I'm sure I got a short.

[Brain75]

good call on taking a 10 minute break from the project... I had fits with my 48 after I got it running... ethanol in fuel and old tank/lines, etc - I kinda got a little steamed over it more than once. I ended up just doing a full rebuild of the carb, and then taking the advice of the guys on the forum and thowing away the chinese plastic accelerator pump and putting back the leather. That was a good feeling once you get past an issue and you start seeing each day with less and less problems.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

So it looks to me like that the 30a Max fuse only goes to the PCM & PCM Relay.

So can anyone tell me why that fuse would blow at all.
Is it getting grounded out by something maybe?

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

So I drove my truck around a good bit today.
And I didn't have any problems out of it.
The tack is still dropping if I come to a stop to fast.
However it did not have even 1 episode of spitting and sputtering today.

I'm wondering if the spitting and sputtering was a sign that the fuse that blew yesterday was in the process of blowing.

What's everyone else's opinion?????

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

So this morning I drove my truck to the dermatologist office.
It's a 40 minute drive from my house and one stretch of road is 50 miles an hour speed limit.

I've noticed that when my truck gets to about 47 miles an hour and I'm just trying to cruise along keeping a steady pace at about 1500 RPMs I have a severe vibration in my drivetrain.

I paid closer attention to it today, because this is the third time I've been to this office and know the stretch of road so know when to pay attention.

I played around a little bit driving at different speeds and like I said from about 47 miles an hour up to at least 57 miles an hour I have the vibration if I'm just trying to keep a steady pace around 1500 RPMs maybe a little less then 1500 RPMs maybe a little more. It's kind of hard to keep your eye on the the tachometer while you're trying to pay attention to the road at the same time. I'm sure you all know what I mean

However if I'm accelerating the vibration keeps going until I get to around 1,900 RPMs.

If I'm accelerating and keep it above the 1900 mark and around 2000 RPM mark and go beyond the 47 miles an hour but still cruising at around 2000 RPMs gaining speed of course I don't have the vibration.

I didn't want to get pulled over for speeding so I didn't go past the 57 or so mark on my speedometer little bit under the 60 mark.

Since I changed that 30a Max fuse for the EEC/PCM my truck's been running pretty decently.

However this evening when I left my brother Larry's house my truck had a few more spitting and sputtering spells. It did it three times at three different intersections and then it stopped doing it.

Sure wish I could figure it out.
I guess time, patience & persistence will be the best tools to figuring it out

 

[sgtsandman]

I'm just spit balling here. So, take it for what it is worth. I had an issue somewhat like this on one of my Honda CR-Vs after replacing one of the CV half shafts with an aftermarket one due to a bad CV joint boot. I had to get an OEM replacement from a junk yard to fix the issue.

My point in all of this is that you may have an issue with balancing on your driveshaft. A balancing weight could have gotten knocked off or rusted off or there could be an issue with the u-joints. Just something to look at as a possibility. Drivetrain harmonics can be a weird thing and only show up at certain speed ranges and/or during acceleration.

 

[SenorNoob]

Vibrations in these trucks is rough. So many variables it's almost impossible to calculate. You can try to feel where it's coming from and make an educated guess at what to look at. (If you feel it most at the brake check the brakes. If the steering wheel shakes, it's probably in the front.) At least a 2wd is slightly better.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I think @sgtsandman has a good starting point.
I've thought driveshaft every since I first felt the vibration.
The way I see it right now it's only doing it when I'm going over 45 and I do most of my driving in town so I don't even get to 45 most of the time.
It also does it when backing up but not as bad as when it does it going forward over 46 miles per hour.
So for now since I don't got a job and am therefore broke I will leave it alone.

I put more energy in the last week into actually searching for a real job.
I've followed up on a few job opportunities leeds that a guy that works at the re-entry office for ex-convicts that are re-entering society gave me.

I don't want to put in too many applications or whatever in case I do get one of these first three jobs I've applied for.
I don't want to have a job place I have applied for a job at to call me and I have to then tell them,
" well sorry I've already got a job. ".
I feel that they would then have a negative outlook towards me.
At that point I wouldn't want to go to that company and try to get a job beings that I turned a job down.
So I'll wait about another week or so to see if I get any call backs before I look somewhere else.

I say that because once I get some money coming in on a regular basis I can then dedicate more of that money to my truck.
I have a lot of stuff I would like to do to my truck. One of those things being,
Changing the u-joints and having the driveshaft spun and balanced.
That may or may not fix the problem. I'll have to wait and see with that time comes.

I also have a leaf spring bracket that needs replaced.
It needs shocks and I'd like to put new brakes on it, all the way around. And when I say new brakes I'm not talking just pads and shoes.
I'm talking pretty much everything drums,
wheel cylinders, shoes, rotors, calipers, pads,
rotor bearings, new spring kits for the back.
All new brakes.
And of course give it a tune-up, change the oil and filter, new serpentine belt stuff like that, general maintenance.

It also has a little play in the steering so I'd like to address that as well.

 

[SenorNoob]

I wouldn't be worried about doing too many applications. It's silly how few companies will get back to you. When I went looking for my 1st job out of trade school, I averaged 5 applications per day for a month and never got so much a confirmation e-mail from any of them. It was only when I went to local grocery store for the stocker position that I found work.

 

[SenorNoob]

Side note, after you have experience stocking shelves or running a register, it doesn't matter where you end up every town has to have a grocery store.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

I believe that @SenorNoob .
However the way the re-entry people at job and family services works a little different.

The guy that helps ex-offenders look for employment gives the ex-offenders contact information for company owners.
I'm talking personal phone numbers to the companie owners.

I haven't actually filled out any job applications yet. I've talked to the owners of the actual companies that I'm going to maybe apply to.
I gave them my information told them a little bit about myself and at this point have give them an opportunity to do research on me to see if I would be a good fit for their company.

I'm sure that the company owners themselves will contact the guy that gave me their information and talk to him and see how he feels about me as a person. As well as looking me up online and so on and so forth.

Now I'm at the point waiting for them to get back to me. To let me know if they want me to apply to their company or not.

I also have the contact information for a lady that runs a job placement business. You know like a temporary service or whatever you want to call it.
She herself is an ex-offender and focuses her employment opportunities around ex-offenders.
If none of these three companie owners that I've already talked to, gets back to me within say the next 10 business days I'll then contact her.

 

[Brain75]

things have changed drastically... incredibly since you last were job hunting I bet. You could put out 100 applications and get 2 responses and only 1 offer... don't feel bad about the rare almost unicorn possibility of having to turn down a job, just tell em "Geez I wish you called 3 days ago I just accepted a position and I wouldn't want to be the jerk who quits on his 4th day" they will leave happy knowing you are a good employee who will stick with a company and you will be happy too.... if not happy at least employed.

And that 100 applications to get 2 call backs, that is if you are a regular schmoo, with any kind of stain at all you are probably looking at 10x those numbers.

 

[Brain75]

Local grocery store was a joke for me even. I went and talked to the wine & spirirts manager (Texas and now Colorado too the grocery stores sell everything but hard liquor). He spent 45 minutes talking to me and the overall gist he gave me was that he didn't want to hire anyone who was "older" and knew a little about wine, he wanted to hire (steal employee from) a contractor gig for these guys who do weekend tastings and such - young 21 yr old kids that know nothing about what they are selling just following a script. Told me to go get a contractor gig with one of those places and work my way "up"... except the contractors make more than what he could offer - said that last bit flat out. I was like how the hell do you expect someone to leave a higher paying (just over minimum wage) to come work for you for (exactly) minimum wage?

 

[sgtsandman]

That sounds kind of like a job I applied for at a grocery store. They had a union and only paid minimum wage. Healthcare was available at employee expense. 100% employee expense from what I remember. There were a few other benefits but this is a union job and this what you get? Needless to say, I passed on it. I can get minimum wage anywhere.

 

[ShhhhhDougsHere]

Hey folks.
So can anyone tell me what it means when I pull the dipstick out of my transmission and there's fluid on one side of it but not on the other side?

The no fluid on one side tells me my transmission needs some fluid.
But yet the fluid on the other side says I'm running it the right level.
I don't want to add to much transmission fluid if there's already the right amount in it.
I'm kinda at a loss here.

 

[Curious Hound]

Are you checking it with the engine running? I believe the owners manual.will tell you to check the transmission fluid warm with engine running on a level surface.