Since then he has moved to an independent shop, and has found repair procedures to be more complicated now that he doesn’t have access to current technical information and dealerships’ wealth of special tools.
Whether it’s a better or easier way to get the job done, or a homemade tool that’s “not available in any store,” it’s obvious that there are folks out there with their thinking caps on.
Sticking with the basics, we eliminated as many obvious causes as we could for a warm high idle with occasional misfire, and an intermittent no-start when the engine was hot.
To complete the package, power was transmitted to the front wheels through universal joints that didn’t take kindly to radical changes in direction. Tire companies loved these vehicles almost as much as their heavily muscled owners.