What have you done to your square lately??

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Surprise yesterday. Showing off my truck "ralph" for my friend and opened the hood. Saw water under the radiator, on the shelf below the radiator. Odd. Went to take a look, and the lower hose was sliding off the lower hose outlet at bottom of the radiator. Reached down and it was barely on... Pushed back on and re-clamped it, added coolant and water. If I wasn't showing my buddy the truck, she would have lost all coolant very soon and left me stranded some distance from home. Whew. Gonna keep a close eye on that.
 

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New gaskets and TBI hardware finally came in an the TBI was rebuilt, solid this time around with no leaks. The injectors were spraying very healthily. The truck revvved up great in the driveway. On the test run it started out with some sputtering and hopes were that it would work out. About 1/4 mile away from the house all power gone, truck died. During an attempt to jump, the fuel pump made no noise at all when ignition was put in on position. Watched it get loaded up, and followed it to the garage. Hopefully what it really needs to run healthy again is in the near future.
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Torque converter is in, transmission bolted up.
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This just posted from Yeah Buddy for you Chad @ChuckN ...
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I’ll check it out!

Today was a challenge. So, the torque converter was a “bolt through “ design meaning there’s no threads in the converter mounting pads, you have to put nuts on the other side to clamp it down.

But wait there’s more! The holes for the most part in the flex plate are 3/8, and the torque converter holes are 7/16. So after talking to the transmission shop (that had no good answers), I found the inner bolt circle patter would all accept 7/16 but one, and I just had to take a wrench and thread it through the flexplate without too much difficulty.

For a minute there I thought I was going to have to drop the transmission again and get a different one. But a trip to Hardware Sales (awesome resource) and I had some Grade 8 hardware in hand. I could spend all day there.
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The torque converter is bolted down and the dust shield on. Next up is the linkage but that will wait until my next day off.
 

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Wiped and cleaned the citristrip from these parts, no more overspray.
 

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Lol, that's exactly what I said over on CK5 where he posted about it :rofl:

I’m going to take it to the tag office this week and ask for a replacement but I’m betting they’re going to bill me for it. :insane:
 

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