Hey dued if I find where I put my old Kota at the farm would you tune it up
too.
It has 319.xxx miles on it. The rear end was all making noises, the tranny
too, should I bring up the engine. One of these days I am going to bust that
thing out and smoke the neighbors. LOL
Mike Styer wrote:
> Well two nights ago I finally tuned up my truck. I checked the plugs,
> wiring, distributor cap and rotor (all were like new), I thoroughly
> cleaned my TB and what I could reach of the intake, changed all filters,
> and packed all bearings with grease. I also changed the oil,
> antifreeze, and timing belt.
>
> Man, can you feel the difference!!! The timing chain had 1/2" slack in
> it and she runs a lot quieter now. Idles consistently again too. Even
> got a little bit of power back too, but part of that credit probably
> goes to cleaning the spark plugs, tb, and intake.
>
> At 190,000 miles, my truck still needs some work. I performed dry/wet
> compression test trying to figure out why I'm burning so much oil.
> She's still smoking so much I the emissions people won't even test it.
> All the numbers came back acceptable though. If anyone has any ideas on
> other thing to check, please let me know...
>
> Now that I don't have to listen to the timing chain rattling, I can hear
> what is definitely, rattling from the heads (like really loud pinging).
> I have't looked at anything, but I figure a rebuild would probably
> help. I'm gonna be installing a mod-V8 tb and the intake mods for the
> V6, but what can I do to the heads. Does anyone make a different cam
> for the V6? Would there be any benefits in upgrading lifters? And what
> does it mean to port a head???
>
> It'll probably be after Christmas until I can afford to do anything
> else, but I can plan until then. Do it right the first time and all
> that. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please do...
>
> Thanks,
> Mike S.
> 93 V6 5-speed CC- running like she used to :)
>
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