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Drove my truck to a trans shop this morning. Should have it back this evening or tomorrow morning

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Damn that's a quick turnaround!

 

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Damn that's a quick turnaround!

 

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i took it in this morning. I should have it back around lunch tomorrow
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i took it in this morning. I should have it back around lunch tomorrow

That's still blazing fast!

 

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That's still blazing fast!

 

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would have had it back this evening but they didn't have the servo and I think the converter on hand
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Chris didn't you put that tranny in pretty recently?

About 8 months ago. It was a cheap one with 6 month warranty. I paid 1000 for it. This rebuild is $1750 and has a 2 year warranty

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Drove my truck to a trans shop this morning. Should have it back this evening or tomorrow morning

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Good God where is that front bumper?

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Good God where is that front bumper?

Can't buy one because I have no money. Having this transmission rebuilt is going to wipe out what I have. Nothing but ramen for the next 2 weeks. Don't have the luxury of 2 vehicles

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Can't buy one because I have no money. Having this transmission rebuilt is going to wipe out what I have. Nothing but ramen for the next 2 weeks. Don't have the luxury of 2 vehicles

Oh I thought you said something about it being on backorder or something.

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Oh I thought you said something about it being on backorder or something.

Nope just can't really afford to screw with it.

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Nope just can't really afford to screw with it.

Sorry to hear that, she looks good though.

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WOW those clutches were SMOKED!! Must've been that way for quite a while - to get that bad doesn't happen overnight. Was probably pretty close to gone when you got it. At least you got 8 months out of it - that's pretty good all things considered.

 

 

 

Been busy over here. Put upper and lower ball joints, rotors, pads, and calipers in my buddy's '98 Ram 2500 with the Dana 60 axle. Was a hell of a job. Had to waste over an hour searching for a store that carried big sockets. Thank God they just put a couple Tractor Supply stores in close by - they had EVERYTHING we needed and then some! Got a 3/4" breaker bar, a 1-11/16" 3/4" drive socket, and a 12-point 1/2" drive socket for the hub ( we broke my 20 year old Snap-On 1/2" drive to 3/8" drive reducer, and twisted a 3" 3/8" extension. That Dana 60 is one BIG SOB! I've been used to working on small engines for the past 8 years - this thing is a tank, lol. Took us 15 hours - most of that due to having to fuss with my home-built waste oil burner. I got a batch of oil that was loaded with rust, and it plugged my screen up. It also had alot of sludge in it, which cause the fire to become erratic, and shoot flames out the front, LOL. It's not to "code" I guess you could say ...

 

 

We got hit with that blizzard yesterday - spent about 4 hours digging out from that, and breaking my equipment in the process. The S10 plow truck blew a rear wheel cylinder, and what was left of the exhaust. Then, since I was plowing at night, the windows were all fogged up, and I'm as blind as a bat, I backed into a tree and wiped out the passenger side mirror. I'm now a BIG fan of Gorilla tape! The stuff didn't budge, but instead busted the mirror right in 2! :thumbs::lol:

 

Then took out the snowblower to widen the street, and make some paths out back - shifter mechanism spit a nut out into the snow, never to be seen again. Shift linkage dragging on the ground behind it. Found another nut that fit, and ran that for a while, but didn't like the sloppy shifter ... so dug up some correct sized washers and stacked them up to take up the play. Once I got that all set, I gave the nut a little extra torque, so it wouldn't come loose again .... and, SNAP! That was the end of that! :sick:

 

Welded a stud back onto the mechanism and got that working again. I found the play was caused by a plastic bushing that just wore and fell out. Thing is 28 years old, so no surprise there. Anyway, got it working and finished one little section I gave up on last night. Right as I finished that pass, it spit the belt off. Had to make a quick adjustment, and all is well there again.

 

 

 

You guys that live where it doesn't snow have no idea how easy you've got it!

 

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WOW those clutches were SMOKED!! Must've been that way for quite a while - to get that bad doesn't happen overnight. Was probably pretty close to gone when you got it. At least you got 8 months out of it - that's pretty good all things considered.

 

 

 

Been busy over here. Put upper and lower ball joints, rotors, pads, and calipers in my buddy's '98 Ram 2500 with the Dana 60 axle. Was a hell of a job. Had to waste over an hour searching for a store that carried big sockets. Thank God they just put a couple Tractor Supply stores in close by - they had EVERYTHING we needed and then some! Got a 3/4" breaker bar, a 1-11/16" 3/4" drive socket, and a 12-point 1/2" drive socket for the hub ( we broke my 20 year old Snap-On 1/2" drive to 3/8" drive reducer, and twisted a 3" 3/8" extension. That Dana 60 is one BIG SOB! I've been used to working on small engines for the past 8 years - this thing is a tank, lol. Took us 15 hours - most of that due to having to fuss with my home-built waste oil burner. I got a batch of oil that was loaded with rust, and it plugged my screen up. It also had alot of sludge in it, which cause the fire to become erratic, and shoot flames out the front, LOL. It's not to "code" I guess you could say ...

 

 

We got hit with that blizzard yesterday - spent about 4 hours digging out from that, and breaking my equipment in the process. The S10 plow truck blew a rear wheel cylinder, and what was left of the exhaust. Then, since I was plowing at night, the windows were all fogged up, and I'm as blind as a bat, I backed into a tree and wiped out the passenger side mirror. I'm now a BIG fan of Gorilla tape! The stuff didn't budge, but instead busted the mirror right in 2! :thumbs::lol:

 

Then took out the snowblower to widen the street, and make some paths out back - shifter mechanism spit a nut out into the snow, never to be seen again. Shift linkage dragging on the ground behind it. Found another nut that fit, and ran that for a while, but didn't like the sloppy shifter ... so dug up some correct sized washers and stacked them up to take up the play. Once I got that all set, I gave the nut a little extra torque, so it wouldn't come loose again .... and, SNAP! That was the end of that! :sick:

 

Welded a stud back onto the mechanism and got that working again. I found the play was caused by a plastic bushing that just wore and fell out. Thing is 28 years old, so no surprise there. Anyway, got it working and finished one little section I gave up on last night. Right as I finished that pass, it spit the belt off. Had to make a quick adjustment, and all is well there again.

 

 

 

You guys that live where it doesn't snow have no idea how easy you've got it!

 

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4th would occasionally slip for most of the time I had that transmission. I was never able to replicate it on demand

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Ahh, that's how they got so bad. Slippage makes a TON of heat & speeds up the wear process times 10.

 

I'd imagine that thing got pretty noisy in 3rd and 4th at the end there - lots of noise, and no forward motion?

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