Well the other night I was coming home and my 96 2.5 started bucking went away but came back a couple miles down the road. I didn't really think to much of it at the time because of the rain New England was having that night, well went to work yesterday and she ran fine (still had the CEL light on from another issue I've been trying to resolve) and it wasn't bucking so I figured the rain caused it. Well today I was coming home from Pool League, and it started again so I stop at my job real quick to grab the scanner (thank god for Keys to work and a likeable boss) well I pull up two codes my standard P1391 which I'm still scraching my head on, I gotta borrow a friends full scanner to figure that out but I know it's "INTERMITTENT LOSS OF CMP OR CKP." Well the other code that I pulled was P0320 "NO CANK REFERENCE SIGNAL AT PCM" now I'm scratching my head on this one trying to figure it out because I just replaced the CKP last month. And if it was bad my truck wouldn't start. I'm just really hoping it's something simple or stupid that is the issue but with my luck with this truck I don't think so. Do any of you guy's have any idea as to what it might be?

 

It sounds like your Crank sensor is acting up. It may be bad or loose connection or a bad wire.

 

Yay, well today I got both issues resolved. Well the truck did need a new Crank Position Sensor the one I just put on there because of the high winds and rain I'm guessing caused the wires to hit the exhaust and melt the black shroud and the wire covers so it was metal on metal solved that issue I was happy for a second. So I figured since I was going to Autozone anyways I'd replace the coil to that I had bought a while back because it had a crack in it. Well got back to the garage with my free parts put them in and reset the codes engine light stayed off for a second and popped right back on, called up a friend who had one of those really really expensive scanners from Snap-On figured since I want this light off mine as well do what needed to be done. I like my friends some day's, but hate um at the same time, he charged me $80 to use his scanner, and I'm like after all I've done for you your gonna charge me. Well he hooked it up, and come to find out, the timing was 19 Degrees and off. I'm like well I can't adjust this right? WRONG, well took out the distributor and cut off the one clip on it (not the bracket the one on the distributor). Well after some research the motor is suppose to be at 12 Degree's, put my timing gun on there, kept his scanner hooked up so I can read everything after it's done. Changed the timing a tooth or 2, went to the scanner it was at 13 degree's, I'm so psyched it's not even funny, the light is FINALLY OFF WOOHOO, I'm happier then a fat kid in a candy store I may be big but I'm not into candy LMAO. Total time today 2 hours working on it, total expense $80 for the scanner, 3 2x4's I put my head threw, 20 pots of coffee, 4 sleepless nights, and a $400 ring for my girl cause of this stuff I put her threw with this truck being down. I'm just hoping it stays off now lol, time to get a cheap set of rims and tires and smoke them up LMAO, save the Goodyear Wranglers for a few years.