So the S-10 did go in, and it is still in. The whole intake system on that motor is mostly plastic and at 21+ years of age, it is brittle and fragile and proved that without a doubt. A supposedly simple case of lifting the upper plenum and doing a snatch and drop on the injector "spider" became a whole lot more complicated when one of the old injector sleeves shattered and bits dropped down into the lower plenum intake ports. I had half anticipated that this might happen which was one of the reasons that I farmed the job out. So that got sorted out and the plenum re-assembled only to discover that the trigger module for the distributor and failed as well. By itself the module was around $250 and would need to be brought in; a whole new distributor was 350 and the same schedule, so I called it and had the new timer ordered. Over night delivery to the store but that was a work day for me so the delivery to the yard for the tech took longer than it would have had I been around to grab and deliver it myself. So that got sorted out and the timing and triggering all taken care of.................................now I hear that there is a sporadic fuel leak on the pressure in side. Thinking that when the fuel line was disconnected the O-ring in the coupling may have decided that it was time for it to commit suicide as well.
Thing here is that I am not particularly angry about all this. As a general observation, pretty much all of the mfgrs went to plastic to cut costs and in the process also cut part and assembly life span. I am somewhat surprised that the parts in question did last as long as they did but I am personally not a bully when it comes time to use my truck so it does not get beaten on and abused simply because it is a truck. That philosophy tends to result in longer working lives for many parts, which is something of a nuisance as well because when you finally try to get new parts, sorry bud, obsolete, hey, we can sell you a new truck, just sign here and we'll pick up your first born in the morning.................................
Nick
Thing here is that I am not particularly angry about all this. As a general observation, pretty much all of the mfgrs went to plastic to cut costs and in the process also cut part and assembly life span. I am somewhat surprised that the parts in question did last as long as they did but I am personally not a bully when it comes time to use my truck so it does not get beaten on and abused simply because it is a truck. That philosophy tends to result in longer working lives for many parts, which is something of a nuisance as well because when you finally try to get new parts, sorry bud, obsolete, hey, we can sell you a new truck, just sign here and we'll pick up your first born in the morning.................................
Nick
