with an older vehicle as this with over 100k it's probably that the
timing chain has stretched considerably,along with the nylon cam gear(steel
gear with nylon on teeth for quietness) has lost some of the nylon,which
will contribute to timing sloopiness. your mechanic set to specs, but the
pickup may not be set to proper air gap(if adjustable) or reset timing to a
less "btdc" like around 8 or 6 degrees btdc
if that doesn't work try going the opposite way with the distributor,
it may of jumped some timing teeth.
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> From: Christopher M. Ruggiers <ruggiers@telepath.com>
> To: 'DML' <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
> Subject: DML: Distributor pickup question
> Date: Sunday, October 12, 1997 12:59 PM
>
> Greetings all:
>
> After my 91 LE CC V8 would not start the other morning (despite all
> my valiant efforts to discern why), I was forced to have it towed to my
> local mechanic (I don't trust the local Dodge dealership service
> department). Well, $160 later, the mechanic delivered my truck back to
> me, reporting a bad distributor "pickup," the electronic equivalent to
> points.
>
> However, now, even at WOT, the motor shifts gears at about 4000
> rpm; I can force higher rpm shifts, but the motor feels like it has
> simply run out of power. Took the truck back to the mechanic, who
> checked the timing and found it set according to the specs under the
> hood (10 degrees btdc). He didn't have an answer for the lack-of-power
> problem beyond attributing it to my high mileage (115K).
>
> Well, all I know is that it was running pretty well before the no-start
> problem (regular second gear scratch and adequate giddyup-go), and now,
> even tho' it fires right up, it runs like s**t. Don't think it jumped
> time, but I guess it's a possibility. Anybody got any other ideas?
>
> Chris
> 91 LE CC V8
> K&N (and wanting more!!!)
>
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