tksoldierx
Newbie
Howdy all,
I’ve got a 1995 K1500 that came from the factory with a 350 L05. Motor was swapped to a 94 L05 that was bored out to a 383. Apparently the “local expert” that had helped my dad with the swap had put the distributor in one tooth off of the correct timing, which has caused dizzy cap & rotor & plugs & wires to go bad quickly and require a yearly or six-month-ly tune up (since 05 or so).
The distributor misalignment’s snowballed electrical mess eventually caused the truck to die on the way home from work one day (bout a month ago), which was followed by about a month of me trying to be cheap and handy - test this, then try to start it. Then research some more. Then test that, then try to start it. Etc. Finally had it towed to a shop to avoid fees from the city for a non-running vehicle, so the shop could do at least a diagnosis, and they found the dizzy misalignment. I opted to have them correct it instead of me going that deep in my engine, in the great outdoors in the dust and rain, with no experience that deep in an engine except with lawn mower engines.
Anyways. Now the truck runs and drives again, kinda seems like it’s burning through some bad gas which makes sense since it sat untreated for so long, but it’s residual issue is that about every other time I go to start it, it just does slow chugs of cranking without turning over. The only way I can get it to start when it does that is to apply 1/2 throttle and only turn the key for a short burst, then apply 3/4 throttle and it fires right up.
It works but makes me nervous to take it places where I won’t necessarily have access to a jump if the slow cranks drain the battery too bad, and I know for a fact the Mrs won’t be able to start it herself if it acts up when she needs it. Anyone have any input or advice?
I’ve got a 1995 K1500 that came from the factory with a 350 L05. Motor was swapped to a 94 L05 that was bored out to a 383. Apparently the “local expert” that had helped my dad with the swap had put the distributor in one tooth off of the correct timing, which has caused dizzy cap & rotor & plugs & wires to go bad quickly and require a yearly or six-month-ly tune up (since 05 or so).
The distributor misalignment’s snowballed electrical mess eventually caused the truck to die on the way home from work one day (bout a month ago), which was followed by about a month of me trying to be cheap and handy - test this, then try to start it. Then research some more. Then test that, then try to start it. Etc. Finally had it towed to a shop to avoid fees from the city for a non-running vehicle, so the shop could do at least a diagnosis, and they found the dizzy misalignment. I opted to have them correct it instead of me going that deep in my engine, in the great outdoors in the dust and rain, with no experience that deep in an engine except with lawn mower engines.
Anyways. Now the truck runs and drives again, kinda seems like it’s burning through some bad gas which makes sense since it sat untreated for so long, but it’s residual issue is that about every other time I go to start it, it just does slow chugs of cranking without turning over. The only way I can get it to start when it does that is to apply 1/2 throttle and only turn the key for a short burst, then apply 3/4 throttle and it fires right up.
It works but makes me nervous to take it places where I won’t necessarily have access to a jump if the slow cranks drain the battery too bad, and I know for a fact the Mrs won’t be able to start it herself if it acts up when she needs it. Anyone have any input or advice?
