly man made chaos.
I wonder if they could have made up two different size lug nuts so one would have to have a tool with double socket end for each side of the car too? Wait, there is the cross arm lug wrench? Nah! The engineers wouldn't have gone that nuts? Someone else came up with sanity for that tool.

Yes, the spring lost its temper from getting too tired or fatigued.
Since most small springs of this type are made at room temperature using a process of "cold working" in the stresses to induce memory.
I doubt the oil in the transmission gets hot enough to rearrange grain structure of the metal.
At the same token, a metal with this memory capability, that is worked continuously cold enough times will submit over time. There are cycle limits to most everything. I'm amazed at cam valve springs cycles but that is a different steel and cost.

Thanks for the compliment and Yes, I was indeed lucky that I found a spring that was nearly the same diameters including the wire.
Both had a little off shading by having some darkness to it. The new one was actually a little longer than the original of less than 5/8" worn.
Apparently, Laycock used a rather common "off the shelf" spring. A good engineer!
The ones in the earlier Laycocks had a call out of 3/4" minimum, so I Gambled, that this new one was not that long and the old one wasn't either new. Got to put it together either way?

I thought I was on to something when I tried to stretch the original spring longer and it did stretch with a quite hard of a pull.
I thought I might get away with that lame trick.
Right away after I squeezed it several times, it shrunk back to almost where it was when I started playing with it. Ah ha, Fatigued!


As far as the injector cleaning tool, it is a homemade affair also. It look nothing like a tool, with your part numbers, that I found on a search.

I don't remember for sure how he came to have it or how much he used it. I think he said he played with a little bit with some cleaner but if the patterns changed it was hard to tell.
He had mixed feelings how good or what it was good for, so if I wanted it, I got it.
Now I wonder how bad my engines would have to run before I would use it too! I have never, ever cleaned or replaced any injector yet. I do have spares for all my cars, so, up on the shelf it has set!

He had steel lid compartment boxes with electrical terminals, injection fittings and "o" rings too! Not sure what all they fit, if even Volvo's.
It was the cabinets that I liked so he made me a deal to take it all because some of it in there, he said, he wouldn't wish on his best friend! Hmmm, what was I... thought?
Not sure if he got anything out of me for the pump exactly or not? I spent a couple grand maybe all together there.
But like he said, I got a lot of maintenance items to keep my cars running.
Then, Like I said, he was bargaining to get rid of things and if it fits in my wagon, I helped him move out of the building.

I bet it sold the building for more than his whole store was worth just from its location in nearby San Francisco. He moved up to Napa Valley with some change to retire on. He didn't know if he would go back in business or just do it on the side for friends. I used to have his new e-mail but it's been years to long now?

I did get some nick-nacks that were not even for a 240.
It came down to, Taking some Ugly with the Good.
Now my life is like a little part of Harry Chapins song "Up On the Shelf"

I will send you pictures of the pump to the flame traps email as I don't have your direct email. Maybe never had it. At least you can see someone's else "dream injector cleaner" to think about and how bad you want one.
I know we exchanged some chatter once long ago but over the years I have upgrade phones. Actually I get her old ones. If I had your email I lost it. I have change email names or ISP's too. Time changes everything.

I just can't seem to remember how to use the BB or with Photobucket very well. About the time I get it done once, it's too far between next time to want to get frustrated all over again.

I'm lucky I caught on getting email back and forth, especially to my wife.
Of course that was do it or die! You know from starvation, as she would probably forget me at meal times for spite.

Later,
Phil