I got this 1990 Mighty Max 2.4L SOHC back in August 2020. I knew it needed moderate work done but anyways, it has an issue with at driving speeds it seems to hiccup or like it is jumping in and out of gear.. which i'm still tryin to track that stuff down but two nights ago on my way home from my daughters' house which is about 30 miles away, it ran fine there and fine almost all the way back home except for the last 10 miles of the way. Now the first of this past week i changed the oil which it is full, last week i replaced the transmission (3spd w/overdrive which sucks btw) fluid, filter and gasket. Also, finally 3 days ago i took it to a friend of the family that owns a muffler shop and had my muffler system worked on. Anyways, as i got about 10 miles from my home all of a sudden my truck had no power, tried to stall a couple times but didnt, wasnt running hot or anything either, it would only do about 45 mph total. When i got it home i parked it then yesterday i tried to crank it.. which it did crank but then stalled, then i cranked it back and it stayed running but still had no power like it had released all its compression... now tonight i changed the plug wires hoping that that would help but nope now it wont crank at all only turn over.. almost like it tries to catch but can't. like its not getting spark or something and i was wondering if this sounds like the timing has jumped or something? it sounds odd when trying to start which is like the sound when its timing is out or something.. I am hoping that its this instead of the head warped or worse.. its far easier to get a timing kit and do the work myself than to have to try and rebuild an entire motor etc.. Any suggestions, advice or pointers would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!!
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