The full sized Chevy van of that era is one of the worst POS ever made. It will nickel and dime you to death. A Ford would be a much better choice. I would avoid the light duty version of either one.

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".

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