Truck got some TLC today.
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07-29-2013 | 10:28 PM
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From: Los Angeles, Ca
Truck got some TLC today.
Mondays are my days off but I still have to drive my wife to work so I used the day to take care of some maintenance on the truck. I had a vibration in the steering wheel while going 65 so I went to a friends shop to get the tires balanced. Turns out the Harley wheels had air pressure sensors and one of them blew up. Still I got all 4 tires balanced and rotated. He checked my alignment and adjusted it so i wouldn't tear up the other 2 tires. Got a copy of my house key and still walked out of there only $40 poorer. Gotta love friends with shops! Truck rides smooth now.
After that I headed over to Walmart and picked up a bottle of Techron complete system cleaner. I have a slight miss @ 1200 rpm so I'm hoping its not time for the dreaded plug change. Picked up some throttle body cleaner and MAF cleaner to see if that would clear it up the problem. So I finally got my hands dirty.
A few weeks ago I bought a socket and screw driver set at Harbor Freight( I know, save the flaming
) so now I have the tools to do the job.
Took the air cleaner assembly and the throttle body off.
Its hard to tell from the pics but it was filthy.
Gave it a good cleaning.
Time to clean the MAF sensor.
Now to put it all back together.
Took all the proper steps for the trucks computer to get used to a clean throttle body and MAF and took it for an 18 mile drive to test it out.
The verdict:
Throttle response is 100 times better and acceleration is much smoother. I even took the truck out to Eagle Rock to test it on a steep hill, well still got the miss.
At 100K I knew it was most likely the plugs, so now a good chunk of my next pay check is spent. Felt good to work on it again though!
After that I headed over to Walmart and picked up a bottle of Techron complete system cleaner. I have a slight miss @ 1200 rpm so I'm hoping its not time for the dreaded plug change. Picked up some throttle body cleaner and MAF cleaner to see if that would clear it up the problem. So I finally got my hands dirty.
A few weeks ago I bought a socket and screw driver set at Harbor Freight( I know, save the flaming
) so now I have the tools to do the job.Took the air cleaner assembly and the throttle body off.
Its hard to tell from the pics but it was filthy.
Gave it a good cleaning.
Time to clean the MAF sensor.
Now to put it all back together.
Took all the proper steps for the trucks computer to get used to a clean throttle body and MAF and took it for an 18 mile drive to test it out.
The verdict:
Throttle response is 100 times better and acceleration is much smoother. I even took the truck out to Eagle Rock to test it on a steep hill, well still got the miss.
At 100K I knew it was most likely the plugs, so now a good chunk of my next pay check is spent. Felt good to work on it again though!
#2
07-30-2013 | 01:33 AM
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Joined: Dec 2012
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From: Montgomery PA
Nothing wrong with Harbor freight tools. To be honest thats all I buy anymore. Why not? If one breaks take it back and they replace it. There cheap but good made. I havent had one break but had plenty of craftsmen and snap on break on me. BTW good job on that truck. Keep up the maintance!
