Misty
TYF Newbie
So, I have had my Hoe for a little over a year now. It had alot of issues since then but I keep putting the money into it 1. because I love this Chevy 2. because I would rather put 300/mo INTO the truck instead of paying to keep it.
So far it has costed me around that.
I have had to replace all the basics, O2 sensors, ball joints, u joints, cv axle, idler n pitman arm, berings, and a few others (pardon the spelling)
Just recently I had a prob driving home, truck would not come out of the misfire, pulled over and it wouldnt even idle. Found the prob to be a bad lifter and bent pushrod. Replaced all that and in doing so had to remove the distributor and forgot to mark it so had to go through the whole process of timing it.
In the attempts to set the distributor the way a V8 should be set the truck would not even start. After messing with it for what seems like forever I come to find that instead of a "8" on the top it is in fact a "6".
Im like, "wtf" so I decide to set it the way a 6cylinder should be set and vola' it started! Ran fine for about a week. I am about to buy a new distributor (the correct one) and install it. I am hoping this will give me my power back and maybe power I never knew I had since I been driving it on a 6cy dist for so long. Not sure why I posted, I just thought it was kinda wierd deal but then Im new to the whole mechanic world so Im not sure. Any comment and/or suggestions are much appreciated.
So far it has costed me around that.
I have had to replace all the basics, O2 sensors, ball joints, u joints, cv axle, idler n pitman arm, berings, and a few others (pardon the spelling)
Just recently I had a prob driving home, truck would not come out of the misfire, pulled over and it wouldnt even idle. Found the prob to be a bad lifter and bent pushrod. Replaced all that and in doing so had to remove the distributor and forgot to mark it so had to go through the whole process of timing it.
In the attempts to set the distributor the way a V8 should be set the truck would not even start. After messing with it for what seems like forever I come to find that instead of a "8" on the top it is in fact a "6".
Im like, "wtf" so I decide to set it the way a 6cylinder should be set and vola' it started! Ran fine for about a week. I am about to buy a new distributor (the correct one) and install it. I am hoping this will give me my power back and maybe power I never knew I had since I been driving it on a 6cy dist for so long. Not sure why I posted, I just thought it was kinda wierd deal but then Im new to the whole mechanic world so Im not sure. Any comment and/or suggestions are much appreciated.
