I hit the bush pretty hard the other night, yea i had it coming, twisted the frame again, ripped passenger mirror right off, some more bruises on the body and smashed my windshield.

Anyways my problem is this truck likes to get water logged. The truck barely starts right now and i can put the accelerator to the floor when its running and the rpms dont come up, then all a sudden they do. It sucks stalling down the road cause it decides to not want to accelerate. I cleaned out the airbox, changed filter, all good there. Took the hoses off to the throttle body, and opened it up all day in the sun to dry out. Took distributor cap off to dry, even though it wasnt wet. The truck is very sluggish right now, sometimes when starting in 1st it goes then jerks so i have to shift to 2nd and it goes away. On the highway i have to downshift every once in awhile so i gain power again. Could this be the tps? being wet?Any help would be appreciated.

95 f150 4x4
302 5 spd
4"susp 3" body
35" tsls

 

Could be. I'd spray everything the cap, rotor, etc. with WD-40 just to make sure its all dry. Remember, Wd-40 ISN'T a lubricant. It stands for Water Displacement

 

Also keep an eye on where the rest of your electronics are located. You may want to move them into the cab (computer for F.I., ignition, etc). Also check that you don't have any water in your gas. If you hit deep water it can seep into your gas tank via filer vents etc. and then you'll have a heck of a time.

Btw, I did the WD-40 thing (spray my cap and all before I go out) and I've never had a problem with water in my distributor, even when I put the whole thing under water. Intakes and ignitions on the other hand . . .

 

Yep.......Water Displacement, 40th attempt.

 

Well 2 days later (today) its still doing it but not as bad. I guess im going to have to figure a way to water proof her. Even though i hate water i love mud and they seem to be hand and hand together.

And the frame well either back in the shop to get stretched and possibly some extra crossmembers from rail to rail. Thinking about sticking a jackall in between the two rails and see if i can straighten it, but those damn things seem to have a mind of there own.

And yes i will try the wd40 trick, thanks gents
if you didnt wreck it the first time, put more lead in your boots

 

The other day i was stripping out a Lincoln to use in the demo derby and it reminded me that some Ford cars from the mid to late 80's had rubber boots over the distributor car. I think they would work well on a 4x4. Most mid to late 80's cars with 5.0L engines had them, Mustang, Clown Vic etc.