smgman
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Well I am not sure if my motor has had it or not . I have a 72 Am General Duece with the LDT-465-d (think the D is the Whistler) . The truck seems to run smooth and have okay power on level ground however when I try to pull any real hill on the rd it has trouble and I find myself down shifting to 3rd with the truck at 2000 rpm and maybe 20 mph if I up shift the rpms drop and the truck will loose all power. I have noticed this is not just large hills even a small hill on a st will result in downshifting . Seems it has very little power to pull a hill . When I down shift and get the RPMs up seems like I should be able to shift up to the next gear and continue to build speed but she falls on her face .
She has around 54000 miles and does not seem to smoke anymore then any other duece I have seen . I drove it home on the Highway and was up to 60 MPH no problem on flat ground .
I changed the Oil and fuel filters as well as the Oil about 6 months ago . The Oil pressure seems to run low just above maybe 5 at a Idle and up too 30 at 1500 or more RPMs .
As far as I know the truck is stock and I do not see a rebuild tag on the motor however the truck has a few tags showing replacment hard top roof and electric wiper motor back in 2003. I would like to get her running strong as she is a clean duece with a clean body , Hard top roof , Cab Heater, Winch , great tires , cargo cover and bows included as well as the electric windshield wiper upgrade and I payed $2500 2 years ago .
My hope is Maybe a bad pressure gauge and needs Injector pump turned up ?
My fear is bad motor that needs replacement or rebuild .
Better to rebuild these motors or replace them ?
Like most people I am on a limited budget .
Sorry for the long post guys I am trying to paint the whole picture and then get suggestions
Thanks Guys for all the info on this forum .
Jay
She has around 54000 miles and does not seem to smoke anymore then any other duece I have seen . I drove it home on the Highway and was up to 60 MPH no problem on flat ground .
I changed the Oil and fuel filters as well as the Oil about 6 months ago . The Oil pressure seems to run low just above maybe 5 at a Idle and up too 30 at 1500 or more RPMs .
As far as I know the truck is stock and I do not see a rebuild tag on the motor however the truck has a few tags showing replacment hard top roof and electric wiper motor back in 2003. I would like to get her running strong as she is a clean duece with a clean body , Hard top roof , Cab Heater, Winch , great tires , cargo cover and bows included as well as the electric windshield wiper upgrade and I payed $2500 2 years ago .
My hope is Maybe a bad pressure gauge and needs Injector pump turned up ?
My fear is bad motor that needs replacement or rebuild .
Better to rebuild these motors or replace them ?
Like most people I am on a limited budget .
Sorry for the long post guys I am trying to paint the whole picture and then get suggestions
Thanks Guys for all the info on this forum .
Jay
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