well over the last few months, i have had problems and a few more problems.
it all started in Oct, my truck began idleing rough, and changing gears funny(manual).
well i bought 4 new ngk platniums, and inspected the wires. no cracks or arch marks. it smoothed out a little and i blamed the shifting on the cooler weather.
then the middle of the month came and i snapped part of 2nd gear off. a combination of age and a really bad miss shift plus a lil ( ok, alot) added abuse over the years.
( explains the 3 u-joints i have went through
)
after about 1500 to fix that, new tranny and transfer case. it was running what i thoughtwas its normal. still mpg dropped, blamed cold weather.
then i got into the lil game, drove like hell, the numbers came up. i tried harder than i ever have to get great mpg, still lost
then it snowed and i realized my tires were bald and i mean bald, i couldnt make it up a hill in 2wd. i decided to drop to almost stock, which may hurt me, maybe. had 30x9.5 r15 now 235/75 r15. another 500
well the other day my rough idle, which i thought was normal became rough acceleration in low rpm maybe, a slight miss, 2 days later. random missing during idle and rpms under 2000. sucks being 65 miles from home and have a bad miss that makes it hard to pull out.
well i said lets start simple. three things needed to run. air, fuel, spark.
air - all clear no leaks, clean filter, everything tight. no go
fuel - no leaks , filter was changed about 60k ago, pose to be lifetime, could feel injectors pulsing, everything seemed on, no effect.
spark - no archs or bad looking spots, no shocks also
but i remember these are my stock wires( will tell later) lets get new. i pulled each plug out regaped, and installed new wire. fire it up and it idled so smooth. yay!
well, now it idle smooth, power feels smooth, more low rpm pep. +++
(70 buck fix
)
on my first trip to work and back netted 28 mpg in the rain!
i am back on track.
wire story, at about 100k, i decided it was time to change plugs and wires. bought me 4 denso iridium plugs, and autozone lifetime wires.
three months later, i got a nasty miss, like i dropped a cyc, it did it all the way through the rev range. poped the hood, got the crap shocked out of my by the wires, took them back. got another set, about 4 months later same set up. took them back, then got a miss again, this time the tips off the iridum plugs burnt off at 30k on them. got standard denso u groove, solved for 7 bucks, didnt mention this happend on a 200 mile road trip, changed them in a autozone parking lot.
well over 1.5 years i returned 6 sets of wires. i got sick of it and bought ngk 8.5mm wires. well they kept popping off the post, (common problem) simple fix but after a few months, i got annoyed and threw them out. i put my stock wires on and now at 260k miles they finally gave out ( prolly had 210k on them) so that is why i didnt hesitate to order oem plug wires again.
well he is running great again lets hope nothin else happens..
i do need to have my valves adjusted for the first time.
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