john in KY

I'll see what I can find. Where in NE Ohio? Originally from the Warren/Youngstown area.

Neither is true. The XT6 has a FSM nd the ECU will store/flash DTCs.

Best I can do is to tell you to goggle "Endwrench win 01". The article will show you what you did wrong. (Looking for the winter of 2001 endwrench publication.)

Used the FWD axles only because the length is close to the XT6 axle.

Miles, this combination worked for me when I converted my FWD XT6: 2002 hubs,springs and struts reused the XT6 top hats Legacy FWD axles Car maybe sits an inch higher in the front but has none of the problems you have described. The XT6 axles can be made to work with the newer style hubs. Just take the outer joint to a machine shop and have that seal surface machined down to accept the newer style grease seal. I had this done for something like $30 but for some reason didn't use the modified XT6 axles when I did the conversion. Wish I could remember why but can't. I don't think you will ever get the ride height right using the Legacy struts.

Haven't yet figured out how to generate a link. That 2-week old post I tried to direct the OP to pretty much explains what went wrong and how to do the belt right.

Automatic? May want to check the vacuum modulator on the transmission.

Quite often the problem described is caused by using the wrong timing mark on the balancer. Seems everyone the first time they replace the timing belt makes this mistake.

Has to be screwed into the intake manifold somewhere. Look around on the backside of the manifold, maybe on the driver's side first.

Just a wag but sure sounds like an alternator problem.

Is the coil bracket securely bolted to whatever it bolts to? If not grounded you end up with your problem.

I still think the problem is you have the spark plug wires at the cap in the wrong holes. Also thinking you are using that "1" stamped on the cap as the starting point. Because the cap can be installed 2 ways, there is a 50/50 chance the "1" can be on the wrong side. Pull the wires from the cap. Remove cap, turn it 180 degrees, and reinstall it with the "1" on the other side. Reinstall wires starting with the "1" now on the other side of the distributor and see if that solves the problem.

Bet you a box of doughnuts the problem eventually will be discovered to be part of some wiring harness not connected. have pulled a few dashes myself over the years and know from experience it is very easy to overlook one or two connectors.

The 4EAT is designed to not upshift until the ATF reaches a certain temperature. Drop the pan and you will see the temperature sensor, about the size of a pencil. My wag is this sensor needs replaced.

I've done it more then once. Working on something and then not getting back to it for days/weeks and forgetting/confusing where I stopped.

It' a possibility but the first time I replaced timing belts, and not knowing at the time the engine needed to be rotated after installing the first belt, that engine fired right up on just two cylinders. Still believe the firing order is wrong. Thinking since you had replaced the cap and rotor so many times you got the wiring order at the cap 180 degrees off.

Even though you have rechecked the firing order, my money is on the firing order is wrong. I mean all you did was change the cap and rotor.

What if you installed that bevel washer upside down?

It's been my experience that once the noise starts, the clock is ticking. Justs gets worse over time.

May want to check the brake pads also. You never know.

You'll probably never loosen it with just a breaker bar. Need an impact wrench or add about another 4 feet to the bar you are using. Edit: Sometimes, even using a 5 foot cheater bar, I still have to stand on the end of the bar to break that nut loose.

Just pretend it's not there. As you loosen the nut, it will disappear.

Runs at rpms above idle but will not idle? You have an intake manifold vacuum leak somewhere.

Once you lose forward momentum and one or both wheels continue to turn, you'll find yourself on the frame before you know it. At least that's what a truck I had years ago would do. When I stuck it, it was really stuck.