Recent content by Bextreme04
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Questions about... My rear end?
Depending on where you got the replacements, they likely haven't been rotating in many years... maybe even decades. So the fact you don't see them leaking means nothing. They are almost guaranteed to START leaking as soon as you start driving around on them regularly. Hub seals for a 14BFF are...- Bextreme04
- Post #12
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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Tq converter for 5.3 ls swap in a 700r4
There is no way this will be cheaper unless you already have all the parts. You can get full motors for ~$500 around here.. throttle body to flex plate. You can get an entire engine/trans/wiring harness/ecm for $1000-2500 depending on miles and condition. Standalone harness for an LS and...- Bextreme04
- Post #16
- Forum: Automatic Transmission
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Twitchy steering with a big travel trailer (rear sway bar help?)
That should be fine for what you are doing here. A bumper pull trailer on a weight distribution hitch will be adding about 1000lbs max to the vehicle weight. My guess would be that you have not properly set up your hitch and trailer and that is causing the front to be unloaded and twitchy while...- Bextreme04
- Post #25
- Forum: Suspension, Steering & Brakes
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5.7 Vortec and TBI
Operating range is idle to 5500RPM.... You don't want dual plane for fuel injected. You get horrible cylinder imbalance and they have a hard time running right with dual plane manifolds. You can look at a bunch of dyno testing including specific side by side testing that engine masters did...- Bextreme04
- Post #7
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Eaton MLocker
Its stupid simple. It's just a lunchbox locker like a detroit is, I would probably hate it on a daily, but for my truck it works just fine. Supposedly it makes a big racket with a manual transmission too, but since I have a TH400, that hasn't been an issue either. I'm sure I'll eventually want...- Bextreme04
- Post #21
- Forum: Differential & Driveline
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Leaking Metal Fuel Line??
If it was a hole in the feed line, you wouldn't be able to pump any gas... it would just be sucking air. It is most likely either the weep hole in the bottom of the pump or a leak in the return line. There are two rubber lines from the frame rail to the pump and two more from the metal line to...- Bextreme04
- Post #4
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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5.7 Vortec and TBI
The best solution is to just use the chevrolet performance intake manifold... but it isn't cheap. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/nal-12496821?seid=srese1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqIm_BhDnARIsAKBYcmv2X8lLrqpVk9IIMRSM5Svs4lUHN4QpfI83WOrYfhDJK_ZynW4hP_caAgxBEALw_wcB Pay attention to the note on the...- Bextreme04
- Post #5
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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What's this dohicky
There isn't an opening into the booster unless the diaphragm is busted. If it did leak out the back of the master it will be stuck back there until you remove the master and then it will all pour out. Make sure you spray it all clean with brake cleaner before you bolt the new one back on. If...- Bextreme04
- Post #6
- Forum: Brakes
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Eaton MLocker
My 2011 Suburban has the original G80 rear end in it. I swapped gears to 4.10 a few years ago and swapped the 5.3 for a 6.2. My wife daily drives it and we use it for cross country and local camping trips pulling our 6400lb travel trailer. It has ~250k miles on it now and still going strong. I...- Bextreme04
- Post #19
- Forum: Differential & Driveline
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What's this dohicky
Its a load proportioning valve. It limits the amount of braking action on the rear brakes when unloaded so that they don't lock up, while still allowing max braking when loaded heavy in the bed. If you are trying to flush the system, I would disconnect the lever from the diff and put the arm as...- Bextreme04
- Post #2
- Forum: Brakes
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1986 K10 Cutting off When Put in Gear
Yes, very possible. It's also possible you didn't properly secure it, didn't plug it in all the way, it's come loose, etc... The fact that it cuts off when you move the column points to something being out of whack there either with the switch or the wiring in the column.- Bextreme04
- Post #15
- Forum: Tech Discussion
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454 long block replacement and associated sensor issues
He is wrong about this. That is not a safety feature in the way described and it doesn't work that way to begin with. The electric fuel pump on TBI and MPFI GM engines is primarily powered by a relay. On truck systems from 87-97 they also had a separate power feed that spliced off from battery...- Bextreme04
- Post #21
- Forum: Engine & Performance
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Tq converter for 5.3 ls swap in a 700r4
Nobody sells a new anything. If you buy one from summit it is going to be rebuilt. I'd take the one rebuilt by a reputable local company over a mail order trans every day of the week. The factory 4l60e that is going to come with your swap engine is already "built" for the power and would...- Bextreme04
- Post #4
- Forum: Automatic Transmission
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Tq converter for 5.3 ls swap in a 700r4
If you can get one, it will be faster and easier to just get a full 5.3/4l60 combo from the donor. A 4L60 is identical to your existing 700R4 externally, but you won't have to worry about a TV cable and you can adjust your shift points and pressures from the computer at the same time you are...- Bextreme04
- Post #2
- Forum: Automatic Transmission
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Need help identifying connectors
The connectors on the firewall are for the AC compressor.- Bextreme04
- Post #2
- Forum: Electrical & Audio
