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Uh, I left the keys with my brother and he had someone look at it. Apparently they both must have been drinking. But I did have white smoke come from the tail pipe ... AND my brother sobered up and said I had the spark plugs wired incorrectly. The truck is up and running again ...

OK. Had someone take a look at my truck today and said I have a blown head gasket. :mad:

I appreciate the info. The check engine light does pop on and off ... somedays it stays on and somedays it doesn't ... As far as the spark plug gaps ... I never knew they needed any adjusting I buy'em and pop'em in. I do inspect them and prior and I used the anti-lock grease to the...

Catalytic Converter that is ... OK ... About 2 weeks ago I noticed white smoke coming from the exhaust. It has been cold lately but this wasn't the normal smoke I'm used to seeing during the cold weather. After I noticed this white smoke. I realized everytime I shut the vehicle off...

You guys rock! ... I installed a "new" battery and the Explo is again purring like a kitten ... thanks!

Ok, I'm on my way to get a "new" battery to see what it does.

Bad news ... I got a remanufactured alternator with 130 amps from Autozone the guy checked it on his machine before I left the store. Today I swapped out the old one and now my truck won't start at all it just clicks rapidly when I turn the key ... I am really clueless now.

With the vehicle idling ... the multimeter reads 12.47 volts.

Ok, I was zipping down the highway from work, no AC but the system was blaring as usual. All of sudden the battery light pops on and the needle on the gauge dropped to half of what is was origianlly... at the half hash. I got worried because I never had the light come on before and I JUST...

I tried unplugging the negative battery terminal to reset the computer. I haven't seen much change. This is the set screw I've tried adjusting. http://www.geocities.com/jokerones212/pic4.jpg

Thanks for the info and insight it is appreciated. I disconnected the IAC and the truck did stall. I tweaked that set screw inwards until the truck wouldn't stall unplugged. But the rpms have only dropped to about 900 from the 1000 it was when I first installed the new IAC. I may be...

OK, I have been having idling issues for months, and could not figure it out. I had a mechanically inclined individual take a look at it. He tweaked something near the IAC but I don't know exactly what. Whatever he did brought the rpms back up but he told me to replace the Throttle...