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    Moving on

    My tranny suddenly went south on my 97 expy, like it did on my 2000 expy. The vehicle is not worth putting lots of $$$ into. So today I bought a 98 exploder with 118,800 miles. I hope it lasts more than 2 years. Thanks to anyone who reached out to my old posted threads on here, during the past...
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    Mod to the mod for OTD driver's window

    When the GEM would randomly make the window go down, the fix was to rewire the switch output from the gem, instead straight to the motor. But you lose the one-touch-down feature. So with a couple relays, a handful of diodes, and some wire jumpers, the OTD feature can be back, without the gem...
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    Rusted brake lines

    A week ago, one of the lines from the MC to the anti-lock unit, opened up through a rusty hole. The pedal went to the floor. Fortunately it happened while trying to find the leak, as opposed to having been on the freeway just a few minutes prior. I pulled the inner fender well off to get...
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    Torsion bar adjustment

    I finally got an alignment. Only the camber was not in spec. It is now.
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    Code 301 misfire issue

    An update...when I first checked resistance with the old coil still installed, I got 1.8 ohms. A second check showed .9 ohms. The unit I swapped out, measured .9 ohms. The new one I installed measured .9 ohms. So no pinpoint conclusion there. Still running mostly alright, but some other cops...
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    Code 301 misfire issue

    Did that...still ran rough, but no code. (not enough cycles) I had the battery discon for a bit. I bought another cop and installed anyway, and it took care of the misfire problem. Thanks for the response.
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    Code 301 misfire issue

    Thanks. I'll do that in the morn, then get a new code read.
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    Code 301 misfire issue

    Cylinder #1 has an ongoing, intermittent, rough running, misfire about 85% of the time. It started a couple days ago. 190K miles on this 97 with a 5.4L. I had to change the alternator last week. I've had it about 6 months. The plug well was dry and the boot popped when I pulled it off. It...
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    New alternator

    My alternator took a dump 2 days ago. After I installed the new one, many issues have gone away, such as random mis-fire, dancing tach, other little weird annoying things. Monday I got gas and got the best mileage ever, so I knew something was going to go south. It did, and it is fixed. All...
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    Best penetrating oil

    I agree. It works well.
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    AC relay

    Thanks for all the replies. I quite often have the window down a few inches, so the cabin air gets cycled well enough to keep the inside of the windshield dry. Some manufacturers have models with a separate button for the ac to be engaged. I'm sure there are some good enough reasons for that...
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    AC relay

    Thanks.
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    Radiator, how big is too big!

    I used to have a mazda, that the temp gage barely got close to the normal op range. There was very little heat. I put a higher temp rated thermostat in it and the gage read close to the middle of the range, and I had good heat.
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    AC relay location?

    Thanks again.
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    AC relay location?

    Thanks. I can try that. The click I hear happens when the compressor cycles on or off. The rear blower is never used. No rear ac either. Interesting though.
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