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  1. mibars

    power window relay mod

    You don't even need the new +12V power wire, the factory pink wire is thick enough and goes straight from fuse block. It's just the ground which is missing, except the driver door where the thick black wire goes to the switches. In driver door you have everything and on relatively short & high...
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    Wipers barley working

    Good to see I'm not the 1st one facing this issue! Yesterday my wipers slowed down with every wipe until they finally stopped. Then after couple of.minutes they jumped back to life at full speed. Only to repeat the issue 15 min later. It's like they overheat, stop, trip something, cool down and...
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    Overdrive not working

    Great to hear that! After watching tons of vids from Precision Transmission on how the 700R4/4L60/4L60E works I know that a gasket on the input shaft may be a cause of TCC not engaging. When it flattens it does not allow pressure to build up and the TC clutch may burn up.
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    Deleting the Catalytic Converter

    $50?! Wow those prices fell a lot lately! Like 2 or 3 years ago my tiny flimsy cat from a 2004 WRX was worth like $800 or so in scrap metal!
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    Deleting the Catalytic Converter

    It will smell bad, give headaches to some but will untap a bit of power. I'd put a universal metal core cat instead. I used a Magnaflow cat converter in all my cars, worked well in 240 HP oil burning Honda, cutting all the smell and most of the smoke with no noticeable effect on power.
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    Automatic transmission newbie asking basic questions

    I took it on a highway with less traffic and played with a shifter/cruise/throttle while driving and now I'm convinced that it is gear hunting, not a converter locking and unlocking. Rev change when I manually shift between D and OD is matching what I'm hearing. Keeping it in D makes it go away...
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    Barn doors and door questions

    Barn doors doesn't seem to sag, I have one sagged door (front right) but that's something I'll have to look at later on. Unfortunately being in Poland means that parts are not readily available in parts stores. Actually part stores are almost nonexistent, everyone buys stuff online these days...
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    Barn doors and door questions

    Tip: You can get the rattle out of the door barn by adjusting the striker with a crowbar. Bending it slightly up makes the door close without any play. Just make sure that your striker is not pre-cracked. One of mine broke and I can see that the crack was half way through before I even started...
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    Automatic transmission newbie asking basic questions

    I'm worried that my TC seems to lock and unlock too much. Sometimes at steady driving it seems to randomly unlock and lock couple of times. At first I thought it was cruise control playing with throttle, but with windows up I can hear revs going up and down a tiny bit. I believe it is triggered...
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    Best aftermarket antenna option

    My 1990 Burb has two antennas, one on fender and the one built into the windshield. Only the fender antenna is connected and this made me wonder why is it like this? From what I've heard in the US AM radio was (or according to Google still is) quite popular, while in Poland no one is really...
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    CUCV vs civilian model differences?

    I didn't know that. I was not aware that no A/C meant no dash vents. When I zoomed in I can see that there is a heater contro that I didn't notice, it's just the vent which is missing. I guess my post can be deleted
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    CUCV vs civilian model differences?

    I want to add a thing to this old thread as I'm looking at a CUCV Blazer and it appears that it has no cabin ventilation. Dashboard has no vents and there appears to be no climate controls. I guess this means no cabin heat, this may be important for someone willing to use one in a winter
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    Solving gauge mysteries

    Pressing and spinning at same time did work! Thanks. I will look into that speed setting thing. By the way it's interesting how the speedo moves to a different resting spot when lying flat, it goes back to 0 when vertical
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    Solving gauge mysteries

    I'm in a middle of what I though will be a quick gauge bulb change that ended up being dashboard disassembled, checking gauges, cleaning and troubleshooting. All thanks to those odd (for me) bulbs that look like regular W5W or W3W, but are integrated into plastic sockets that need to be pulled...
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    Another oil pressure gauge thread

    Okay I figured it out, the pinout on that MS Paint drawing was incorrect! However I traced the wires visible on the actial picture and found that the sender unit is to be connected on the other side I happen to have couple of 47 resistors on hand. My 0-60 gauge shows 0 when "sensor" is...
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    Another oil pressure gauge thread

    Thank you, I have something that looks like a thick film ceramic resistor screwed to the back of the gauge, so I'll check it. My gauge reads 0 - 30 - 60, however with voltage between two posts it went way past the 60. Based on your diagram I've applied the voltage on just one of the coils which...
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    Another oil pressure gauge thread

    Bumpong an old thread, but I just now happen to have the gauge cluster to change bulbs and inspect gauges. My oil gauge is showing something, shows pressure with engine off, shows some different pressure with engine on, does not react to throttle. I want to bench test it while I have it out...
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    Welcome from Poland!

    After reading so much about 305's I passed on couple of cars, including a rusty Blazer for a good price that would be probably even more fun to tinker with (definitely would fit into the garage better! :) ) due to them having 305 and not 350.
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    Barn doors and door questions

    I took some pictures: that's how the barn door opening looks in my burb, you can see daylight from the inside with the doors fully closed
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    Barn doors and door questions

    Hi again, My barn doors are rattling, they seem to latch correctly (can be latched either on one "click" or deeper on a 2nd "click"), however after closing they have still some play, can be pushed in compressing the gasket. Those latch ears are adjusted as far in as possible while the latches in...
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    Hello from Europe

    Greetings David, hello from Poland :)
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    Automatic transmission newbie asking basic questions

    Valve float limiter :) What's the max safe rpm for a stock 350 TBI? 4000 - 4500 ?
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    Automatic transmission newbie asking basic questions

    Ah, yes, it's TBI, forgot that important bit :)
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    Automatic transmission newbie asking basic questions

    Thanks a lot, however the fact that a computer controlled engine could have no rev limiter is also a new thing to me! I'm considering adding a tachometer and learning what's the no-go zone for a stock truck 350 TBI. I've read a lot about the TV cable and based on the overall feel vs it appears...
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    Automatic transmission newbie asking basic questions

    I'm new to automatic transmission, especially of a mechanically controlled type. I have a 700R4 and I wonder how idiot-proof it is. While I was cruising in OD at I think around 35 mph and passed a tiny hill the trans downshifted to 3rd, then it did what if felt like couple of times shifting...

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