I am chasing down a hesitation, bucking, chuggle, that has bothered me since this truck was new. Its most noticeable around 1300 - 1800 rpm while applying moderate throttle but not enough to kick down a gear. For example cruising up a hill around 40 mph, or rolling on throttle cruising through light that just turned green (before you had to stop). I was told by the dealer that it was the Tcc locking and unlocking. I was also recently given some good advice to replace the plugs and wires and open up the plugs to .045"...which I did, and it definitely helped, but the bucking is still there.
I did some logging with the Tcc commanded to lock and you can feel the bucking even more pronounced (obviously) and I can see the RPMs fluctuate.
After reading Banish's book, he mentions that if timing is not advanced enough during cruise the engine can misfire and create a bucking or "trailer-hitching".....hmmm that sound familiar. I believe that he even recommends bringing the timing up to MBT.
So.. I pulled up my timing tables and the Maximum Torque table and the MBT is 15, 18, 13, 14, etc in this range. The main High Octane timing table is 10,11, etc in this range. I also notice that its a relatively narrow curve between 2000 - 3200 rpm with any amount of spark.
Why so little advance with this engine? I believe even vacuum advance chevy's run quite a bit more advance....
Any input on pushing the advance up in this area would be appreciated.. Will it help my hesitation?
Thanks in "Advance" (sorry)
clint