Reviving this old thread. Just picked up an '04 with 123k on it and the parking brake won't stay up and no ratcheting. Thanks for the hints and service manual photos. Any resolution rz470?
I just picked up an '04 with 123k on it. Also having a weird shake/vibration in the steering wheel. Tires look to be in good shape, but the lower ball joints and tie rod ends have torn boots. Going to press some new ball joints in and change all the tie rods, see if that helps
The wife and I are a tentative if I can get off work. Depends on the weather offshore, won't know for sure until the day before if that's okay. We'd also like to become CLC members and show our faces up there more often. She's understanding more and more of the cruiser culture after meeting...
Just wanted to update this, I hate when people solve the problem and don't post!
Went ahead and sent all injectors to RC Eng. The one suspect injector was stuck open with a terrible spray pattern. There was another one that was dripping. None of them had adequate flow. Cleaned balanced new...
Definitely check out Ship Island if you've never been. We've been getting some wicked winds out of the southeast, so be prepared for that.
As for coastal camping in MS, best I can offer is my back yard! In all seriousness, there's not too much remote camping down here that's coastal...
Got it down to 50 minutes to pull the injectors from getting the tools out to clean up.
Overnighting them all to RC tomorrow.
Thanks for all the ideas!
Ok, just swapped the injector to #4 and buttoned it all up. Still runs like garbage. I did a quick check and pulled the #5 plug wire, RPMs went down. Pulled the #4 plug wire, no change.
The puff of white smoke out of the exhaust is more like a constant stream filling the neighborhood...
I'm fairly certain there is something up with the injector at #5. I just did another compression test. This time only 90 PSI on #5, dry test. BUT there is still fuel pouring into the cylinder while testing. I pulled the EFI relay and still get fuel into the cylinder. Pulling the harness on...
All vacuum hoses are new.
I did check the resistance on the injectors as well, all within spec of the FSM. I checked through every wire on the harness at the EGR and towards the injectors. My wiring all looks to be in good condition.
Unfortunately I did not do a compression test in the past...
I pulled my fuel injectors in my '97 LX with 253k miles and brought them to a local injector shop for cleaning/servicing. I've used them many times before for diesel injector cleaning/servicing.
While the upper plenum was off I decide to clean the oily crap out of it, and wiped out the lower...
Thanks inkpot! I was able to investigate my problem further. Checked for spark at cylinder 5, good spark. I pulled the upper intake plenum off to get a borescope in there to find all alignment dowels in place! Phew. I couldn't see much with the scope I have but there is a lot of crud built...
Whoa! I guess that's my next step if this ATF doesn't work. You were able to fish it out with just removing both the upper and lower intake manifold? Guess I need to get a compression tester.
Thanks!
I don't mean to be a a thread hijacker, but now I'm certain I have something going on internally. Just checked all of the fuel injector wires at the ECM, as discussed earlier in this thread, all tested good.
Started it up and pulled some of the wires off the distributor, all had good spark.
I...
shawnFZJ, Thanks for keeping this thread updated and a solution to your problem.
I'm having a very similar issue after pulling my fuel injectors for a cleaning. I also cleaned out the upper intake manifold. I had a very difficult time starting up after replacing everything, lots of smoke...
Moto Metal rims off my Horizon trailer. Great condition, just went with LX450 wheels to match. Rims are in Biloxi, MS but willing to ship. $100 plus the ride
Moto Metal rims by LifeOverland posted Mar 23, 2017 at 6:01 AM
I've got 2 Moto Metal 16" wheels I just pulled of my newly acquire Adventure Trailer. They're in good shape, just picked up a set of LX450 wheels instead. 6 on 5.5 bolt pattern.
$100?