Mission Creep on a D-150
For those who might wonder if I fell off the face of the earth, I answer well, sort of. I've been beating my brains out on this truck for precious little improvement. It runs more-or-less OK standing still, but is a complete dog under load. It starts hard, dies, has no power, and so forth. I've had to turn off the lights and walk away many a time, sometimes for weeks.
I thought it had a vacuum leak but it does not. I thought the carb was malfunctioning so I swapped in a known good one for no improvement. I have doodly-squat for compression and vacuum so I'll start a side thread to figure that out rather than clutter up this one.
My teeny bit of good news while trying to get this turd thing running, I managed to get the door panels off, add Kilmat to the outer and inner door skins, paint the panels, and repair the grab strap so you can close the door without pulling the strap off.
Nasty old panel:
![DSCN1673[1].JPG](https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/attachments/dscn1673-1-jpg.1716060980/ "DSCN1673[1].JPG")
Sharp looking painted panel:
![DSCN1680[1].JPG](https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/attachments/dscn1680-1-jpg.1716060981/ "DSCN1680[1].JPG")
Oh, and I scored a NOS ram for my hood!
![DSCN1707[1].JPG](https://www.forabodiesonly.com/mopar/attachments/dscn1707-1-jpg.1716060983/ "DSCN1707[1].JPG")
More news to come as I tackle the engine one more time. Now it's time to start the compression/vacuum thread. And have a beer to calm my poor frazzled nerves. :rolleyes:
For those who might wonder if I fell off the face of the earth, I answer well, sort of. I've been beating my brains out on this truck for precious little improvement. It runs more-or-less OK standing still, but is a complete dog under load. It starts hard, dies, has no power, and so forth. I've had to turn off the lights and walk away many a time, sometimes for weeks.
I thought it had a vacuum leak but it does not. I thought the carb was malfunctioning so I swapped in a known good one for no improvement. I have doodly-squat for compression and vacuum so I'll start a side thread to figure that out rather than clutter up this one.
My teeny bit of good news while trying to get this turd thing running, I managed to get the door panels off, add Kilmat to the outer and inner door skins, paint the panels, and repair the grab strap so you can close the door without pulling the strap off.
Nasty old panel:
Sharp looking painted panel:
Oh, and I scored a NOS ram for my hood!
More news to come as I tackle the engine one more time. Now it's time to start the compression/vacuum thread. And have a beer to calm my poor frazzled nerves. :rolleyes: