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  1. RanchWelder

    HELP transmission mystery question

    Tail housing bushing and a worn seal sounds possible. Easy fix. Check the slip yoke for seal groove wear, before you relocate the new seal. If it has a groove, change the yoke. If you have a center drive shaft carrier bearing, change it and all the u-joints too. Here in ranch country, u-joints...
  2. RanchWelder

    Identifying GM Transfer Cases: Show us in pictures what you have with measurments and Adapters.

    $$$ opening the transmission and adding the second reluctor wheel is in my future.
  3. RanchWelder

    Help with malfunctioning cluster.

    Yah, like I said, it's old. It will break easily and drive you up the wall with issues. Nu Vintage is a lot more affordable, however the Dakota Digital has the secret sauce for an electronic transmission upgrade down the road. They have a proprietary controller algorithm that decodes various...
  4. RanchWelder

    Identifying GM Transfer Cases: Show us in pictures what you have with measurments and Adapters.

    It's warmed up to a modest 20-40 degree swing in temps every day for the next week. I'll get under the truck and take some pictures of the NP208 to 700R4 in the next day or two, unless somebody beats me to it here. I'm reasonably certain the 700R4 is 2-1/4" shorter than the 4L80E, and you can...
  5. RanchWelder

    Help with malfunctioning cluster.

    On the 87' cluster, there are 2 screws to remove the black metal plate over the green plastic cluster housing. In order to verify the gauges are actually contacting correctly and the light bulbs are inserted or working, you have to pull the needle to expose the inside of the cluster. It's not...
  6. RanchWelder

    Engine help

    $18,000 for 24 valve Cummins, rebuilt, without the fuel system and new harness, electrical ignition, etc... The fuel injection system is another $2500. (Summit Racing). $35,000 for the Holey Grail Cummins 12 valve, (with the upgrades to prevent early engine failure), same fuel injection cost...
  7. RanchWelder

    LMC pre bent fuel and brake lines

    Yes, they run down the passenger side frame rail. There might be a rubber hose transition if you have carburator over the rear drive axle hump. You cannot re-use the rubber hose for a safe TBI set up. My 87' Blazer lines pass across the 700R4 bell housing on FLEX lines and the hard lines...
  8. RanchWelder

    2WD to 4WD frame swap. Is it really that simple??? Help me out!

    Wrote 5 business plans based on a "Finder's Fee". Not one of them paid off. 3 were blocked and 2 were funded and ripped me off. Refuse to act like, or hire a gangster lawyer, in order to get paid. Come to Montana this Spring with a Long or double stack Trailer? We have no salt roads and...
  9. RanchWelder

    1986 ECM control torque convertor lockup?

    One wire goes to ground, the other to the break switch. Add a ground and see if it works?
  10. RanchWelder

    Rear shock mount

    Wow this is an old thread.
  11. RanchWelder

    Help with malfunctioning cluster.

    There's a plastic sheet across the back of the cluster with copper flat strips in a maze back there. In order to expose and remove the cluster, you could easily break the speedometer needle or not put it back on correctly, so it is calibrated again. Be prepared to make a mistake or two, if you...
  12. RanchWelder

    Was someone here selling these 6x9 brackets? Pic inside

    Speaker boxes are best made from 3/4" plywood. 3/4" plywood boxes might not fit there. Here is the Theile Small Speaker Box engineering Calculator (You have to get the numbers for the calculator data from your speaker manufacturer).: https://www.micka.de/en/ Here's a thread with the details...
  13. RanchWelder

    Identifying GM Transfer Cases: Show us in pictures what you have with measurments and Adapters.

    My point in starting another thread on transfer case compatability, is because I'm in the process of adapting for my 87' Blazer to a modern electronic transmission with a stand alone and the 355HO TBI. I own a 1998 LH 355HO with the crankshaft sensor, so I can possibly use the 0411 ECM, which...
  14. RanchWelder

    Looks like I have to rebuild or replace my 350 in Houston area

    Be well brother!
  15. RanchWelder

    What new tools have you got lately?

    The prehensile penis would be handy, no?
  16. RanchWelder

    Looks like I have to rebuild or replace my 350 in Houston area

    Ricko, you are ALWAYS stalking these threads? Why? Hack mechanic expert on the prowl? The guy who repeatedly sells new members on a short cut? (Not the correct fix, just a hack). What's wrong brother? How can we assist you to become who you were?
  17. RanchWelder

    Blown head gasket questions

    There is a widely viewed youtube video where the team uses a cardboard box for head gaskets and it works for hundreds of miles without failure. (Crack-Heads are the usual suspects.) This chick rocks! My Girl!
  18. RanchWelder

    Unusual radio issue

    The problem is with the modern electrical system wiring from GM, anything you tap into the gauge or OEM Stereo wiring, (instead of home run to the battery with fuse); causes feedback through the ground system diodes and burns up the cluster diode. Bet me.
  19. RanchWelder

    Chevy Replacement Grill with 350 emblem option

    Darn it. They did not make one with "355HO". Very angry!
  20. RanchWelder

    Unusual radio issue

    I see Zener Diode's and resistors, installed on all your switches and relay circuits, in your future... What do I know? Search my post for Fly-Back isolation or search the internet. Most of the links you find on your first page of results, will waste your time. You'll need to deep dive. 3-4...
  21. RanchWelder

    350 vortec 5.7 lower intake leaking vacuum?? Help please

    I have the flat top with coil from the 7.4L sitting in the garage. Email me for shipping details and we'll work something out for you. It has 97K on it and functions perfectly. The cap is new.
  22. RanchWelder

    How do yall ground your Alternator?

    You most certainly should double the wire gauge of every wire in your engine bay, if you can afford to do so. You can add extra grounds wherever you want. If you plan on running a HAM Radio, you'll need grounds to every door panel, every fender, your bumpers and the chassis in quadruplicate...
  23. RanchWelder

    How do yall ground your Alternator?

    The odds are looking like 1:1? lol Rather poor odds, when things are almost even? My CS130 is wired as a 1 wire alternator. It's a PowerMaster 200amp, with adjustable diode for Lead Acid, AGM or Lithium Ion batteries. (They all use different charging rates and mis-matching the charge rate...
  24. RanchWelder

    How do yall ground your Alternator?

    My battery ground wire, similarly to CalSgt 's rig, goes from the battery to a shut off switch (Thanks Jegs), near the bottom alternator bracket mounting bolt. (I.E. the engine block). GM put a 3/8" threaded hole on the alternator bracket on the 87' so you can use a star washer and the...
  25. RanchWelder

    Looks like I have to rebuild or replace my 350 in Houston area

    Here we go again... The guy with a shop and a $27,000 roll away is telling the guy with neither, "it's easy". Nobody will lend you tools or a shop. The liability, your lack of knowledge and the chances you could could screw up, tie up the bay for weeks, waiting for an engine to get shipped, is...

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