Meet Sandy. Her name pre-dates the ARB rig by about 13 years thanks to previous owners @Unoman and @FARMAN33
Currently in Austin, Texas
First off, I’d like to thank My Desmog Thread. What started out as a simple de-smog re-do has quickly snowballed to the point where I feel like it’s time to start a thread.
I love this truck, but over the past year or two, something just didn’t seem right. It ran ok, but there was a fairly high idle, it smoked a little, and it smelled like a top fuel dragster. At some point in its life, somebody had just yanked all of the smog components (and added an exhaust header). Everything but the distributor was capped, which I knew wasn’t right, so I set off to re-do it - the right way. I ordered the proper plugs and pulley from JimC and got to work.
It didn’t take long to start building a more detailed list of parts and desmog components that I was missing. While I was tracking down VCVs, various fittings, and waiting on them to arrive, and the air cleaner was off anyway, I thought I’d give her a valve adjustment. Who knows the last time this was done. Valve lash was pretty good, so while I was in there (famous last words), I thought I’d check timing and air/fuel and give her a proper tune up. I ordered up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, etc from the local dealership.
Currently in Austin, Texas
First off, I’d like to thank My Desmog Thread. What started out as a simple de-smog re-do has quickly snowballed to the point where I feel like it’s time to start a thread.
I love this truck, but over the past year or two, something just didn’t seem right. It ran ok, but there was a fairly high idle, it smoked a little, and it smelled like a top fuel dragster. At some point in its life, somebody had just yanked all of the smog components (and added an exhaust header). Everything but the distributor was capped, which I knew wasn’t right, so I set off to re-do it - the right way. I ordered the proper plugs and pulley from JimC and got to work.
It didn’t take long to start building a more detailed list of parts and desmog components that I was missing. While I was tracking down VCVs, various fittings, and waiting on them to arrive, and the air cleaner was off anyway, I thought I’d give her a valve adjustment. Who knows the last time this was done. Valve lash was pretty good, so while I was in there (famous last words), I thought I’d check timing and air/fuel and give her a proper tune up. I ordered up plugs, wires, cap, rotor, etc from the local dealership.
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