haha that was a little weird, but no problem. I'm no pro, but i've spent a lot of time under hoods figuring things out for myself.

 

Yea that was intended to be a tad creepy. Experience is a lot!

 

well you hit the creepy mark haha.

the best way to learn is to grab a box of tools and go at it.

 

Indeed.

 

I dunno why but this whole thing made me laugh pretty hard...

 

Yeah, this was good... mostly because of shooting sticks' remarks, lol.

One more thing I didn't see mentioned was checking the TPS. On Renix, it's adjustable, so you need to be pushing the right voltage or else you beg a bunch of rough idle problems (and shifting problems I've heard, but I haven't noticed that). Multimeter is your friend on Renix engines... like Beef said, everything is based on proper voltages. Get that wrong, your screwed.

I just dealt with proof of that 2 weeks ago on mine when the gas pump resistor failed due to corrosion. Took me 3 days to figure it out and when I did, it cost $5 for new leads and some steel wool to fix. They're finicky trucks, but man they run forever if you baby them.

I'm curious if the problem was solved?

 

Yes the problem has been solved!

 

Sticks: Don't leave them hanging on the cliff!!