Glad you are back on the road Kyle! How did you figure out it was the drive
gear? I could not get the pic to come up, but was the distributor shaft not
turning?
Rascal
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net
[mailto:owner-dakota-truck@bent.twistedbits.net] On Behalf Of Kyle
Vanditmars
Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2005 9:22 PM
To: dakota-truck-moderator@bent.twistedbits.net
Subject: DML: Back in Dak!
well, the truck's back together. For those who remember, my '92 V6 died
on me 100 meters from work and wouldn't restart. Turns out my
distributor/oil pump drive gear was "involuntarily lightened" by the
camshaft, LOL. Pictures can be had for your grim pleasure here:
http://www3.telus.net/montypython/distdrive/
I also trimmed the runners on my kegger 1" and radiused the runner
inlets while I had things apart. I'm pleased with the results, pulls
cleaner and stronger to redline. No quantifiable results of course, but
it "feels better", and the butt dyno says hooray. Lost a little bit of
low down grunt of course, but I only really notice it while cruising
with O/D on at like 1400rpm.
Also, gas mileage has gone up significantly. I would guess I'm getting
at least 15% if not 20% better mileage, but I'll have to check when I
fill up the tank again.
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