What the heck was that?!?

[EricInTheHouse]

Today I'm "still" trying to get my truck running.. I gave up and pulled it down to the professionals, lol I get back home and all of a sudden.... I get so damn tired that I had to instantly lay down on my couch.. When I got up I had to take an Advil, and it was dark out!!.... I just woke about 2 hours ago..

I have anxiety problems and taking medication for it... I wonder if it was a side effect?.... I've been taking these for a month now...
It was wierd.. I instantly got extra tired....
I have had wierd things happen while sleeping... A couple of weeks ago I was sleeping and my body was paralyzed... I wanted to move and I couldn't...

Thinking I'm going to call the doc tomorrow.. sumthin is not right...good thing I wasn't driving today when that happened.

Anyone else take medication for anxiety?...is this normal?

 

[MrS]

So what you're saying is you pulled your car to the mechanics, came home and fell asleep?

Sounds normal.

 

[EricInTheHouse]

So what you're saying is you pulled your car to the mechanics, came home and fell asleep?

Sounds normal.

Nah... I got so tired that I just took off my shoes and pulled a blanket on the couch..slept and when I woke up it was dark out.. I must of passed out for like 6 hours.., Right now I still feel weak and grawgy.. don't feel like doing much at all.

I think I got some kind of virus. so I drank a lot of Ginger Ale, and pop aspirins .. I still feel tired all the time... I think my stressful lifestyle is catching up to me physicly.. I really need to dump some of the stress in my life.

 

[ketostix]

I know this off topic but I'm guessing you didn't get the timing lined up on the pulleys. Did you get the belt on and everything and it wouldn't start or run right?

 

[Bible_Belt]

Ginger ale is not an anti-viral. Anything else non-alcoholic would be better to drink. Try green tea instead, it is antiviral. Also try to eat garlic, cranberries, grapefruit, broccoli, and high-antioxidant and high-Vitamin C foods like fruits and berries. For supplements with anti-viral properties, try Elderberry, Golden Seal, St Johns Wort, lomatium, oregano, and mushrooms.

 

[EricInTheHouse]

I know this off topic but I'm guessing you didn't get the timing lined up on the pulleys. Did you get the belt on and everything and it wouldn't start or run right?

I don't care if people go offtopic in my threads.. it's no big deal..

I did get the belt on, and lined up the cam marks, crank at TC, and the oil pump gear lined up.. tightened the tensioner and turned the key..
It starts like a new engine, then as it idles back down it's obvious that some of the cylinders are miss firing..

I unhooked the battery for a half hour so the computer could reset or whatever, but the same results persist.. I'm starting work soon, so I can't keep farting around...so I took it to the shop....basicly I gave up, lol..

 

[EricInTheHouse]

Ginger ale is not an anti-viral. Anything else non-alcoholic would be better to drink. Try green tea instead, it is antiviral. Also try to eat garlic, cranberries, grapefruit, broccoli, and high-antioxidant and high-Vitamin C foods like fruits and berries. For supplements with anti-viral properties, try Elderberry, Golden Seal, St Johns Wort, lomatium, oregano, and mushrooms.

coolio.. I have some stuff to google now, lol..
I've always used Ginger Ale when sick.. must be the thought of maybe it helps I guess..

I almost puked when I saw the word mushrooms...mushrooms?.. ack...oh dude.. I don't do mushrooms.... jeeezus.........*puke*:nervous:

 

[ketostix]

I don't care if people go offtopic in my threads.. it's no big deal..

I did get the belt on, and lined up the cam marks, crank at TC, and the oil pump gear lined up.. tightened the tensioner and turned the key..
It starts like a new engine, then as it idles back down it's obvious that some of the cylinders are miss firing..

I unhooked the battery for a half hour so the computer could reset or whatever, but the same results persist.. I'm starting work soon, so I can't keep farting around...so I took it to the shop....basicly I gave up, lol..

Well even if you think you got it lined up it can still be off and will start but will idle rough. Or maybe there's something else wrong with the engine.

 

[EricInTheHouse]

Well even if you think you got it lined up it can still be off and will start but will idle rough. Or maybe there's something else wrong with the engine.

It's an electronic engine with no mechanical distbutor, so basicly line up the crank at TC and the the mark on the cam sprocket...and done..

I may have it on TC on the exhaust stroke maybe, but I put my finger in the spark plug hole, and spun the crank and felt compression escape, so I believe I have the crank on TC compression... Maybe not though.

 

[Bible_Belt]

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[ketostix]

It's an electronic engine with no mechanical distbutor, so basicly line up the crank at TC and the the mark on the cam sprocket...and done..

I may have it on TC on the exhaust stroke maybe, but I put my finger in the spark plug hole, and spun the crank and felt compression escape, so I believe I have the crank on TC compression... Maybe not though.

I'm not sure which ford engine this is but it does have a distributor right, and didn't you say it had an auxilary oil pump shaft driving the oil pump and dist.? If so, that's three pulleys that have to be in close alignment. Even if you only have a cam and crank sproket mark and you have it timed at TDC for compression (which you do have or it wouldve never started) and you think they're aligned sometimes the cam timing can be off enough that it won't run right. It's happened to me before. Or it could be something else. That's all I'm saying. It doesn't really matter too much now since you have it in the shop.

 

[EricInTheHouse]

I'm not sure which ford engine this is but it does have a distributor right, and didn't you say it had an auxilary oil pump shaft driving the oil pump and dist.? If so, that's three pulleys that have to be in close alignment. Even if you only have a cam and crank sproket mark and you have it timed at TDC for compression (which you do have or it wouldve never started) and you think they're aligned sometimes the cam timing can be off enough that it won't run right. It's happened to me before. Or it could be something else. That's all I'm saying. It doesn't really matter too much now since you have it in the shop.

It's a 4cyl in a 1997 Ford Ranger..2.3 I believe. I do know the oil pump gear was just a tad off the mark, because to get the cam to line up near the mark I had to sacrifice a little on the oil pump gear so the teeth on the belt would line up.. That oil pump gear drives a distibutor mechanism?...
You know, it did run so I could actually move the truck, but it popped and skipped.. I bet it is because that gear is off just a bit.. I assumed it ws just a oil pump.

Dang.. I bet that's it, because the cam and crank are perfect lined up.
I went by the shop today and the truck is still in the same spot, so I may just drag it home again or play with it there..

Thanks for the info..sounds like that could be the problem.

 

[ketostix]

It's a 4cyl in a 1997 Ford Ranger..2.3 I believe. I do know the oil pump gear was just a tad off the mark, because to get the cam to line up near the mark I had to sacrifice a little on the oil pump gear so the teeth on the belt would line up.. That oil pump gear drives a distibutor mechanism?...
You know, it did run so I could actually move the truck, but it popped and skipped.. I bet it is because that gear is off just a bit.. I assumed it ws just a oil pump.

Dang.. I bet that's it, because the cam and crank are perfect lined up.
I went by the shop today and the truck is still in the same spot, so I may just drag it home again or play with it there..

Thanks for the info..sounds like that could be the problem.

That sounds like exactly the problem. The oil pump shaft drives the distributor too if the distributor is on the side of the engine and not driven off the camshaft in the cyl. head. And it has to be aligned exactly too or the ignition timing will be off and would explain the symptoms you're having.

 

[KontrollerX]

It could be your medication or you could have a undiagnosed heart problem you should get checked out.

People who get certain kinds of heart problems get more and more tired over time until one day they just don't wake up at all and are dead.

 

[EricInTheHouse]

That sounds like exactly the problem. The oil pump shaft drives the distributor too if the distributor is on the side of the engine and not driven off the camshaft in the cyl. head. And it has to be aligned exactly too or the ignition timing will be off and would explain the symptoms you're having.

yepp, I know for a fact that the oil pump gear is off the mark by about 1/4 inch. Stupid me didn't think that it drove the distributor, but why else would they have timing marks on a oil pump gear....yat that's gotta be it.

I must of gotten lucky the last time I did the belt, because it ran great before. Well gonnna go down and play with the oil pump gear, and see if I can get it running, then drive it home.

Thanks, dude..

 

[EricInTheHouse]

It could be your medication or you could have a undiagnosed heart problem you should get checked out.

People who get certain kinds of heart problems get more and more tired over time until one day they just don't wake up at all and are dead.

Well I always assumed my tiredness was due to my stress levels , but we do have heart disease on my mom's side, and I haven't had a proper physical in years. My uncle(41 years old) had a triple bybass last summer, and I'm almost 31:nervous:

 

[KontrollerX]

Definitely get checked out bro.

Eddie Guerrero one of my favorite wrestlers had heart trouble from steroid abuse and years of drug and alcohol addiction that led to his death even after he got clean of those things for a good long while but the point is before he died he continually complained to his wife about getting more and more tired.

They both assumed it was simply the grind of being a wrestler and being on the road so much but nope getting sleepier and sleepier over the course of weeks or months can mean your ticker is about to fail ya.

 

[ketostix]

yepp, I know for a fact that the oil pump gear is off the mark by about 1/4 inch. Stupid me didn't think that it drove the distributor, but why else would they have timing marks on a oil pump gear....yat that's gotta be it.

I must of gotten lucky the last time I did the belt, because it ran great before. Well gonnna go down and play with the oil pump gear, and see if I can get it running, then drive it home.

Thanks, dude..

Well that's what's wrong then. I think the distributor also times the sequential fuel injectors on a Ford. The shop might just retime the distributor and not bother with realigning the driveshaft. Which would probably be an OK fix until next time you change the belt, then you'd have no accurate reference point and would have to retime the distributor again lol.