Mine is an LDT and pretty anemic at that. I have to give it full throttle to start it and then play with the throttle to keep it in the 800-1000 prm range until all 6 cylinders are running smoothly. It starts kind of like the old Pratt-Whitney radial aircraft engines, first one cylinder fires, then it sputters along as more cylinders start firing and eventually all six start firing, the process takes about 2-3 seconds to get all 6 running. Even then I still have to play with the throttle a few more seconds, if I release the throttle too soon it will die on me. I have to gradually ease up on the throttle to keep it below 1000 rpm, but still give it extra throttle to keep it over 800 rpm until it has been running for 10-15 seconds. Once it is warmed up it will restart normally without any fiddling with the throttle. I have the ether start system, I'm told that ether engines are like that. Of course I haven't changed out my fuel filters yet, I've also heard a dirty primary filter will cause hard starting.
I was really happy until we stopped at the end of a dead end road and went to put it in reverse to back up. As I moved the shifter from neutral to reverse all of a sudden I felt the shifter fall out of my hand and on to the floor by my right foot! My wife and I just looked at each other with serious looks of amazement on our faces! I began to laugh because crying was not going to help this situation! The shift lever actually broke off of it's base (It looks like it has been cracked for some time). Luckily I had a small tool box with us, so I put some vise-grips on the stub but I could not shift in to reverse (too much side load) and the vice-grips would push over (slip). 
So I pulled out a rack of sockets and found a 3/4" socket fit snug on the stub. I then stuck a 6" extension on that! Voila, I now had a chrome shifter! ![[thumbzup]](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/images/smilies/icon_smile_thumzup.gif "Thumbs Up [thumbzup]"){kind=icon}
We then had no trouble getting home except for the uncontrollable laughter from both of us, every time I would shift. When we got home I just put the other truck's shifter on it for now. Then we went out for ice-cream and a nice ride(probably about 60 miles) Everything went well and I really am liking this truck. 
As I stepped back down on to the chair I was surprised to feel my foot go right through the chair and hit the ground! At the same time my other foot was still on the front bumper. 
Hahaha. Be carefull. If you die I won't have anyone to ask my stupid questions to and I don't think you have had time to put me in your will yet to get your trucks. 
haha. See ya soon.
