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| | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 newbie | OP newbie Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 | Somewhere in W. Texas: | | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 newbie | OP newbie Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 | The girls called me yesterday with a problem. The van would start and idle fine but started to mis-fire like crazy and lurch along if they gave it more than a tiny sniff of throttle.
Last night they picked up a fuel pump and filter which they changed out this morning (I had replaced the filter already but it seemed daft to change the pump without replacing the filter again). This seems to have fixed the problem but they created another by draining some coolant when removing the lower radiator hose to get at the fuel pump and not knowing they had to refill the radiator rather than the header tank. This pretty quickly led to overheating but they got that sorted and seem to have got away with it. Fortunately they had a gallon of coolant and a gallon of distilled water with them.
I would have liked to be there to help them out but they seem to have managed. Glad I kitted them out with tools and maintenance fluids before they left.
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| | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,266 Likes: 43 old hand | old hand Joined: Feb 2016 Posts: 1,266 Likes: 43 | Sounds like you prepared them very well!
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| | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: May 2018 Posts: 2,397 Likes: 64 veteran | veteran Joined: May 2018 Posts: 2,397 Likes: 64 | My son is a mechanic and would have paid someone to fix it..lol.. good for themðŸ˜
When in doubt..get the sawzall out..
| | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 newbie | OP newbie Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 | Somewhere in Utah | | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 newbie | OP newbie Joined: May 2020 Posts: 44 | After more than 8,000 miles, up the West Coast and up-and-down through various National Parks in the Rockies, they are now in New England and had another issue: Happened very suddenly according to my daughter. I guess the bearing cap retainer failed and it just fell out. Driveshaft is damaged just enough they are looking for a used replacement to rebuild. Fortunately only 1-1/2 miles from a shop that can do the work. | | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | Joined: Jun 2010 Posts: 18,286 Likes: 558 | Id put a new U-joint in it and keep goin .... did the drive shaft come apart and start flappin ... if not they are makin money on a stranded person. take it to your mech .
If anything it might need to be rebalanced but not rebuilt ..
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SUNSHINE VANS-VAN DIEGO ADRENALIN BY THE GALLON & CHASIN RACIN ONE FOR THE DIRT & ONE FOR THE STREETS '93 CHEVY G30 454 4X4 SPORTVAN EXT 146" WB '92 CHEVY G30 454 BEAUVILLE EXT 146" WB | | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 veteran | veteran Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 2,847 Likes: 42 | That bearing cap receptacle is likely no longer round and would no longer allow the C clip to be sent home. A new cap on a new U joint could suffer the same fate quickly if the clip was loose or not quite set to full depth, and it would be hard to tell if it were not.
I suspect there was a weird vibration right about 55 for a few thousand miles before it let go, but would nearly go away at 65mph, so 65 it was.
Reminds me my U joints are due for a couple pumps from the grease gun. | | | Re: 1985 RAM B250 Royal Van - Project | Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 Supreme Master | Supreme Master Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 21,211 Likes: 25 | I had a u-joint failure on my Chevy going up I-83 in PA traveling at about 80mph. This was AFTER I had new u-joints installed. Luckily the driveshaft didn't fall out onto the highway. I have AAA, so I had the van towed back to the shop that did the work. They replaced the driveshaft/u-joints under warranty.
It was pretty scary.
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