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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    Ok thanks, I’ll try to be as accurate as possible. If not, I’ll just have to winch it in the trailer as a worse case scenario
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    Thanks for the info! So is it likely it will run well enough to drive 15 miles to a shop to have it set properly?
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    If I wanted to pull the distributor and I marked perfectly where it is and where the rotor is, can I install it back into that position and everything work? Just wondering how likely it is that it will work right.
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    Thanks guys for all the excellent suggestions! 15 years ago I was pretty sharp with mechanical knowledge but haven’t done much with trucks since then and it’s amazing how much my aging brain has forgotten :oops::rolleyes::oops:
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    Would pulling the distributor cap and twisting and pulling the rotor a bit tell me anything?
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    The last time it made these sounds was many months ago. I can’t recall if I climbed under to listen or not. How difficult is it to unbolt the torque converter and slide it back? Is that an ok method to eliminate the trans?
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    If i accelerate really fast the engine will start to miss out real bad and the whole truck bucks around. After about 20 to 30 seconds it will go back to normal. It’s never had as much power as I’d expect it to have… I think my old 95 TBI was stronger.
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    It’s really intermittent when it does it and hasn’t done it for several months, but today it seems fairly constant. It definitely sounds like it’s coming from the rear of the engine and the noise in the video gets louder back there as well (actually just remembered, last time it did this I...
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    It speeds up with the engine. Also see next reply for more info
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    Let’s play a round of “Name that sound!”

    1997 C1500 4.3 Just wondering if anyone knows what this sound is and/or what part is likely making it? It sound like it’s coming from the back of the engine… distributor area. Edit: engine runs rough at higher rpm’s and will give a p0304 code Turn your volume down low!
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    Bad cat? Off road y-pipe?

    I just took the pipe off and there’s a lot of stuff rattling around inside it, so yeah, definitely bad. I tilted it forward and a small chunk of honeycomb came out of the right side down pipe. I think it’s been messed up from before I bought the truck a couple years ago since it never has ran...
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    Bad cat? Off road y-pipe?

    As I mentioned in this OP the catalytic converter sounds like it is rattling. I didn’t think it was the transmission but it was hard to tell if the noise was for sure coming from the catalytic converter or the torque converter area of the transmission. This morning I got under there to change...
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    Bad cat? Off road y-pipe?

    I checked the fuel pressure today. I turned on the key and it went to 62 psi as the pump ran and dropped immediately to 54 psi when the pump stopped. It held at 54 psi for 5 minutes. I stated the engine and the pressure stayed at 54 psi. If I revved the engine a little or put it in gear and gave...
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