meekrog

Thanks a ton, got that TPS all worked out. Went to smog it and ran high HC at idle... Vaccum leak probably, as before I replaced the TPS it passed HC's and only failed CO.

Thank you very much, will be working on it this evening again! Will update after! This board is a lifesaver.

Yeah, I have been checking periodically for years for a freebie... Chilton and haynes just don't cut it for some things.

Okay, found a couple places with how to do it, any line on a full downloadable factory service manual? Will be attempting to get it figured out tonight, I fiddled will it a little yesterday before I got ahold of a multimeter and got it to run nasty but run, so hopefully a good calibration will work. Wish me luck... Haha

I replaced my TPS and now it starts right up but promptly dies. I reattached all the vacuum hoses, harnesses etc correctly... switched back to old sensor and same issue. Do I just need to adjust it? or should it at least run even without? I checked through previous posts on the subject but none quite matched up so i was hoping someone has had this happen and could shoot me some advice. Thanks

and after getting it back together for the fourth time it was still making noise... resorted to youtube and found this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdrjijgLXb8. This was the exact noise and after an inspection of the lower timing cover I found the bottom bolt to be stripped and rattling against the harmonic balancer, anyways problem solved and something to watch for! Evidently it is not a terribly uncommon issue to run into while doing vg series timing belt swaps.

After tinkering with it there are a couple adjusting screws that deal with it directly/ indirectly and I now have my idle down to a thousand when warm and no longer doing the bouncing from 1200-1600 rpm's. So it seems to be more or less one more problem solved!!!

Anyone ever deal with the thermo element or dash pot? Ran into some info that leads to those.

After I got it all together it was making some noise from under the timing cover... time for round three, thinking that maybe I set the tensioner too tight... Couple hours later... truck is put back together, tensioner has been pinpointed as root of terrible racket... Round 4 tomorrow!

Still no solution on this business...

False alarm actually... haha Tooth count was perfect. The issue was my eyes being goofy and me not taking paralax into account, even the dimples line up perfect when you look at them right.

What do I do about it being a tooth off on one side? just rotate?

When at TDC for number 1 and having the crank at 0 degrees the dimples on the driver side crank dont match up. It was this way when I opened it up and I am wondering what the issue/ possible remedy for being a couple teeth off would be. I have scoured through seemingly all of the info people have given in other threads and have not gotten a definitive answer. So any input or advice would be great.

Haha

Clutch is shot on my 87... so I am going to throw a new one in, have a really good idea of what I have to do never done one on a pathy though. Just curious if anyone has any advice on issues they have had or whatnot?