New truck for etk

[etk300ex]

Lost a hub cap yesterday from my house to Canandaigua.  Just washed it and cleaned the wheels, it was definitely present and tight.  Weird. 

[mr.mindless]

I may have 4 spares. didn't note condition.

[etk300ex]

Ordered stuff to do a tune up.  What a weird setup.  Two plugs per cylinder, one coil pack each cylinder that mounts directly over one plug and a wire over to the opposite cylinder.  I had to go look to see what was going on lol.  Ordered a driver locking mechanism too because my driver door doesn't lock with the fob, suppose to be an awful job per the internet.  First time I ordered from Rockauto without shipping from three different facilities, have they fixed that finally?

[Wingman]

RA has def not fixed that. You are just lucky enough that the same warehouse had your stuff. 

[etk300ex]

10 easy Plugs down.  Rest are going to suck…

[etk300ex]

Any pro tips for cleaning the corroded electrodes inside the coil packs?

Can’t post pic >:/

[etk300ex]

Plugs done.  I will never do that again.

[etk300ex]

Done and runs

[etk300ex]

New driver door latch installed.  Locks with switch now.  The latch is a real feat of engineering. 

I’m going to go scrub all of the blood off of my arms and hands lol. 

[Wingman]

[etk300ex]

Truck runs smoother and doesn't chug-a-lug at cold startup anymore.  It had Bosch iridium plugs with a 0.06 gap.  They're suppose to be 0.043.  Replaced with OEM Champion Copper.

It did stall on me again this weekend.  It occasionally happens while coming to an abrupt stop.  It had over a half tank of fuel so I'm not sure how it could be fuel related but it seems like a fuel related symptom.  Any ideas?

[mr.mindless]

sticky IAC in the throttle body not reacting fast enough and choking it out? was common on the Magnum engines in the 96-0x trucks before the HEMIs

[etk300ex]

This is a Magnum Hemi

No IAC listed on RA

Chilton's Manual:
IDLE AIR CONTROL MOTOR
DESCRIPTION
A separate IAC motor is not used with the 5.7L V-8 engine

5.7L V-8
The IAC motor is not serviceable on the 5.7L V-8 engine.

Does that mean it's one with the throttle body?

[etk300ex]

Appears so

The 5.7L Hemi does not have an idle control valve. Idle speed is regulated by the computer by opening or closing the throttle plate itself. The motor is a non serviceable part of the throttle body. The entire throttle body would need replaced if malfunctioning.

[mr.mindless]

good ole throttle by wire.

Clean throttle body and make sure nothing is sticking?
but it's moving all the time. that certainly would cause other drivability issues if it were the cause.

Vacuum leak check? I have a smoker now.
I don't believe I have the technology to look at anything useful in detail.