Hasn't been my experience.

This one could have been my truck in its prime. Color and everything. It's like, uncanny, man.

http://www.purplewaveauction.com/i/a...dwest/7309.JPG

Did you "Live in a van down by the River"? :D

River?! More like the railroad tracks.

Heard that.... :D

Wrong side or right side? ;)

Depends . . .

Ford? They were pretty equal in that regard, but I thought the Chevy had a better ride.

Besides, no one ever wrote a hit song about making love in a Ford van. ;)

Sammy Johns: Chevy Van w/lyrics

amazing. The astro is fixed.

So what happened is I spent something like 3 weeks pulling double axle trailers all over creation in the hills of western CT with the astro, and the stress on the motor managed to back out all 6 spark plugs a bit, so they were just past hand tight.

It was suffering from low compression on all cylinders and running like crap from this, however, a compression test shows perfect compression across the board at 195k with the spark plug hole properly sealed. :)

Re-torqued all the spark plugs, sucker runs like a top again. dam spark, who woulda thought? with a diesel, I wouldn't have to worry about "spark". :D