Search:

Type: Posts; User: ARP; Keyword(s):

Search: Search took 0.01 seconds.

  1. Replies
    92
    Views
    115,407

    Re: Electric Fan Set-Ups - Hot Soak Re-Revisited 2013

    I think I set the thermostat to trigger at 185 F, and that was real close to resulting in operation as described above. Each van might require a little different setting.

    I had AC also but not...
  2. Replies
    92
    Views
    115,407

    Re: Electric Fan Set-Ups - Hot Soak Re-Revisited 2013

    ok I'm back by special request:rol:

    I did sell my van with a fully functional hot soak fix which had been working nicely for about two years. I tried to keep it simple, kept the stock fan clutch...
  3. Re: Blinking cluster lights??

    I would suspect the alternator. Mine went out in Glacier Park last summer after a minor accident with a lawyer from Helena, He backed up as I was pulling into a parking spot (at maybe 20 mph) and my...
  4. Replies
    47
    Views
    46,641

    Re: Removing the Air Filter

    If it runs rough after you are done either you cracked the air tube or one of the many vacuum hose connections in the vicinity has slipped off
  5. Replies
    19
    Views
    15,645

    Re: 15" pusher fan? with a/c?

    Yup I am the one who kept the stock clutch setup aNd added the pusheronthe front hooked to an. Adjustable thermosat with probeonthefuel return line. VerY happy with the setuP, comes on after...
  6. Replies
    92
    Views
    115,407

    Re: Is it the infamous hot soak......

    well I should really try to take some pictures - maybe next weekend?
  7. Replies
    3
    Views
    5,896

    Re: Toyota Hiace with selectable 4wd...how?

    sorry, not familiar with the autos. If you flip the driver side sun visor down you might find the directions there-
  8. Replies
    3
    Views
    5,896

    Re: Toyota Hiace with selectable 4wd...how?

    manual or automatic shift?
  9. Replies
    92
    Views
    115,407

    Re: Is it the infamous hot soak......

    hey, I've tried both the solutions that Tim "detailed". Grounding the temp sensor heloed a little but didn't completely solve the problem. Ventilation solved the problem. I kept the stock cooling...
  10. Replies
    13
    Views
    9,130

    Re: weird, tricky intermittent problem

    Thanks for the comments. I changed out the O2 sensor about a year ago, and its a manual transmission, changed the transmission oil about two years ago. And yes temperature sensor, I mentioned in...
  11. Replies
    13
    Views
    9,130

    Re: weird, tricky intermittent problem

    Thanks for the ideas Tim, glad to see I'm not the only one stumped by this one. Really not that big a deal as far as I'm concerned, but if my wife happens to want to drive it on a snowy winter...
  12. Replies
    13
    Views
    9,130

    Re: weird, tricky intermittent problem

    It just shows code 1, a single blink every 4 seconds, so that's no help-
  13. Replies
    13
    Views
    9,130

    Re: weird, tricky intermittent problem

    In the first link talking about finding the connector-

    If nothing happens when you jump those wires (no check engine light and no change in idle), and the connector is in good shape, then this ...
  14. Replies
    13
    Views
    9,130

    Re: weird, tricky intermittent problem

    Thanks Gwen, that write-up implies that you should do the diagnosis with the engine running, but my 1987 repair manual says to do it with the ignition on but engine off.

    Also my check engine...
  15. Replies
    13
    Views
    9,130

    Re: weird, tricky intermittent problem

    heh, guess I should figure out how to do that
  16. Replies
    13
    Views
    9,130

    weird, tricky intermittent problem

    Ok I may have posted on this before but its still not resolved.

    It only happens with colder outside temperatures, and I think only if the van has been in the cold for a number of days w/out being...
  17. Replies
    54
    Views
    47,447

    Re: Does a 2wd alt = a 4wd alternator?

    when you pick up your (rebuilt) alternator at the shop take the upper bolt along and make sure the threads in the hole aren't stripped.

    With my alternator disaster in St. Mary MT (Glacier Park)...
  18. Replies
    26
    Views
    36,251

    Re: front tortion bar and front sway bar questions

    I believe they get stiffer as you raise them up
  19. Replies
    6
    Views
    9,117

    Re: vsv/idle speed controll

    there are three different vsvs, which one are you referring to?
  20. Replies
    6
    Views
    12,825

    Re: best way to clean a dirty engine?

    I assume y'all bag the alternator - any other areas need special protection with these methods (solvent first then pressure washer)?
  21. Replies
    11
    Views
    8,704

    Re: Tire size and fuel mileage?

    I just drove from here in N. Idaho to Florence on the OR coast, 1250 mile trip total. I had been getting about 19 on the hwy with the yakima bars and ski rack attachment on top. I took all that off...
  22. Thread: Squeaky suspension

    by ARP
    Replies
    30
    Views
    48,494

    Re: Squeaky suspension

    I'm referring to the one in Tim's diagram with the arrow pointing down, on the driver's side in my van is is actually on the engine "side" of the arm
  23. Thread: Squeaky suspension

    by ARP
    Replies
    30
    Views
    48,494

    Re: Squeaky suspension

    well at least my 4WD does have grease zirks at the upper A arms but unfortunately they are oriented in such a direction that I have never been able to get a gun on them - at least not on the drivers...
  24. Thread: Washer issues

    by ARP
    Replies
    44
    Views
    28,923

    Re: Washer issues

    Thanks Tim, I'll give it a try:thmbup:
  25. Thread: Washer issues

    by ARP
    Replies
    44
    Views
    28,923

    Re: Washer issues

    Well I don't know, as far as I know my valve is working fine yet it takes three or four squirts to get anything out, and then sometimes it just keeps squirting when you want it to stop - think that's...
Results 1 to 25 of 45