asmith
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Picked up a '93 cclb 4x4 7.3 NA with an E4od. Almost exactly what I have been looking for. Coming from a turbo with a manual it is a lot different. Very loud! seems to be in really good shape, little bit of surface rust here and there, a ding here and there, needs a good cleaning inside, but over all in very good shape.
Although there seems to be, what i hope is a slight issue already I drove it 200 miles home and i think i have a loose/bad ground somewhere. None of the symptoms showed up on the test drive or for the first 100 miles home or so.
While driving the radio would cut in and out and get static-y, usually when i hit a bump something changed. then i noticed when i put a turn signal on the temp gauge, volt gauge and oil pressure gauge would jump with the flash. the radio got worse and finally when i put the windows up and down it would move the same gauges and affect the radio, if i rolled them up the radio would not work, it was on, just no sound. if i rolled them down, the sound immediately came back. Lastly and biggest concern for me, I think the torque converter was unlocking for a split second randomly during this time. I could not get anything else to affect when this happened. randomly the rpm would jump 100-250 rpm and it would pull a little harder then go right back down. have not had time to look any farther into this. does this sound like a loose ground somewhere? good place to start?
the eventual plan is to swap in the turbo engine and zf5 from my wrecked truck, but that will be a ways down the road, so i need to get this one up and reliable for a while. it will be my dd for work(construction) driving anywhere from 40-150 miles a day.
here are some pics of the beast. I will get some more later for you guys.
Although there seems to be, what i hope is a slight issue already I drove it 200 miles home and i think i have a loose/bad ground somewhere. None of the symptoms showed up on the test drive or for the first 100 miles home or so.
While driving the radio would cut in and out and get static-y, usually when i hit a bump something changed. then i noticed when i put a turn signal on the temp gauge, volt gauge and oil pressure gauge would jump with the flash. the radio got worse and finally when i put the windows up and down it would move the same gauges and affect the radio, if i rolled them up the radio would not work, it was on, just no sound. if i rolled them down, the sound immediately came back. Lastly and biggest concern for me, I think the torque converter was unlocking for a split second randomly during this time. I could not get anything else to affect when this happened. randomly the rpm would jump 100-250 rpm and it would pull a little harder then go right back down. have not had time to look any farther into this. does this sound like a loose ground somewhere? good place to start?
the eventual plan is to swap in the turbo engine and zf5 from my wrecked truck, but that will be a ways down the road, so i need to get this one up and reliable for a while. it will be my dd for work(construction) driving anywhere from 40-150 miles a day.
here are some pics of the beast. I will get some more later for you guys.
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