Thanks for the concern guys, my house is a good 20 miles from 7 of the 9 fires, and 10+ miles from a couple others that got put out quick. Just a note, my buddy's house looked like it got run through a table saw, the house and half the garage looked pretty good. Then the other part was charcoal still smoking. He was freaked out when he heard about looters, we went early they let us in (S&W MP40's under the seat) and got his two giant roller tool cabinets with his lift gate and got out of there. The rest of the property was locked up good still and I saw Guardsmen driving around. Was so focused that we didn't get no pictures, but another friend got this one... ...I saw it too, a little plane came in to do a drop, but didn't drop anything- about 10 seconds later this came in right behind the little plane, over the ridge and blew it's load all over the neighborhood
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I have to say, with all the high tension lines, hills, deep canyons and smoke, I have to hand it to these guys, heard they had 40 craft in the air at one point this morning and last night... ...one fire is running out of control still as I type this.
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Hey Typ4, yeah, I'm looking at 3/8" hard brake line because it has fittings already on one end, just have find out if they thread into the case fittings, pretty cheap if they do, then I just have to put a flare on the cut end.
RiotWarrior-
, yeah wished we could pick which houses get the fire, weird thing is when you are there, you notice the fire is very selective, five houses good, one gone, 3 more good.
Pick List is a
good idea, I'll sort out what parts worked and get sources out. One word of warning, might not make a difference, but the trans I'm working on was rebuilt and never ran, just sat for almost 2 years. So, a lot of parts
I'm just taking out, looking at, and putting back in.
It's the ones I look at and scratch my head that I am changing out for better ones. (I'm just trying to have an up-to-date factory style E4OD, no sled pulls or real-deal stuff like that.) I'm seeing such poor quality inside of transmissions lately and guys paying quite a bit for them, that I was suspicious and now as shown, for a GOOD reason!
Hi OldBull8, I sent the admin a message that my photos sometimes don't show, or worse, don't open. I kinda need pics that's how I do it, hope it sorts out or I can go back and re-do the one's that don't show. (edit: I figured out how to make it work, got all the prev pics up as thumbnails, just click on them for close ups.)
Well TrackSpeeder, I feel I owe you a bit of an apology, I overstepped my bounds. My limited knowledge over onto your real experience.
That cheaper TransGo Tugger Kit that supposedly did not have a Spiral Ring DOES come with it! I musta heard the guy wrong, I wrote it on my notes talking to him that way even, but it isn't right.
Basically I ended up with TWO snap rings, the supplied one from TransGo and one from Sonnax:
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(Sonnax is to the right, hard to see, but there is a tab that is sticking out of the Sonnax along the outer edge of the joint at about 3 o'clock.)
That tab is a side-sliding lock feature which I think might be pretty good. The TransGo Snap Ring is "cut to fit" (a lot like gapping a piston ring but with almost zero gap,) which probably helps with it locking. Check it out:
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Sonnax is above, TransGo below. That physical tab seems pretty smart, I think it is worth the 13-14 bucks I paid (heck, I got the TransGo kit for about 20 less than I thought I would, is that "false economics?" That's how chicks buy shoes...)
OK, so now the
endplay information. Remember my background is 4L80E's and a 4R70W and they were gas from "master" kits (read that as "Big metal shish-kabob" and bolt it together.) I'm trying to be more aware with diesel.
From the ATSG, I saw this callout:
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Now, being a parttime *******, I would think that "Determine Endplay" and "The amount of space existing between the thrust washer surfaces of the center support and the intermediate brake drum--- (.081-0.032 inch)" means that I should be getting the whole enchilada to fall within these specs, right?
Well,
I found this response from a transmission builder regarding adjusting endplay with different thickness of shims.
"As per ford it is not adjustable. The end play measurement spec is there just to verify that assembly has been correct to that point.... And not intended to be fine tuned... That is what the hole in the center support is for.. To place a depth micrometer thru to the direct drum.... If ford wanted this spec to be adjusted they would make different thickness center support washers."
(Scratching my head...
The numbers are just there to see that I put it back together right.)
Re-reading the holy ATSG, Second Sentence:
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"The transmission rear end play CHECK determines"
(We are just checking, that's all ATSG wants, to fall within these specs with our feeler gauges. BUT if you want a tighter running transmission without a lot of bumps between gears, you want to be at the low end of the given range)
MAN, I AM OVERTHINKING THIS...
This is my first run with this style of transmission.
I will post more about getting that trick endplay when I get to that bridge.
Oh, and think about it, that 0.081 - 0.032 is going to CHANGE A LOT as the frictions wear down. Just like brakes and clutches. Trainspeeder mentioned that fluid pressure is important, now it makes sense, all the growing gaps have to be filled with liquid, simple as that.
Anyways, I'm all apart and parts are trickling in.
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Last thing, the 4R100 Bypass Tube has two camps, those who favor and those who delete.
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Seemed like a lot of guys did not understand that the check valve it supports, is pressure/viscosity sensitive. If your fluid runs thick, then the fluid goes right back into the transmission. If your fluid is thin, it goes to the cooler(s). That's a GOOD thing. AND if you start up in sub-freezing temps, it will get the trans up to safe temps quicker.
If your cooling system clogs, and your E4OD is stock, your E4OD is DEAD
but by adding the Bypass Tube the tranny will begin to heat up, thus buying you some time to pull over and cuss... ...but your transmission still has a chance.
Lots of discoveries- I'll keep you posted.
George