TNRabbit

This sounds an AWFUL lot like a bad distributor...

92 TOY

here's some.....see if it helps

(engine is not as clean as it was 2 weeks ago....oops)













and a little after school help.....still playing with that broken pipe....cheap me, didn't get it fixed.

Lumpy

That's what I didn't want to hear but what I was leaning to... I really hope I can just clean it up some and it will be ok.

Thanks Jerry just what I needed!!! I know now I have some vac lines not quite right. I'll have a looksee at it Sat A.M. before I head out for the day. By the time I leave work it's dark and I don't have time in the morning to get to it.

Ya just about 3k...I do a bunch of driving about 20k a year or so. I think the other year before I got the truck I put 22k on my Lincoln. Since the truck I put a total of 5 on it in almost 2 years.


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Lumpy

I remember being in that same spot on your truck once upon a time!!!

xxxtreme22r

hey Lumpy, just remember I was the one who did his vac lines. lol. so you might want a second opinion. LMAO.

92 TOY

yup...same spot......if only i had that quilt with me that time.

92 TOY

nah...it runs fine

Lumpy

I look at it this way...can't be worse. I'm going to get some fresh vac lines and replace a bunch of them as well. Should have done it in the first place.

The plus is that even with it not running at 100% it's still got more oomph than it did before. So 268 helped and r/v+268 made really nice (on it's good days).

Sell that damn caddy already!!!

92 TOY

buy my damn caddy already!

OK...so how do you determine if it's the distributor or not??.....change it??....those are pretty steep. can you service those without replacing the whole everything????

yes....i will search

Lumpy

I'm not a GM man...the only GM that I had that I liked was my 67 Toronado, still miss that thing.

As far as the dizzy...I'm hoping that from some condensation I got a bit of a buildup of something. So a little emery cloth I think should help. The cap and rotor are only about 1.5 years old (20K) on them. I don't want to change it if I can help it. My parts truck is a 3.0 so no help there.

92 TOY

read the can of PB Blaster......says it's good for electrical connections.....not sure of that's what you are intending here.....don't know how muck of a dirt attractant it is......seems to dissipate really well....

boy...CHEF...with all his trouble shooting skills could diagnose ya in a flash......CHEF!!!!! where are ya CHEF ?!?!?!..

damn Chef, i'm starving too....time to make din-din

TNRabbit

The issues it sounds like are more likely electrical connections inside the DISTRIBUTOR, not the cap.

And lube those throttle springs/cables! (clean engine!)

ChefYota4x4

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Hey mang! I have TONS of vac pics and "photo-labeling" of mine, and I could go out and get some, but I believe Jerry's, being a 90's 22re, would be more accurate to the 'couple different' things going on with the later model 22re's. I'll be glad to post some if you still need them though.

Far as the dizzy, I've noticed that 'play' in the shaft, either side to side or up and down can play a CRITICAL part in a "Gremlin" type hiccup. Mine seems to be tight... but I've met one other guy, at least, who had a HUGE problem keeping the timing from bouncing all over, plus a lil idle fluctuation, due to his 'sloppy shaft' dizzy. His pick-up coil, like mine, read 168... right on in the 'specs' dept. However, due to the play, he ended up replacing the dizzy and VOILA! NOT saying that's your issue. My pick up coil, on an 86 I had, seemed to have a heavy arch/gouge on it from a surge or something... replaced that, and it fixed my issue at the time of a 'jumpy timing' problem. I guess it was just fried but still reading ok on the resistance.

You could check for air gap as well, just to rule it out. Easy check on the dizzy. Just pull the ground first, hehehe. Also, it's more time consuming, but you can pull the dizzy, rotate the rotor and check for blue spark across the board throughout the cyl.'s .

Sorry if that's not helpful, and I'm sure you're aware of most(more likely all of it, haha), but I'm still trying to really ''log it in to my brain basket for good''--in the "IGf" and "Ne" department.

ChefYota4x4

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PS> I did find a 'sticky' problem freed up with the proper lubrication of the cable/springs. However, two other times I have had that problem, it ended up being a worn(too much play) throttle shaft(shaft sticking in the Throttle Body).

Lumpy

Alright guys, thanks for all your input!!! I'll have at it first thing Sat. am. and I'll let you all know what I find.


FYI: it was a little sluggish last night on the way home but on the way in this morning it was great! Very very odd.

92 TOY

TNRabbit

lol!!!

ChefYota4x4

iTrader: (5)

COULD be an AFM(Ambient Temp sensor related) issue,.... Mine seemed to run that way, ...."Crappy when cooler out, then fine and powerful when warm." Of course, I was having issues with the TPS as well.

Best wishes, Lumpy,

Mark

Lumpy

Well that's the thing...doesn't matter if it warm/cold/wet/dry/night/day/drunk/sober. It does what it wants when it wants. Now the past 2 days it's been good. Come on Sat. morning!!!

ChefYota4x4

iTrader: (5)

YES, YES, ....c'monnnnnnnnnnnnnnn Saturday! lol.

What's your 'checklist' for that day????