New Member ~ Hello from Hawaii

[yamahlr]

I have found the 1986 factory Chrysler shop manual. Shoot me your address and I will send it out to you.

[xboxrox]

For everyone's info I found a major cause of my trucks misfire & rough idle ~ the secondary wire to the distributor was half off & loose on the coil... Runs much better now with that wire plugged properly...

[geezer101]

...one bad connection. It's the small things that will catch you out. Glad you finally found the source of your running issues.

[xboxrox]

Hi geezer,
Truck runs much better 75% of the time now
Coil wire is still tight as are both ends of all plug wires BUT until the truck is completely up to operating temp, it often has a sometimes very noticeable miss... When hot it runs good... Gave the inside of carb & choke several good squirts of carb cleaner; cold start, warm up & idle is much improved... With one press of accelerator to the floor or halfway this truck refuses to start on 1st crank; 2nd crank it always starts right up... New battery just installed upon it's arrival from the mainland last month... Also, it acts lean when opening throttle quickly; maybe the accelerator pump has a weak squirt (if these carbs even have an accelerator pump?)... I want a DMM with removable alligator clips for Christmas so I can use OHM to check resistance of secondary wiring & coil... I have a bad habit of touching DMM probe ends with my bare fingers which gives false OHM readings...

Appreciate your guidance,
George

[geezer101]

The Mikunis do have an accelerator enrichment jet on them (it is one of the 3 things that can potentially give you grief, the other 2 are the secondary vac solenoid and the wax pellet auto choke). The enrichment jet pump is the square block on the side of the carb with the 2 fuel line barbs on it. Easy to see if it's working with the engine off - either hold the choke butterfly open or do it after the engine has warmed up. Look down the primary throat and give the throttle a quick turn - you should see a shot of fuel from a small nozzle halfway down the throat (you can hear it too if the pump is really good). No shot of fuel can mean 2 things - pump diaphragm is toast or you have a serious blockage in the jet.

[xboxrox]

Just added a few more photos today; check out my photo album, location is Pyramid Rock Beach on MCBH...
Thanks to everyone who helped me thus far...
ALOHA ~George