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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
NateB #338212 October 30th 2009 5:42 pm
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a buddy of mine parked his diesel pick up for like a month, started it up and found out a ground squirrel had moved into his muffler... boy was it pissed off! when he started the truck! lol


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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
Uncle_Fester #338219 October 30th 2009 6:05 pm
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load it up with bounce dryer sheets Nate, thats what I do and have never had an issue "knock on wood"


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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
NateB #338225 October 30th 2009 6:25 pm
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It's not cursed you just need to change the color like I did... That brown metallic Walnut ... well There are better colors...lol [Linked Image] [Linked Image]


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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
Phoenix #338389 October 31st 2009 2:43 pm
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I'm really bummed. I put the "new" carb and she fired right up. Let the engine warm up and then it wouldn't idle so I made a few adjustments to the carb and the engine just won't idle right and it's running rough.

I pulled the wire to no. 3 and no. 7 cylinders and the engine sounded the same with no drop off or anything. Tells me somethings amiss on those two cyls. Plugs are good, wires are good, cap/rotor are brand new, etc. I guess next step is a compression check to see if those cyls are doing anything at all. This is a brand new engine so I don't know what's really going on and I don't have the equipment at my house to do a whole lot of diagnostics. Guess I'll have to break down and have it towed to the place that put the engine in and let them figure it out.

I'm running out of patience.


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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
NateB #338396 October 31st 2009 3:02 pm
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Drive it back there Nate.
Unless it is running that bad.
Considering you really have NOT put ANY miles on a freash engine it should still be under some type of warrenty,
Call them on Monday morning and see what they say.

Did you pull the plugs to see if they where fouled, or are you assuming they are good because they are new.

You can foul a new plug as easy as a worn one.

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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
wookee #338439 October 31st 2009 6:10 pm
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I just had an issue with WTF...put on new wires and two were faulty...swapped the old ones on and all was good....took them back and the counter guy realized that the box said Champoin.....Turns out they were counterfeit


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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
Doc 2% of Canada, EH!!!! #338509 November 01st 2009 12:27 am
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Originally Posted by Doc 2% of Canada, EH!!!!
took them back and the counter guy realized that the box said Champoin.....Turns out they were counterfeit


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Thanks for posting that Doc; I never heard of that before. Got to be on our guard for everything anymore...

I wonder if some innovative Chinese businessmen figured out how to incorporate Melanine in the wires... Bad enough that they poisoned our children, now they've graduated to poisoning our vans!

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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
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You said the van is Cursed a few pages back, Ali's van had alot of issues & the garage guys and the body shop/painter asked why did she get a Personal Plate(VANity Plate) that reads CURSED and they ask me why? I tell them it has something to do with the mural she wants on it but that will have to wait. Before Dec 09 we can get new names or keep the same ones,I am hoping she will change it.
We have VANSRUS on Alice's 2000 Astro & VANSRUS on my 96 Safari,normally you can't duplicate but since one is registered as a car & one as a truck you can. VANVIDA(LIFE) is on the Chop Top Van. I want to change them to something else but don't know what. Sorry didn't mean to high jack your thread. Good luck on your van.


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Re: 85 Dodge "Root Beer"
wookee #338695 November 02nd 2009 7:04 am
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Originally Posted by wookee
Drive it back there Nate.
Unless it is running that bad.
Considering you really have NOT put ANY miles on a freash engine it should still be under some type of warrenty,
Call them on Monday morning and see what they say.

Did you pull the plugs to see if they where fouled, or are you assuming they are good because they are new.

You can foul a new plug as easy as a worn one.

.......Wookee



Yeah...I'm going to give those folks a call. The engine has a 3-year/100,000 mile warranty. So if it turns out to be something mechanical, it should be covered.

I didn't pull the plugs, but I guess I could just to see if they are okay.


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