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    Transmission bench rebuild kit is it decent? E4od rebuild

    The biggest risk of the OEM torque converter is the blades coming apart and exploding internally. The more common risk is the clutch piston cracking and giving a lockup shudder condition. When I had my 3 clutch billet converter rebuilt, I asked them to send me photos of the as found internals...
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    My '89 is dead, what's happened?

    There is a main engine harness connector at the inner fender on the passenger side of the engine bay. These connectors are not sealed, and prone to corrosion after so many decades. I ended up bypassing mine. A dead giveaway is to clean off the connector and look for signs of melting on the...
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    7.3 heads on a 6.9?

    Nothing. I eventually bought melling rocker arms to upgrade to the later style.
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    ATS 093 leaky slip joint repair

    Alright, mild steel is around $100/set. Again, plus taxes and shipping.
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    ATS 093 leaky slip joint repair

    Alright, I got ahold of the machine shop. Looks like they can get the price down to 130-140 per set in 304 alloy (taxes, fees and shipping would be extra). This assumes a volume order of 10 sets. Still going to ask if mild steel is an option.
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    3G alternator upgrade

    Good catch. I didn't realize that until now. But it looks like the 2-hole alternators can be had for a decent price if this 4-hole proves too small.
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    3G alternator upgrade

    More reliable and higher amp output, especially at idle.
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    So what did you do with your truck today?

    This was actually last weekend but I took a three day trip to the northern region of Vancouver island. The first night coincidentally happened to be during a massive aurora show. It’s not quite this vivid to the naked eye but still impressive.
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    Injection pump time

    It was a long time ago, but I seem to remember something about the fueling curve of the upgraded pump didn’t allow for the normal redline at the time. Something about the nature of the pump trying to dump too much fuel in the lower rpm range without enough at max…Things may have improved since...
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    Injection pump time

    My only complaint about the moose pump was the 3000rpm limit. I’m not sure if that’s still the case for any of the options for the upgraded pumps.
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    Injection pump time

    About 120k miles
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    3G alternator upgrade

    I don’t even remember when I acquired this, but apparently I had a complete kit ready to go to upgrade the alternator to a 3G. Even had the wiring harness with fusible links still in it. Took about three hours because the pulley I have is apparently loose. I eventually found some shim stock to...
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    Injection pump time

    It’s been over 10 years since I installed a moose pump and I’m thinking it might be time to replace or rebuild it. The truck still starts and runs well but the mpgs are quite poor lately. Already have a recent set of injectiors from Russ. The only hard clue I have of a tired IP is a slight...
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    "Tank" my 91 Crew Cab Dually

    Whatever it is, i think it’s metric. All the body bolts are metric, so it would make sense to have the frame metric. The wheel pattern and lugs are still imperial, but even the shackle bolts are metric. If I were to hazard a guess, I would say m16x2 but don’t quote me on that.
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    ATS 093 leaky slip joint repair

    In reality, the outside of the female coupling doesn’t even have to be machined. It’s the ID that’s critical. That could be one place to shave some cost.
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