over doing the engine

bradrhale · 09-08-2008, 12:55 PM

went and picked up some galvanized fencing sat from a guy. ended up buying some other stuff but overall ended up leaving with about 20 rolls of fencing, several hundred feet of pipe, drill press, metal carts, yall know, stuff i can live without. i had faith in my truck. she pulled the load great coming home. made it about 4 miles from the house (25 mile trip) when stupid moped slowed me down to 50 in a 70. decided to pass him. WRONG!!! truck started knocking and missing. engine light blinking its head off. made it home though.
checked codes that evening to find out i had a random misfire, misfire on 1, 2, and 8. cleared the codes and pulled 1 and 2 spark plug. spark plugs used to be white but mine were yellow. cleaned up the tips on those two so i could make it to town to buy some new plugs. made it to town and of course, there is that miss again. light comes on. made it home and pulled codes again. misfire on number 8. lovely. replaced plugs. number 8 plug, the porcelin had broke in half around the node. havent seen too much of that happen.
seems like that was my entire problem. never had this miss before. i believe i will take it a little easier with her in the future. i might end up with a mud truck.

03chevy · 09-08-2008, 01:20 PM

man sorry to hear about your truck. so have you found all the bugs yet. and as for having a "mud truck"

i hope that doesn;t happen

Steve g. · 09-08-2008, 01:22 PM

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Originally Posted by bradrhale

went and picked up some galvanized fencing sat from a guy. ended up buying some other stuff but overall ended up leaving with about 20 rolls of fencing, several hundred feet of pipe, drill press, metal carts, yall know, stuff i can live without. i had faith in my truck. she pulled the load great coming home. made it about 4 miles from the house (25 mile trip) when stupid moped slowed me down to 50 in a 70. decided to pass him. WRONG!!! truck started knocking and missing. engine light blinking its head off. made it home though.
checked codes that evening to find out i had a random misfire, misfire on 1, 2, and 8. cleared the codes and pulled 1 and 2 spark plug. spark plugs used to be white but mine were yellow. cleaned up the tips on those two so i could make it to town to buy some new plugs. made it to town and of course, there is that miss again. light comes on. made it home and pulled codes again. misfire on number 8. lovely. replaced plugs. number 8 plug, the porcelin had broke in half around the node. havent seen too much of that happen.
seems like that was my entire problem. never had this miss before. i believe i will take it a little easier with her in the future. i might end up with a mud truck.

How'd you get codes out of a truck that old? I thought you had a 68???

mudseeker · 09-08-2008, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by bradrhale

i might end up with a mud truck.

trust me, you don't want a "me truck", there not very fun to play with. JW's mud truck is a different story though.

bradrhale · 09-08-2008, 02:35 PM

no more plugs. all i done was fry the plugs when i put the power to her coming up that hill. she couldnt downshift no more at that rate of speed and would not gain engine speed.
this is my current one steve. it is the white 99 dodge. if you are referring to the 64, that was 5 trucks ago, if you consider the bronco to be a truck.
john might be on to something. my FIL had a green chevy identical to yours. some year, make, model. he sold it 4 or 5 different times on credit and repo'd it everytime. he made every bit of his money back on that truck and still owned it.

mrjohnwayne · 09-08-2008, 02:45 PM

HAH, well I'm not selling this one anymore. I will keep it as my toy. gotta stop modding the daily driver LOL

gmctrucks · 09-08-2008, 03:40 PM

Glad it's running good again. I once replaced my plugs on my truck the gap was over double of what it should have been and even the ceramic use wore down but my baby was this running good must be that MSD system I have on her.

bradrhale · 09-08-2008, 03:49 PM

book says 35. mine were reading as high as almost 60. mostly the ones that had the codes on them. funny what that one stupid stunt done. next time, ill wait to pass the moped.

gmctrucks · 09-08-2008, 10:18 PM

Brad I see you and me run our plugs till the end. LOL

bradrhale · 09-09-2008, 06:48 AM

a couple of weeks ago they looked pretty good. as far as plugs go anyways. i went with the platinum plugs this time. seems to put a little giddyup in her step. really didnt want to go with no cheaper plugs as someone had put on an aftermarket coil and 8mm wires. kinda senseless to me to go with cheap plugs with the mods.

09-08-2008, 12:55 PM	#1
bradrhale Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,968	over doing the engine went and picked up some galvanized fencing sat from a guy. ended up buying some other stuff but overall ended up leaving with about 20 rolls of fencing, several hundred feet of pipe, drill press, metal carts, yall know, stuff i can live without. i had faith in my truck. she pulled the load great coming home. made it about 4 miles from the house (25 mile trip) when stupid moped slowed me down to 50 in a 70. decided to pass him. WRONG!!! truck started knocking and missing. engine light blinking its head off. made it home though. checked codes that evening to find out i had a random misfire, misfire on 1, 2, and 8. cleared the codes and pulled 1 and 2 spark plug. spark plugs used to be white but mine were yellow. cleaned up the tips on those two so i could make it to town to buy some new plugs. made it to town and of course, there is that miss again. light comes on. made it home and pulled codes again. misfire on number 8. lovely. replaced plugs. number 8 plug, the porcelin had broke in half around the node. havent seen too much of that happen. seems like that was my entire problem. never had this miss before. i believe i will take it a little easier with her in the future. i might end up with a mud truck.

09-08-2008, 01:20 PM	#2
03chevy Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: jax,fl Posts: 991	man sorry to hear about your truck. so have you found all the bugs yet. and as for having a "mud truck" i hope that doesn;t happen __________________ A dirty mind is a terrible thing to waste!

09-08-2008, 02:45 PM	#6
mrjohnwayne Moderator Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Texas Posts: 3,114	HAH, well I'm not selling this one anymore. I will keep it as my toy. gotta stop modding the daily driver LOL __________________ John Wayne 2000 F-350 7.3L Powerstroke 4x4

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09-08-2008, 02:35 PM	#5
bradrhale Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,968	no more plugs. all i done was fry the plugs when i put the power to her coming up that hill. she couldnt downshift no more at that rate of speed and would not gain engine speed. this is my current one steve. it is the white 99 dodge. if you are referring to the 64, that was 5 trucks ago, if you consider the bronco to be a truck. john might be on to something. my FIL had a green chevy identical to yours. some year, make, model. he sold it 4 or 5 different times on credit and repo'd it everytime. he made every bit of his money back on that truck and still owned it.

09-08-2008, 03:40 PM	#7
gmctrucks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 1,722	Glad it's running good again. I once replaced my plugs on my truck the gap was over double of what it should have been and even the ceramic use wore down but my baby was this running good must be that MSD system I have on her.

09-08-2008, 03:49 PM	#8
bradrhale Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,968	book says 35. mine were reading as high as almost 60. mostly the ones that had the codes on them. funny what that one stupid stunt done. next time, ill wait to pass the moped.

09-08-2008, 10:18 PM	#9
gmctrucks Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Houston,Texas Posts: 1,722	Brad I see you and me run our plugs till the end. LOL

09-09-2008, 06:48 AM	#10
bradrhale Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 2,968	a couple of weeks ago they looked pretty good. as far as plugs go anyways. i went with the platinum plugs this time. seems to put a little giddyup in her step. really didnt want to go with no cheaper plugs as someone had put on an aftermarket coil and 8mm wires. kinda senseless to me to go with cheap plugs with the mods.