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  1. RanchWelder

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

    My next thing to verify is the front and rear dif. These 10 bolts get overloaded and they are known to have saw dust stuffed in the case to stop the groaning before they sell. Unfortunately, not verifying if you are the unlucky recipient of a bad rear end can ruin the deal. Pull the diff plugs...
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    I’m interested in swapping out the TH350 for a 700R4

    Prefer OBD Stoopid. Having the law run my ecu for vehicle speed data, is Wong. OBD2 hates my civil rights. Until proven... not guilty. Now they track your phone. (Unless you are smarter then the average bear... )
  3. RanchWelder

    I’m interested in swapping out the TH350 for a 700R4

    64 frames/sec is the standard rate of motion for a Panavision 35mm Motion Picture Camera. ("64 Flips") We run the camera faster or slower for effect. Faster costs $$$$. ("Budget Slippage"). 35mm Projector film, runs through intermittently at 24 frames per second (fps), 18 inches per second or...
  4. RanchWelder

    700R4 Information Thread

    Way to go "Swifty"! You'r cred rating just hit the crapper. :Big Laugh:
  5. RanchWelder

    Do I need an Alternator upgrade?

    My former team members, had that rig flown by 4pm every day (both sides). That was after climbing the superstructure of the 17 semi Stadium Stage rig (we built the week before). We showed up rested at 6am and started installing all the chain hoists to handle the 3 semi trucks of audio and the...
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    New crate engine oil priming/ ignition timing impact if the distributor is mis-installed

    Slide down the page of the first link, and read the post by a Guru named "Tuner". The thread starts off with a guy specifically stating the Snap-On timing light is giving him false readings, because it is receiving delayed impulse from the SLEW RATE. (See the second link)...
  7. RanchWelder

    What is you headlight setup

    LMC sells the replacement harness and relays. If you wire it your self, you'll be wiring 1 relay per pair. Relay for low beams, Relay for high beams. Simple: Quad beams: 2 Beams to quad beams (Notice the yellow fuse in a water tight capsule).: 5 pin relay for dual headlights on the old...
  8. RanchWelder

    What is you headlight setup

    The units Loren offered up will fry in the dead of summer down south. They require a fan circuit and relay just the same as your cooling system, or they overheat. I ran a 12 gauge wire harness to relays, with a 14 gauge ground, to new stoneware 3 wire lighting connectors. Then I ran a 10 gauge...
  9. RanchWelder

    350 vortec 5.7 lower intake leaking vacuum?? Help please

    Crush the Nut This Way: _____ <------------ _____ You want to crush tighten the locking crimps, not deform the threaded area out of round... I guess I should have made that clear earlier. Keep in mind, the locking crimps actually cut the threads... When you deploy the crush...
  10. RanchWelder

    Why did GM route Circuit Number 30 Fuel Gauge to Tank Unit as they did?

    You would be OK doing it as one, however if you need to pulll a tank and you do not have a male to female coupling, in the wire, then you'll just have to cut the wires. As soon as you cut the wire, you now have run A/B or 30A vs 30... Keep in mind this harness is used for several vehicles...
  11. RanchWelder

    350 vortec 5.7 lower intake leaking vacuum?? Help please

    They call that injection system "The Toilet". (It's where your money goes re-purchasing that injector pod... hahahah). It's a good system, I'm only having fun with you... Word of advice? Double check the valves and timing after driving 30 days or 500 miles. Look for the loose push rod, with...
  12. RanchWelder

    Radiator Brackets

    Yah, those brackets drop the extra inch. What model/year did you rip them out of? Never heard of OBS? Maybe we can find them from LMC for a different year truck? Toby, do you realize you have the secret sauce brackets that have pissed off a whole bunch of builder's trying to find? PITA If you...
  13. RanchWelder

    350 vortec 5.7 lower intake leaking vacuum?? Help please

    Just to be clear the injector set is referred to as a "nut set" in the manual. No idea why? The "spider" is technically the metal spring bracket that holds the roller lifter retaining keepers in place. With too much cam and improper push rod lengths or weak springs, (such as under loaded...
  14. RanchWelder

    Anyone know to install

    Great work! My concern was push lock under pressure. Your pictures explain a lot. The heat shield is good. If I'm wrong about push locks being used for pressure them I'm wrong. I would not use them over 7psi.
  15. RanchWelder

    Anyone know to install

    Chuckd84, The push lock fitting at your tank control module converting to PTFE -an6 should have a hose clamp. The rubber fuel lines there should be Gates Barricade, rated to 300 PSI. Gates Hose has green writing on it and it is reinforced for TPI/TBI pressures. You are pushing 42-65 psi with...
  16. RanchWelder

    Radiator Brackets

    Did not know that. Is it for the 4 row radiator exclusively?
  17. RanchWelder

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

    It comes with free jackstands! The dual front shocks are old crappy OEM shocks with 80's technology. These work great $106 ON SALE NOW from $166: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000C55MO2/ They fit on the Right hand LOWER shock mounts, from the picture you posted above. The taller...
  18. RanchWelder

    Opinions on D70 closed knuckle front axle

    Dud. They are prone to leaking. When they get water into the axle bearing races, the race rusts and spins inside the tubing and cannot be rebuilt, without cutting and refabricating the tubes. Had one given to me and had it sent to the bone yard, after researching all the threads warning me not...
  19. RanchWelder

    Radiator Brackets

    This is the 81-88 top mount Bracket for the taller version: This fits the replacement 20-1/2" x 28" core. They also sold a 17" core using different core support holes: The plate pictured above by ParieDrifter is 73-80 only? I wanted to install one but could not confirm it would work on the 87'...
  20. RanchWelder

    350 vortec 5.7 lower intake leaking vacuum?? Help please

    Running a stock TBI on an EDL-7116 with a flat cam, SquareRoot. It starts on a single turn every time. The stock TBI is no where near the flow capabilities of my heads, intake and headers. It's cheap on fuel for a grocery get'r and OBD stoopid for higher elevations. The Map works well. over...
  21. RanchWelder

    Advice Needed Please!

    Found a Black Widow underneath my electric 180 amp welder. No eggs. It was in the storage container I was living though... How do you move forward after a Black Widow Attack?
  22. RanchWelder

    86 C10 LS SWAP STEPSIDE. Want to trade? Do you have what I want? Take a look.

    Cool.
  23. RanchWelder

    Headlamp Adjusters

    Buy the AZ expensive ones or get ripped off. The threaded hardware is NOT the same as OEM. The high quality amazon hardware comes with studs, which will NOT work with OEM headlight housings or stock white lamp screw bushings. You cannot swap the hardware on thse parts. It will not work to...
  24. RanchWelder

    350 vortec 5.7 lower intake leaking vacuum?? Help please

    Yah, the bent spider is also a possibility... Now you get it. It sucks constantly going by the book, however, in the long run, you cannot mod without a base map to stand on or start from. Let me know if you want the leak down kit mailed to your home. It is brand new. Just send it back when...
  25. RanchWelder

    350 vortec 5.7 lower intake leaking vacuum?? Help please

    It is possible a valve stem seal is leaking. Puffs of white smoke would be the indicator and account for OIL in the intake ports you photographed. Tough to say, without testing. Let's hope that is not the issue? A pressure leak down test would be required to investigate a valve stem seal leak...

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