At 05:49 PM 7/16/97 EDT, you wrote:
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>I have a black '92 Club cab, 2 wheel drive, 5 speed, 3.9L, AC, power
steering equipped
>beast. I also have three problems which are driving me nuts.
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>First. Seting the timing. I follow the instructions in the Chilton's manual
but the mark
>jumps all over the place as I try to turn the distributor. I finally set it
by ear but
>this can't be right. Do I have to short out some sensor? Is there some trick?
Yea Its set at the factory and controlled by the SBEC.When you move the dist
you chonge the fuel pulse timing.There is a crank position sensor for the
ignition timing.
>Two. The check engine light is on. A scan of the brain says the EGR
solinoid is bad.
>The book says the solinoid is in a bank of three on the fender well, valve
cover,
>or firewall (depending on the book or whom I talk to). Not. I don't see
anything that
>looks like a solinoid anywhere in this engine compartment. I replaced the
EGR valve
>assembly once (it was a melted blob). Is the solinoid part of the assembly
behind the
>distributor?
No solinoid that I know of.
>
>And three. The power steering seems hard to turn when at a stop or going
slowly,
>and going at speed. We're not talking really hard like regular steering
but it does
>seem to be laboring. The fluid level is OK but beyond that I don't know
how to check.
>Any ideas?
You may have a bad rack and pinion.
>
>I appreciate any help anyone can provide on any and/or all these problems.
>This truck is great. Hauls anything I put in it and doesn't even groan.
I'd like to
>keep it into the next century.
>
>Thanks, Chris Vuxton
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