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    Engine knock

    My engine (1985 318) has started knocking. It had a barely discernable knock several months ago that would go away after it warmed up. I haven't driven it in about a month because I've been working on other things on it and when I cranked it, there's this much louder knock. It's definitely on...
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    Where can I find white spoke wheels?

    I have a 1985 D150 I'm trying to put these wheels on for a 80's look. I've never bought wheels it looks like the bolt pattern is 5x139.7mm and the center bore is 83.82mm. Apparently this is the most uncommon wheel config on the ******* planet, idk. Does anybody know of any wheel this style that...
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    Truck runs like garbage: Episode 3

    I come again asking for advice! The truck is an 85 with a 5.2 engine and 2 barrel Holley. Out of the blue, it started idling rough/low and not burning all the fuel. I'm not sure if it's due to too rich a mixture or what. Here is episode 2 (where I was at previously)...
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    Engine running rough and lacks power: troubleshooting help

    I'll figure out how to check the timing and check the choke. I think you're on to something, it was shaking pretty good.
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    Engine running rough and lacks power: troubleshooting help

    It doesn't have points if you're referring to is what I think you're referring to, it has this system I had it taken to a shop for what turned out to be the coil because I couldn't figure out what the problem was and I didn't have the time. They said they took the whole distributor out of the...
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    Engine running rough and lacks power: troubleshooting help

    Hello all, 1985 D150 2wd 5.2l 2bbl automatic About a month ago I came here asking a similar question with a similar problem. The culprit was the coil, as some folks here said. Less than 24 hours after replacing the coil, something very similar is happening. It's running like garbage, but...
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    Engine runs/idles rough, doesn't burn fuel completely

    Before it started running rough, I would have to wait about 10mins for the choke to fully open. That whole 10mins till it gets warm enough it revs really high. So Whether or not it's related to this running issue I think I'm just going to replace every choke component, because the previous owner...
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    Engine runs/idles rough, doesn't burn fuel completely

    @crazzywolfie It's got a 4 pin ECU on the firewall. Initially, I thought the coil checked bad but after going back and doing more reading and checking it again (properly), I'm pretty sure it's not bad. So I'm still in the dark about the rough running. I noticed the distributor cap had some...
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    Engine runs/idles rough, doesn't burn fuel completely

    @muddy12 It does have an automatic choke that has been sticking and making it rev high on start till it finally opens when warm. It's been doing that a long time, it was the next thing I was going to fix before this. @Joshwaa The book says voltage on the positive side of the coil should be +/-...
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    Engine runs/idles rough, doesn't burn fuel completely

    I'm not positive, but the 4 pin I think
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    Engine runs/idles rough, doesn't burn fuel completely

    It's carburated. I do have a multimeter & was going to check the wires also but I couldn't find a number for what resistance they should be in the Hayne's book. Haven't checked the coil yet because it got dark yo
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    Engine runs/idles rough, doesn't burn fuel completely

    Hello, I just got this truck, a 1985 D150 318(5.2L) 2WD. Pretty vanilla truck but it's marvelous. Long story short, it was running fine until one morning I got in it and it was idling roughly (loaded and unloaded) and it isn't burning all the fuel, puking (definitely) gas out the exhaust. It...
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