so its been awhile since i been on here, figured id post some pics of what the ol'girl looks like now.
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push button ignition!
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stuck
pulling my buddy kyle out of the swamp....
so i got it all in and everything is straight now. but when i went to hook up the passenger side upper control arm it was like 2 1/2 inches to short even when it was fully extended. i cut the threaded end of the control arm, welded some solid circle stock in then welded a pipe over the 2 welds. extended it about 3 1/2 inches and it works just fine now. what i don't get is it said it was made for a 6 inch lift, wich is what i thought i had.........
got a quick question, and its prolly gonna sound dumb, but i broke the upper control arms on on the front axle, i just got new daystar uppers and am ready to put them in, but the axle is still rolled fowared and i can't seem to get it back down. the yoke is almost straight up. ive tried using my winch, jacking it up everything. is there any way other than taking the entire thing out and putting it back in????
you have any problems with the stock axles yet? I'm only running 34" LTB's and ive blown 2 D35's and broke the upper control arms completely off the D30. put an 8.8 in the rear and I'm looking for a cheap 44 for the front that i can build. you live in boston? i live in epping nh, right down the rd from new england dragway. we should get the mj's togther and show people up!
just an update:
so i got to thinking about it and realalized that it sounded like a fuel issue. sure enough it was. i held it wide open and poured gas down the tbi and she revved up like normal, but as soon as the gas burnt off it bogged down and died again. ill be replacing the fuel pump tomorrow so ill keep this updated
i replaced the dist with a used one off another motor, didnt seem to be an issue.
timing is set dead balls on. changed the dist, cap, rotor, coil, plugs and wires, crank sensor, tps, alt, battery....
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checked the grounds, they look fine. my buddy brought over a fuel pressure test gauge but theres no schrader valve on the fuel rail so i don't know how to test it
got an 88 2.5, finally got it started (the power wire going to the starter was bare at the end and shorting against the block, fixed that and she fired right up) but now its back to its original problem of rough idle and it sounds like its missfiring. when i give it full throttle it bogs down severely but if i ease into the throttle it will gain rpm's but still sound like its missing. its so bad that i can't even drive it. any ideas?