Not really today, but during the weekend I took off the wheels for the winter and put the stockers back on. Changed the oil and fuel filter and found out im leaking oil thru the oil cooler lines.. So going to have a set custom made this week.

 

Put in new plugs, wires, cap, and rotor, good thing too. Found out the famous number 3 and 5 plugs were loose.

 

Put $60 in gas in her this morning. Then got home to find my MAF sensor and recovery team decal had finally arrived . Installing those soon.

 

i was debating on getting one of the jeep recovery team stickers...but i dont want some thing that takes up my whole back window..might just get it done as the words on a banner or some thing.

 

Put some gas in it, and when muddin

 

well..............

on Saturday morning i did cap & rotor,thermostat and checked the cat-had a sudden loss of power on the top end (no passing ability), and kinda more sluggish than not on the bottom end.

cat temp was ok-colder @ the front-and it did seem to run better after the mini tune up (plugs were checked, they're fine). finally bought a new 1000 CA battery that afternoon-i knew i needed it since June, but was ok 'til the cold weather reminded me about it!

Saturday night coming back from Toronto, it was even worse than before! barely able to do 100 on the highway (60 for you boys down there ), a gutless wonder trying to make it up any hill.

this morning, i checked the fuel pressure-70 psi key on, 59 psi running, w/instant pressure response when the throttle was pressed, so the pump is good. guess it's the injectors then..............HOLY S**T! they're out to lunch on the cost of these things!!

even my parts supplier was too much for my taste (cheap bastard @ heart, plus no guarantee that was the problem) so i took the set up from another engine i had stripped for parts (broke the bottom end, had alot of new parts on it when i bought it the truck for parts).

ripped the top end off-why the hell is the main wiring harness run right over the top of the engine, IN THE WAY?!? changed the injector/nozzles, bolted her back together, went for a test drive, a little better but CEL flashing it's *** off & still a little slugish-now what!?!

threw my friends Snap ON scan tool on it (oh, such a nice tool!) cleared everything-and then found that the Cam timing is @ -15!!!

what the hell! i've never had it out, doesn't look like it ever has (only 158K/98M on it when i got it last Christmas) and with 194K on the clock i can't see the chain being a problem (i'm hoping), so what the hell do i do now?!?

"i'll tell ya what i'm gonna do, you piece of s**t!" i say to it...........i take off the distributor hold down tab, take the torch (my second favorite tool) and cut out a section so it'll line up with the bolt hole.

put it back on, re-set the timing, tightened the bolt, and so far so good.

we'll see just how well it goes tomorrow on the way to work.

question though, here are 2 pic's of the lower intake, the 1st one is my truck (kinda dirty), the 2nd one is from the other engine (loos pretty good for almost 280K on it). does my intake really look that bad (in your opinion)? the "scum" on my intake was barely enough to scrap off with your nail, so is it just a dirty wh*re, or what?

 

yah it looks super filthy..hmm..dunno why...*scratches chin* if i had a clue in hell as to what i was looking at or ANY thing..maybe i could say more lol but all i know is the gas makes the engine go and some thng about piston rods and cylanders lol..*maybe i should have kept dating that redneck until he taught me to take apart an engine and put back together and it actually WORK* LMAO....ok i feel pretty helpless now lol maybe i need to adopt a bf who's a mechanic or some thing *falls over in tears laughing*

 

So I'm new to the forum and wanted to write what I did today! I changed the ignition module. Definitely a pain in the ***, well 1st time around. Yesterday I went to the junkyard, figured find 1 there and replace to see if that was even the problem and it took me about an hour and a half to get the module out. Then today took me about 45 mins to get mine out and this one back in and the entire truck put back together :-) I do have a couple questions though. The infamous fuel gauge issue where when I'm empty it reads fuul....is there a fix? Other than replacing the entire sending unit? And when I'm turning the wheel I hear a loud "pop" sound, what is that? Oh, and I have a 97 blazer.... thanks everyone and hope to be a long time blazer owner!......again

 

it might be a ball joint..mine would do that on any of my 3 if it was a bad ball joint..and it'd turn the wheel hard it'd pop can't explain..but i found..thats always just what it was, also did you make a "new user" thread under the new member post?...we can welcome you properly that way..btw ahead of time....welcome...from central PA

 

all the stuff in the black is good for this thread. the stuff in the orange is something you should be putting in tech sections. read through the different sections, figure out where your different questions belong, and post 'em up.

limit your threads to a single question each-too many questions in one thread can lead to confussion.