This thing is killing me.
The speed shop that set it up for me told me to take the truck out and run it awhile to break in the rings. From the time of my last post, I had driven it 3-4 trips of 2-5 miles each. I was getting a little spark knock and it was hard to turn over after the truck was up to temperature and I needed to re-start it. I assumed all of this was a little timing.
Saturday I decided to put some higher octane (89) fuel in it and make a 120 mile trip. The first half would be on a secondary highway that has variable speed limits from 35-50 MPH with several stops along the way. The return half would be highway with a speed limit of 70 MPH (I had no plan to go that fast.)
The truck was a little doggy at about 50 MPH and tried to stall every time I stopped. When it did stall, it was hard to re-start. About 15 miles into the trip I decided this was a bad idea and turned toward the highway. I noticed that at idle, I had no compression (zero #). At high RPM, she was at about 35 # and on local streets she was at about 10 # when up to temperature. Before the trip, she was at about 40+ # with any acceleration. At this point I was so mad at the engine that I didn't care if it did blow so I kept going.
As I said, on the highway she was at about 35 #. The truck was pretty much maxed out at about 55-60 MPH. She has a 3.55 rear and stock 3-speed. The tires are 225 75R15.
When I got near home and exited the highway, the truck died on the ramp (of course the traffic was heavy) and it took 3 light cycles to get it started. It was turning over very slowly and she floods so easy.
Ok guys/gals? Where do I start to diagnose and fix this dam thing? Thanks for your suggestions.
Jerry
