the truck blew a head gasket. while it was at the shop it told them to check out the fueling and fuel pressure and adjust the timing to 15deg. after doing that, the truck gets lousy mileage. cant tell exactly what i get cause the odometer doesnt work. anyhow, they just took the fuel plate right out. it is now sitting in the compartment on the bottom of the door. would it matter where the star wheel is adjusted to without the plate? I can barely make it blow black smoke. it puts out more white then anything. I think i am just blowing fuel out of the tail pipe. $70 bucks worth of fuel barely lasts 2 weeks just driving around town. It recently just had trans rebuilt with a upgraded T/C and valve body (which rocks!!)

 

they didnt time it to 15!!!! thats all i can tell!

or maybe they did time it, but timing slipped after that! im 99% sure!

happened to me 2!

 

you seem pretty sure about that. maybe ill do a search on slipped timing and see what i find out. its to the point that i just want to get rid of this truck between bad mileage and the repair bills lately.

 

it sounds like slipped timing to me also.

 

When I had mine timmed to 15 the milage did not go up much.

Before the timming job it was blowing a lot of white smoke when it was cold. Turned out it was at 8

 

put your fuel plate in there.... bad things can happen not running the fuel plate

 

where are you located in utah i know a good mechanic in northern utah (ogden) if you are close i can get you his number.

 

Ditto i believe if you search you'll find a couple threads about what can go wrong w/o a plate

 

The guy that help me with mine is in utah and is really good, he sold his 01 to buy a 97 so he could do more with it. PM me if you would like his number, he is in Ogden as well. Sure knows his stuff.

 

i have come to the conclusion that they are all fairytails. unless you do the afc mods and put in bigger rack plug.it will never hit the stop pin without the the other mods.

 

I think im gonna stick the plate back in. Im not to impressed with the performance and it just seems like im just pumping raw fuel out of the tailpipe.