Recent content by jaeger22

Great! See you guys there!

Works for me!

Yes! I am in central Florida but, . . . Have motorcycle will ride. . . .:)

Welcome from East Orlando! Always happy to see another S10 in FLA. John

Welcome jsaul53, from the East side of Orlando!

Mus1969stang, great thread here! I did the flash tune thing on mine 3 or 4 years ago and had a lot of fun playing with it. I recently added an Arrow header and that made the surge at around 2000 rpm much worse so I did exactly as you proposed above and fattened up the throttle/RPM map around the...

Re: Head count: Dead or High Idle issues only Who has been bit? There is a video on youtube talking about this and a fix. He thinks it is caused by interference from the stater wires. I can't say for sure but it seems to make sense. I haven't had this issue for a long time but if I do I am...

I would for sure try an eliminate the classic hard start problem before taking it to a mechanic. Going to WOT should not hurt anything, But the key is with the hard start, the motor is flooded. Try to start it and then sniff the exhaust. If there is a strong fuel smell then there is a very...

Sorry to hear that, I know well the sinking feeling in the pit of your stomach about now. :( You may have bent a valve but I think there is a good chance you are OK. I would not think the cam would have slipped very many teeth, not enough to cause valve/piston love, but the only way to know...

Sorry Greg no clue on that. All I can say is that I would use 2012 rings unless you find out for SURE 2014 will work. You don't want to ending up having to rebuild it twice like some dummy I know. . . . . . ::)

Greg, I was going to tell you about the pistons coming with rings but I see EricV already caught that. Ironically the fact that they come with rings saved me on the second build. . . . As I expect you remember form my old posts, I had to rebuild mine the first time because I messed up on the...

Sorry to hear that but agree. Thanks much for trying to set this up. Maybe we can try again after the holidays. John

I can make it. If we are on, I will see you there. John

I am up for lunch for sure and maybe camping.

Wow! That is a strange one. Glad you found it! ::008:: And thanks for posting the final result. We can all learn from it. Great write up and pix on the link. John