They came today,---2 sets and SORTA look like the right ones! Still need the bolts and might be able to get them local from a shop in town that works on springs.
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have the Pakistani guys make ya a set..they do it right there in the dirt floor shop Sonny..make sure you are wearing flip-flops so you fit in during your visit
I dont watch them. ---I try to find stuff that could help me a bit ,---like John Deere 420-c crawler loader, Case 310-c crawler loader, -- etc. ---- not having any luck on finding transmission reverse idler gear shaft for the 310.
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6:25 am 1/19/23 ---- headin out to go get auction buys from last nights internet auction. --- didnt get much but gotta go pay and pickup the stuff. Did get me a nice computer desk for $1. ---been lookin for a different one.
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you might have to make a 310 shaft Sonny..I had an old Truckman forklift,it had a BorgWarner reverser box in it and had to make an idler shaft and bushings for it as no one had stock..I bought the last idler gear available in the USA to repair it..probably coulda parted it out and made money off it LOL
Might have a possible line on a Cummins and manual trans for the 350 out of a parcel delivery truck. He says a lot of guys went this route on the 350 to get rid of the 7.3, BUT the main thing I gotta get rid of is the stupid automatic transmission that dont shift half the time! Still workin on what he and I can trade on it. Possible work on some of his equipment? Anyway he just got rid of a 7.3 that had the manual transmission still on it , so missed out on that one! Either deal would work for me. The 7.3 is still runnin ,---so far but needs injectors real bad, so kinda at a crossroads as to which way to go. Finally got the spring hangers to put on so little by little I would end up with a decent truck.
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Sonny Id put injectors in the 7.3L, check the glowplug harness connections and repair the rear end spring hangers..to go with the manual you'll have to change out the brake pedal hangers and add the clutch pedal and all that crap,easier with a donor truck there to get ALL the parts from. <begin rant>I hate the Cummins 6BT in pickups, everybodys gotta take the damn muffler off and make em loud and stupid..last one I drove was a Dodge 3500 from MD to SC and back with worn out tires what a POS..at 2000rpm they have a sweet spot and level out a bit and are somewhat driveable..they are good engines nonetheless if you take em apart and mitigate the killer geartrain dowel pin issue..<rant off> Maybe if a big sweetgumball tree fell on one Id like it
Well ,----today the high gear went out of the stupid automatic and it sticks in second for 3 miles before going into 3'rd then your stuck there for the next 5 miles in that gear! fluid level is right on the full when hot/level mark! GOTTA get something to get me a manual transmission in it. As far as injectors,--the $2,000 rebuild for them is out! Thats another reason I would like to get rid of the 73,---I want/need the truck , just gotta have a manual transmission in it. As far as noise, ---- my pipe is broke off on the front side of the converter so might as well not have anything under it! lol! NUTTIN comes out the back of the pipe!
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that sucks. coat hangers make excellent filler for exhaust systems with a fine torch tip. in fact that's MY preferred rod for exhaust systems if I'm not using the wire feed welder (flux core) I got pretty good at doctoring up decrepit exhaust systems when I was buying Junkers on a regular basis.
I know a lot about a lot of things BUT I still have a lot to learn. Life is what you make of it. So, why not make a working machine to make it easier.
I was intending on putting a stack on it and get rid of all the pipes/muffler/converter/etc. Its all about ready to fall off the truck anyway. Damn Illinois road potholes! Dodge one and hit 4 other ones in the process! Hard on trucks! Anyway I want a 3" straight pipe up the side of the cab on the pass. side --- no muffler/converter ,--- and a turn out on it facing 45 degree angle to the rear. Main problem right now is the cost of the 3" pipe, ---- expensive size!
I had twin 2" on my old 64 GMC half ton with a hi-perf 283 in it. Ran it for 12 years before salt ate the cab up! I used 2" pipes from a kids swing set for the stacks on it.
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whoever rides in that F350 with you is gonna hate that exhaust right behind their head..run it out down below the cab and do a turnout 45'degreee turn out and away from the bed..Older Chevy suburbans like a 1987 with a 350 gas V-8 came with 3"tailpipes from the factory, look online they can be had cheap new
Well ,----today the high gear went out of the stupid automatic and it sticks in second for 3 miles before going into 3'rd then your stuck there for the next 5 miles in that gear! fluid level is right on the full when hot/level mark!
have you ever dropped the pan on the transmission and changed the filter and fluid Sonny?
About 6 years ago a guy went and drained everything, trans/converter and THEN the bad problems got worse. Book says NEVER change it til trans rebuild. I always keep it full,--gotta add a gallon every 1,000 miles and nuttin dripping on the ground so dont know where it goes. Stupid automatic GOTTA go for sure! Looks like some wires and other junk hanging on the side of the trans for sumpin,---have no idea what for and I aint messin with them! lol!
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probably the harness to the E.C.M. that tells the damn thing when to shift. I had to replace the bunk where the wires go into the 4L80E on the motor home. my tranny fluid was running out through the wires. might want to check that out.
I know a lot about a lot of things BUT I still have a lot to learn. Life is what you make of it. So, why not make a working machine to make it easier.
Ya guess I gotta try to crawl under it and see whats there, not that I would be any smarter after I see it! lol! --Could be sensors I guess. Fluid stays red and smells fresh, -- course it should. It dont slip and shifts solid when it decides to ever shift so bands must be o.k.
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Yeah it sounds like you might have an issue with a harness that connects the transmission to the ECM one of those wires is broke it's going to shift in its hydraulic mechanical mode, which is whenever it feels like it if it feels like it. All got to do with pressures and temperatures and unreliable. I like that better when the transmissions weren't connected to a computer.
I know a lot about a lot of things BUT I still have a lot to learn. Life is what you make of it. So, why not make a working machine to make it easier.
I pulled the turbo 400 out of the RV.. that 454 was just screaming at 55. Put a 4L80E in there. 4 sp/W OD. Now I can go 60 and still only tach around 2000 rpm. the damn computer to make it go was an expense. Motor home is an 87 P30 chassis, so HEI ignition and the good old fashion Rochester quadrabog carb.
I know a lot about a lot of things BUT I still have a lot to learn. Life is what you make of it. So, why not make a working machine to make it easier.
My truck runs about 60 at 2,000 IF you can get to go into od, -- I like the gearing in it, ---fast yet power in lower gears. Still cant figure how a 5 speed can shift 6 times but that is what it always did when it worked. --- I knew it was junk at that point, course ANY automatic transmission is junk in my book! The Explorer dont shift half the time either! Ford never could make an automatic that ever worked! --had 5 trucks/vans in the past and NONE of them ever worked!
Anyway the diesel used to get 16 mpg when i first got it and would run interstates if needed, --now probably getting 4 to 6 mpg. and restricted to back roads and 35 to 45 mph.
"A machine you build yourself is a vote for a different way of life. There are things you have to earn with your hands."
Ford never could make an automatic that ever worked! --had 5 trucks/vans in the past and NONE of them ever worked!
Sonny you hate automatic transmissions like I hate sweetgum trees..Ive had several Ford auto transmissions in the past and have to say the C-6 from the 70's were good units, I never had a bit of trouble with them except what I caused by running the wrong fluid..the Fords were more prone to foaming of the fluid and they came out with antifoaming versions of the fluid..shouldnt run standard ATF in them..
Crawled under the truck yesterday to look,--(big mistake),---- AND fluid dripping off the tail casting, -- cant see where its coming from but could be from 1 bunch of wires. There is another bunch of wires that I can feel on top but cant see them, have NO idea where all that shit goes to or what it S'POSED to do!
Shifter is a cable to the control arm on the side of the trans. and thats the only actual linkage on it and its all tight and looks to be intact. Anyway, --- got sis's ranger back together and THIS axle wobbles just like the original did , so now gotta tear it apart again! -- The only other thing in there is the outer bearing which could be bad, Stupid roller bearing in this one and NOT Timkin taper like civilized stuff has! ---- Same style that the 310 case reverse idler gear has and they went out as well! I never did approve of this style bearings since they never hold up! Now to come up with a puller to get bearing and seal out! ----- life goes on! lol!
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