I've seen quite a bit of chat about unidentified problems and the possibility of the VSS being the cause.

Because the previous owner of my truck sold it because of these types of complaints, I was very interested in the VSS. I bought one on Ebay to rip apart, and when I found how easy it was to work on, and what was wrong with it, I took the one out of my truck, did the same and documented it.

You can get the write up here:

http://www.key-men.com/downloads/Lan...rebulid_v1.pdf

My guess is that at this point, most of these trucks need this rebuild whether or not you've seen the symptoms.

I'll be revising this if I can find a more suitable part, and I'll update the thread if that happens.

 

Very nice, thank you for this, it's going into the DI tech section so please upate as needed.

 

This is great, I was about buy a new VSS but I will give the rebuild a try first. Nice work.

 

Same here..... The tech help on this web site is unbelievable.

Many Thanks

 

I vote for a sticky!

 

Definately goes in the Tech Section... This is the kind of stuff I live for..
Repair rather than replace.. Knowing in advance how this works can make a field repair easily possible...

I may rebuild mine just for grins... Picking up washers at home depot next time I'm over there..

Good Work !

John

 

Thank you George (gprtech)!!!!

 

Great write up!Thanks for taking the time to share.

 

I rebuilt my VSS on Monday with the directions gprtech posted and it went exactly as described. The only thing that was a pain was putting the VSS back in the car. Not a lot of room to maneuver. Thanks for the tech help. My car has not sputtered or hesitated once since Monday.

 

I also rebuilt mine following the instructions and it works fine on the highway now my speedo and scan gauge are in sync and not reading 188mph when im only doing 65 lol. Thanks!