BNielsen
I'm Awesome
Post roadtrip update.
Truck did great! Had a couple of issues, several I expected and several that made themselves known.
The 4 or 5 hour trip turned into 8 hours being gone, almost 7 full hours of sustained 65-70 MPH travel; filled up twice and calculated mileage going up was around 14.5, and coming back was almost 15.8! Absolutely blown away, I want to say it's because of the Amsoil fuel treatment I'm using but I'm leaning more towards sustained speeds for several hours versus the usual stop and go short distance drives I usually make.
Issues. It's an old truck, I knew it was inevitable I was going to have at least 2 or 3 problems. But none of which left me stranded so it's still a win.
Issue #1 - running hot; within the first hour and a half of the drive I noticed the temp gauge had just barely eased up a pinch over 210, and once I stopped for gas and shut the truck off, as soon as I keyed the ignition I saw the temp gauged shoot up to what I can only assume was around 240. Got the truck going and got the fan spun up so it cooled off and stayed below 210 for the rest of the trip.
Issue #2 - A/C stopped blowing cold. Not a massive issue, I had a hunch it was low on Freon and driving in the hot heat probably didn't do the whole cooling system much good. I'll test the pressure and top it up if it's indeed low.
Issue #3 - Misfire/back-fire. This is the more concerning issue, as we got closer to the destination and the heat outside began creeping up the truck would bog and stumble taking off from stop lights, coil and ICM getting too hot maybe? And on the trip back on the interstate I couldn't spin any more than 2200 or so RPMs because anything higher than that and the truck would act like it was misfiring. Which I'm fairly convinced at this point it's the dizzy gear getting worn and starting to knife-edge on the cam gear, does that sound correct for what issues I'm having?
All in all, I'm blown away with how the truck performed; even with the issues that presented themselves I'm super happy with my truck, definitely room for power upgrades though. No passing power whatsoever.
Truck did great! Had a couple of issues, several I expected and several that made themselves known.
The 4 or 5 hour trip turned into 8 hours being gone, almost 7 full hours of sustained 65-70 MPH travel; filled up twice and calculated mileage going up was around 14.5, and coming back was almost 15.8! Absolutely blown away, I want to say it's because of the Amsoil fuel treatment I'm using but I'm leaning more towards sustained speeds for several hours versus the usual stop and go short distance drives I usually make.
Issues. It's an old truck, I knew it was inevitable I was going to have at least 2 or 3 problems. But none of which left me stranded so it's still a win.
Issue #1 - running hot; within the first hour and a half of the drive I noticed the temp gauge had just barely eased up a pinch over 210, and once I stopped for gas and shut the truck off, as soon as I keyed the ignition I saw the temp gauged shoot up to what I can only assume was around 240. Got the truck going and got the fan spun up so it cooled off and stayed below 210 for the rest of the trip.
Issue #2 - A/C stopped blowing cold. Not a massive issue, I had a hunch it was low on Freon and driving in the hot heat probably didn't do the whole cooling system much good. I'll test the pressure and top it up if it's indeed low.
Issue #3 - Misfire/back-fire. This is the more concerning issue, as we got closer to the destination and the heat outside began creeping up the truck would bog and stumble taking off from stop lights, coil and ICM getting too hot maybe? And on the trip back on the interstate I couldn't spin any more than 2200 or so RPMs because anything higher than that and the truck would act like it was misfiring. Which I'm fairly convinced at this point it's the dizzy gear getting worn and starting to knife-edge on the cam gear, does that sound correct for what issues I'm having?
All in all, I'm blown away with how the truck performed; even with the issues that presented themselves I'm super happy with my truck, definitely room for power upgrades though. No passing power whatsoever.