Just wanted to pop in with a welcome! I usually post over on the smoky side these days, but I'm still lurkin round here, read most everything, and am mighty proud of you guys on a daily basis. This thread is typical of the community on this forum. <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/kewl.gif" alt="" />

So welcome Cochese, and to the rest of you: <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/cheers.gif" alt="" /> Heck, I'll even throw out one of these: <img src="/forums/images/graemlins/patriot.gif" alt="" /> (Except to Don, to whom I'll say "Happy Canada Day" buddy!)

Phil

Cochese,
Good to hear it seems to run ok, that's ALWAYS a good sign!
I ran Castrol 20W50 in mine, it holds up well in the older 2.6L's. But switched to Castrol's Deisel-RATED 15W40 and found it had better viscosity at temp. Not sure what weight you'd need in your winters though.

Here's a place to check out:
4 years back, I needed some parts while touring back-country Colorado with Greg (lives in Breck), and another guy you haven't heard from yet (Mitch, now in OK) took me to a huge wrecker yard south of Denver, which I GPS'd at the time, and it shows on my GPS map as ~1925 (north side)of West Radcliff Ave, just off #85 (N39 38.210, W105 00.764). Lots of parts trucks, take a look around with a few simple tools in your pockets. If they have any Mitsu's, you may just find some things you'd like on your rig! Pretty soon you'll be on the lookout for bouncy seats, spare lenses, nicer trim pieces, etc. Do keep an eye on your stuff though, as one guy tried to make off with some of our tools...

Regarding CAPS: put the contents of the zip file in a directory called WINCAPS directly on the root of your C: drive (i.e., C:\WINCAPS) then run CAPS.EXE to launch it.

As Don mentioned, you'll need your cat for both passing smog and for proper back-pressure. If your cat is the original (not sure how you'd know other than if it seems to look like it's not 21 years old) it may need changing. I put in a new cat in mine a couple years ago and performance was noticeably improved. I picked one up, along with the attaching hardware, from Advance Auto. Again, as Don mentioned, however, you won't know if you'll need one until you've had a smog check done. IIRC, high HC and/or CO emissions could be attributed to the cat, so if you fail from either of those your cat may be suspect. Just be sure that before you take it in for testing, that you drive it around for about a half-hour beforehand to get the cat good and hot.

As for the O2 sensor, better to check it to see if you're getting the proper readings from it than to just change it. It's seemingly not a difficult job to change it, but if you're unlucky enough to have one of them that has welded itself to the exhaust manifold (like this one) then you could be in for more than you bargained for. Easier to check if you even need to change it in the first place.

That mild hesitation under load you mentioned could be the depression chamber, the cat, or possibly just and old carb needing to be rebuilt. Not sure if someone's mentioned it yet...use NGK plugs. DON'T go get those Bosch 4-points that have suckered some people in (including me). The Bosch's are not good plugs for this engine.

Let me know if you've got a timing light and if your multimeter will register engine RPMs. If not, I'll bring mine my TL and meter. If your timing's not set correctly for the altitude, you'll see a difference. Basic timing is about 7? BTDC, but at this altitude it needs to be about 11? BTDC (IIRC).

To each their own, but I've always just ran 10W30 in mine year-round. I've been using Mobil One.

I won't be able to come join in all the festivities but I should be able to stop by during my lunch break, if you guys are still horsin' around.

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I might just have to take Tuesday off to come up and meet everyone.

Or do we want to set up a get together for some other time?

And then lets get a Colorado trip going sometime in August.

PM with address sent. You are correct, it appears he is a little North of 88th off of Wadsworth.