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04-26-2009, 04:44 AM
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
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04-26-2009, 07:44 AM
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Location: Chamberlain, SD
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
shift kits aren't much. I think besides tightening up the shift, they help the tranny last longer too...
Nice looking truck, she has really come a long way ! |
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04-26-2009, 08:30 AM
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
So, this is where ole blue came from!! Glad to see the history of the ole girl.
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04-29-2009, 05:47 AM
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Location: Bel Air, Maryland
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
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07-17-2009, 01:33 AM
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Location: Bel Air, Maryland
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
UPDATE...
Finally got her going...she sounds even better than I was expecting. Got to drive her around for about a month before the tranny let go...Tranny fluid with shrapnel is NEVER a good sign  The trans is being rebuilt...had hoped it would have been back by now, but... I'm itching to cruise in her again Here she is..where she left me stranded
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The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.
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07-17-2009, 03:04 AM
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: DFW
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
I'm not a fan of lowered trucks--I think trucks should be trucks and able to work.
That said, long and low looks good here, stranded or not! |
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07-17-2009, 12:37 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Oklahoma City
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
Subscribed........
How's the tranny? My 400 has a shimmy on take off. The 1-2 shift is ok and the 2-3 shift is awesome. Isn't that backasswards??  Your truck looks wicked. One question though and I may have missed this somewhere but are you going to put the cheyenne trim package back on? |
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07-17-2009, 12:38 PM
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
Someone's post disappeared!!!
Last edited by highperf4x4; 07-31-2009 at 10:49 PM. |
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07-30-2009, 02:20 AM
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Join Date: Jun 2006
Location: Bel Air, Maryland
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
The trans isn't back yet
It was supposed to be... She actually does get used as a truck on occasion...but not very often...just hauling furniture etc...nothing too bad. When the trans decided to give up the ghost it lost 3rd first. It would shift out of second and there was simply nothing there. Then the same happened to second....I slowed way down, got her to downshift & tried limping her home in 1st. (the Comanche was on the trailer and cents didn't want to unload it to come get me ) puttering along at 10 mph, the trans was definately getting hot. 1st started trying to slip, so I pulled over to let it cool down. With the elctric fan running to keep the big block cool, and 4-ways on (around here flashers & hood up are mandatory and a pretty good idea with MD drivers ) I tried to start her back up and 'click'. When I tried turning her over, the fan slowed and the flashers quit...'well crap!!' (not my exact words, but you get the point) I call in for a rescue to a very unhappy cents....I had a friend of my 14 year old's in the truck with me, as I was picking him up to bring to our house....I apologized for making him sit along the side of the road with me...his reply made me laugh my head off!! 'it's not your fault the truck is old' So my Yukon is in sight, with old trusty-rusty the car trailer...we winch her up...head up the road. About a mile away...we got a flat on the trailer *as a side note...to tell you the type of folks that live in this area...I sat there for nearly 45 minutes and only ONE preson stopped to see if I needed help... I'd also like to thank bad6772 for calling me and rubbing in the fact that his truck would move Thanks Tony for your support. 
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07-30-2009, 11:46 AM
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Restoration Virgin!
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: Huntersville, NC
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
Cool quick build thread here Jacki!!!...Hope you can get a tranny soon!!!
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07-30-2009, 11:58 AM
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Location: Rolla, MO
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
My wife gets so mad at me cause I'll stop to see of someone needs help. When you're on a 4 lane highway and everyone is just honking, yelling, and giving someoone the finger for something thats not their fault it just pi$$es me off! Stop and see if they need help, maybe they are one of the few people that don't have a cell phone. I'll shut up now.
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07-30-2009, 11:27 PM
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Location: Oklahoma City
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
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That is a plugged tranny filter. If you had simply dropped the pan and put in a new filter and fluid you would probably have been right back in business. I've hit the same situation in 3 different vehicles over the years. It was always a plugged filter. I drove one home 30 miles in reverse once!
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07-31-2009, 11:02 AM
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Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Northern AZ
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
Jackie,
You are a saint, if my rig looked that nice with a BOLWN BBC in it and I couldn't drive it, I'd kill someone! It is purdy and has been sitting off and on for what 3-4 years since the paint has been done? OMG get it done!! At least my junk isn't purdy so that is how I justify letting it sit, if it was shiny I'd have no excuse to ignore my babies! |
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07-31-2009, 10:51 PM
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08-24-2009, 10:27 PM
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
Just lookin for an update!
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08-26-2009, 12:09 AM
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Still livin the "dream" in '54
Join Date: Nov 2006
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Re: Better Late Than Never....
Get her driving again?
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