I tell you it's been one thing after another lately with this 31 year old truck I've owned since new.
If it was a wife...I would say it was time to revisit and renew your marriage vows...and be thankful for the years and miles of faithful service...
The truck is mostly a garage queen for the last 19 years.
You are fortunate to have a garage to keep your truck in...helps preserve things...a lot of us have to be creative to keep the merciless sun, wind, rain, animals, and trees from ruining what we are depending on...
no more flashing OD light.
Sounds like forward motion on ironing out a few concerns...everything else can't be too awful bad...at least you avoided a several thousand dollar repair...
1993 F-250 E4OD 280K miles, owned since new
I take it nobody else has f a r t e d in the drivers seat...thank the Lord...sure helps when you have to get under the dash for wiring up or replacing things...
See above about faithful service and being thankful...
ole boy pulled his valve cover and a couple rockers had came loose. Worth a look, me thinks.
This might be something to investigate to gain a greater appreciation of the wonderment that is an engine that International may have thought that it would only be a flash-in-the-pan...and not fathom it's popularity for so long...
guessing that the cold timing advance might have something to do with it as the truck no longer has a faster idle at cold starts.
All of the suggestions and advice seem to be valid and helpful...another thing to be thankful for...who would you have turned to thirty years ago...?
You gotta forgive my 'being thankful' mood..
Here comes the counterpoint...feel free to tune out now....I would not blame you...
but sometimes...when people are in a mood where they are thinking about throwing in the towel because of a speed bump in the road of life...they could use a pep talk and reality check...
I am encouraging you to stop and think and count your blessings....
The Girl and I have been working late into the night wiring up wire remesh and slab bolsters...hurrying up to get it done before a concrete crew can pour and finish before the head man goes on vacation and messes up our sub scheduling...
And sporadic rain has not helped...we worked in the rain last night.
Do you know what it is like to stand and bend over and wire up wire mesh to concrete chairs night-after-night ? In the rain...? so far...about 1500 wires...between the two of us...we HAVE to do it ourselves because supposedly legitimate contractors 'don't do it that way'...and we are the ones that are going to have to live with the results...
Not only that...but it has been a few decades since we both were 20 years old...
I hope you see fit to get your truck straightened out...it deserves to be after all of this time...you would not be able to replace it and the good memories...
Have a good Saturday...