Slant Six Dead Spot
Sorry, to be "hard-headed"
Diagnosing something is a step by step process. A process of elimination. I don't know how other people do it but I always begin with the simplest and cheapest things that go wrong, because that's uauslly what it ends up being.
You come on here asking for advice. You are given advice from people who may have different......and some possibly better diagnostic skills than yours. We have some really sharp people on here. I've been doing it thirty years.....but I got news. 805MoparKid is a KID...but I'l be damned if he's not REAL sharp at this stuff.
You can't come on here askin for help and then shoot down every idea that comes out. I'm sorry you're hard headed, too. Far as I'm concerned, you can fix it yourself.