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    Speedo question

    I would like to switch to a 100 MPH speedo, what would I need to change in order for it to read accurately? I currently have the 85 MPH speedo. Is it just the driven gear that has to change? TIA guys:patriot:
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    Shopping for Angle Grinder

    Not so much in parking lots, but it did keep the wife from adding to her door ding collection when parking her Subie in the garage. The Caddie went bye-bye to pay for the new engine in the truck sadly enough. And back on topic, Dave have you checked Costco? Also check the Martinsburg TSC...
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    Shopping for Angle Grinder

    Costco in Winchester had the 4 1/2 inch Dewalt for $49.99 last week. Thats where I got mine and it has proven to be indestructable. I removed 95% of the paint and about three thousand pounds of body filler from my 40 Cadillac with it. By null at 2009-10-09
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    I would also prefer OEM as that is the way it was designed to work in the first place. And I agree the aftermarket kits (like Lokar and B&M) are rather overpriced. I will double check what is still in the truck and be ordering the needed stuff from LMC or go down to NAPA and get it for even...
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    Heres to killing oneself with new-found power LOL All the wiring for the turn signals is cooked and brittle so I'm gonna re-do everything from the panel to the grill, save having to do it again later. Back on topic for a moment. I still don't really have kickdown, should I replace the...
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    More WV Squarebodies

    Red interior, but the dash pad is cracked to hell so I covered it with a pad from LMC in tan. I figured it would keep the interior a little bit cooler come summer time.
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    ^^^You have no idea! I can lay rubber on command now (not that breaking TSLs loose on pavement is anything to brag over) But let me tell you when she climbed over 3500 and came "on the cam" you could have lit New York with the grin I had on my face. Of course now I'm all power hungry...
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    More WV Squarebodies

    Thanks for all the kind words fellas! Shes not hard to keep clean cause I'm slowly but surely removing all that remains of the shiny paint and replacing it with satin black over flat grey. It looks just as good but is much much easier to keep up. And if I scratch it, I can patch it out of a...
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    Found something cool

    I'm kinda going for the simple look, black and white. I'm going to repaint the pointers black when I put the white faces in, I have always thought the orange pointers looked dated. Calidude, LMC sells the printed circuits for roughly 80 bucks brand new, for that price i would just get one and...
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    Installed and adjusted the new modulator and all is right with the world. She is shifting correctly for the first time since before I bought her. And to thank me for the effort my passenger side turn signal burnt up its socket on the test drive! Took it out and all the internal insulation...
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    Found something cool

    Burb, the dash bulbs are all LED already, I did that first, then realized the circuit board was bad along with a couple of the little socket thing-a-majigs. I can have my cluster out and apart in about thirty-five seconds after all the screwing around I have done with it over the last two weeks...
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    My vac mod is defineatly stuck in the sissy shift position and I suspect the bore is blocked and or dirty as well. There is vacuum at the mod as I unplugged it whilst running and held a fingertip over the end to check. BTW, try that with long tube headers some time for fun LOL I'm now missing...
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    Found something cool

    You bet! They have already been ordered. One minor problem being that my heater controls don't really match the overlay at all, as mine is a non A/C truck but what the hell. This may actually force me to spend the money for a new printed circuit board so all my dash lights will work. LOL
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    OK the modulator must be toast, I put a total of four turns clockwise on it and basically nothing happened. It is the second of the three types you described (no red stripe) And when i pulled the vac line off there was the little screw. My vacuum line is about a foot of rubber then about...
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    HRPC, you are a god in my eyes! I never had it explained to me in a way I could get my brain wrapped around, very well done sir, and thanks very much. I will go out to the driveway this evening and see what I find. I don't believe the truck had the TH400 kickdown switch on the pedal assembly...
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    But he doesn't like me apparently LOL HRPC where are you? A lowly trans rookie needs your sage advice.....
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    TH400 Shift Early & Soft / No KickDown

    OK all you Tranny gurus. My TH400 needs something, and I would like your help to decide what. The PO never rigged up the electric kickdown to gas pedal mechanism, so the trans will not downshift, pretty much ever. Secondly it shifts very softly like it came out of great grannies Coupe...
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    Found something cool

    Whilst screwing around on the interweb the other night and wanted to share it with youse guys. I may be way late with this, but what the hell. White gauge face overlays for 20 bucks! www.whitegauges.net And they make them for all kinds of oddball shit for cheap! I'm gonna get a set and try...
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    How to/Tips on pulling a 350 engine

    Front and rear of the heads as mentioned previously. Or got to Vato-zone and getcha a motor plate that bolts in place of the carb (which I would only use on a cast iron mani)
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    How to/Tips on pulling a 350 engine

    Unless you are in a huge hurry and really like bashing the crap out of your sheetmetal with the 700 lbs of engine and tranny that will be swinging on your hoist do your self a favor. Pull the core support! It is held in by about a dozen bolts that are all real easy to get to and once done the...
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    Soft Spot Cars

    ^^^ Tor-O-nad-O I would love to have the one Jay Leno had built. I would love to have another of my first car, a 76 Dodge Dart SE. 318 2bbl with a 904 Torqueflite trans. Lime green with green velour interior and a white vinyl top, God how I loved that POS LOL That car taught me the value...
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    My v-belt to serpentine belt conversion

    Did you buy that as a kit or did you have to source all the parts individualy? What did it set you back if I may ask? I would love to go that route, just without AC.
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    Tell us about your first sqaurebody.

    My current is my first. An 85 K10 LWB. Bought from my "work wife" as my wife calls her. We had decided to get a truck to run around in the mud and have fun with and douldn't decide what to get when I started looking at squares because in my corner of WV they are plentiful and cheap. My...
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    What do you think about these steering wheels

    I actually had the chance to handle both of the wheels in question before I bought mine. The black looks a little bit better in photos, but it feels like crap in your hands. The grip is made of this wierd cheesy sponge-rubber like stuff, and doesn't have finger grooves on the backside. I...
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    What do you think about these steering wheels

    I like the wood one myself, in fact i have it in my truck right now! And yes, it does look different than the rest of the dash. But it also looks a hell of a lot better than the OE POS LOL Heres some pics hot off the press No the wheel isn't that crooked, I just have the wheels turned that...

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