OK so since i read just about every thread on here and have fixed my truck multiple times because of the knowledge of people on this site i figured i should join up. Now here is my problem i have a 98 2500 4x4 12v and not matter what you do it will not fire up with out hitting the gas pedal now this is the first 12v ive had before this was a 01 24v and got talked into the 12v i have a decent amount of mods but it has dine this since the day i bought any suggestions would be great thanks

mods: no fuel plate, afc reworked, 4 inch turbo back no muffler, afe intake, ats stage one tranny, and ever thing else is to make the truck around that not fall apart

 

i have a 98 12 valve mine started doin that win i tightend my gov. springs

 

ill look into, its possible owners before me did, i have only adjusted star and smoke screw thanks

 

does it start with no pedal after its been driven? i mean if u take it to the store shut it down.. shop.. and go to start it again do u still need pedal? also has the timing been messed with?

 

yes no matter how long or how far you always have to hit the gas pedal and today i did its valve lash adjustment and i had read somewhere on here i thinks that the throttle linkage had to be set to where it had five inches from the center of the ball on throttle hook in to the front of the cable bracket if that makes sense well that caused me to have to adjust that piece of junk metal rod that runs to the bottom shut down sol. it when i started it fire right up but was running at 1200 rpms so i turn the bar back out so now im guessing it needs a little tweak here or there and as for timing that was my next thing to check out not sure if it was adjusted before i bought it but any ideas on the whole throttle linkage junk would be great thanks for replying

 

If i remember correctly,there is a recall on the throttle linkage.I'll have to do some checking on that.

 

im pretty sure you are correct on that i have seen info on that a couple dif. places i dont know much about recalls but are they still honored after this many years im pretty sure that recall was back in 2000 thakns

 

whats the idel set@ could be to low causing hard start

 

at 800 rpms

 

Already checked - the recall actually is on 96 and 97's not 98's. And yes, even after all these years they would still have to do it because its safety related.