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Stu
Dodge Dakota
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11/30/2005
20:50:32
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 Subject: Sloppy distributer
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My truck has 190,000 miles on it. I have kept up with all the up keep and tune ups and it still runs good but something is not quite right. I replaced my timing chain/gear last year and it helped smooth out the motor especially at idle. But its starting to act the same way again and I was thinking distributer. I was wondering what a sloppy distributer would act like. How can I tell if a distributer is in need of replcement.
'93 C.C. 318 2WD auto
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cuzindoug
GenIII
 
11/30/2005
22:40:36
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Check out this post from awhile ago: http://www.dodgedakota.net/boards/v6/7236.html
If it ain't broke, fix it til it is.
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Kowalski
GenIII
12/01/2005
16:51:50
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I've seen a sloppy distributor with a very rough idle stabilize and seem to run ok at higher revs. Bearings were bad.
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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Stu
Dodge Dakota
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12/02/2005
07:43:03
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Thats one long post - I have replaced alot of the things around the motor (power steering pump, rack and pinion, water pump, radiator, alternator, timing chain, PCM, all rubber in suspension, ball joints, u-joints, motor and tranny mounts, carrier bearing, body and bed mounts, shocks, ring and pinion, fuel pump, fuel filters, throttle bosy gasket, ignition and wiring, assorted sensors .....) I think the next item will be the distributor to see if I can smooth out the idle.
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Kowalski
GenIII
12/02/2005
16:17:41
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Wow ! Buying a new truck one piece at a time ? Have you tried cleaning TB including IAC before replacing the distributor ? Also on the bad distributor I saw you could feel the play in it - does yours feel loose ?
Lead, follow, or get out of the way
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