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  • #31
    4L80 or 6 speed Allison
    Patrick & Tammy
    - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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    • #32
      th400 and over/under. there is NO electronically controlled transmission i trust.... just me though.
      semi wheels... not my cup of tea but your truck your money. personally id never use 8 to 10 lug
      aluminum adapters on a 7000 + pound truck. just saying. plus its like putting 6 inch hooker heels
      on a fat chick.......

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      • #33
        Originally posted by fatguyzinc View Post
        th400 and over/under. there is NO electronically controlled transmission i trust.... just me though.
        semi wheels... not my cup of tea but your truck your money. personally id never use 8 to 10 lug
        aluminum adapters on a 7000 + pound truck. just saying. plus its like putting 6 inch hooker heels
        on a fat chick.......

        they're billet steel and require a billet credit card to purchase.

        as for your fashion choices, you do you
        Last edited by SuperBuickGuy; August 15, 2024, 09:49 PM.
        Doing it all wrong since 1966

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        • #34
          still...
          *IF* ones tastes ran to fat chicks in hooker heels, i think id go this way instead.
          the spacer route kills bearings as they are like 2" thick.
          but as always, your truck your money......






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          • #35
            Originally posted by fatguyzinc View Post
            still...
            *IF* ones tastes ran to fat chicks in hooker heels, i think id go this way instead.
            the spacer route kills bearings as they are like 2" thick.
            but as always, your truck your money......





            so you like them. didn't really need to know but am not even slightly surprised.
            Doing it all wrong since 1966

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            • #36
              Originally posted by SuperBuickGuy View Post

              so you like them. didn't really need to know but am not even slightly surprised.

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              • #37
                so she's next up to get painted - but it'll take a moment to get it ready. That said.... fun was had removing tint

                then assembly...

                installed

                hate my camera.... there was a bit of rust under the molding... thankfully not severe...
                but not picture.... ah well
                Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                • #38
                  so since 4 projects in a day is slacking, why not work on this.... removed the bed - the fenders were incorrectly installed and I needed to pull the driveshaft to get it fixed.

                  need to weld the frame back up - though I'm waiting for a behind the license plate hitch to arrive
                  and reinstall this - but may notch the frame to accomplish

                  never fear, if I do, I'll put a flatbed floor at the wheel well height - which will give me, basically, a flatbed inside the bed and 2 trunks thus I get a low truck while maintaining a 5th wheel hitch and a useable bed.
                  Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                  • #39
                    driveshaft, fixed

                    installed but the pinion shim is loose (and won't tighten)


                    with that said, I may just send it until it can't be sent anymore.... looking at other diffs - probably find a 14 bolt.... but for now, fix the tow and it's gonna work (after it gets a coat of paint)
                    Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                    • #40
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                      • #41
                        Originally posted by Dan Barlow View Post
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                        first.... it's a Dana 70HD - and it's failing, so stop talking to me about the fail that seems to be Dana. I mean, you can spend a lot of money to have them fail less but if this issue was on a 14 bolt, I'd pull the pinion, reshim it and call it a day.

                        ratios. I don't know, but I did notice that there is a speedo conversion on the transmission - so it's been changed guess, 4.56s

                        the transmission dilemma. I do have an abundance of 4l80es - but - they require a computer to operate. Had I bought a 91, it would have come with a 4l80e (a junk one but that's a simple 'bolt in a newer, updated one' fix). So that leaves my options as
                        1) 4L80e and a stand alone computer (or borrow the Meqasquirt stand alone I have for the Buick wagon - then put a terminator x in the Buick). Lowest cost ... probably. But it's cost would be a Terminator X - $1300 with all the frills.
                        2) steal the 4L80e out of the motorhome - for all intents and purposes the motorhome is dead, right now it's just a tiny house but this would probably be the lowest cost because of the P30 chassis wiring. The trans works great, the motor is TBI - so that would leave 'dash' issues - and that could be solved with a Dakota Digital dash.... at $1300.
                        3) Buy a gear vendor. They have a lifetime warranty - so I'm not sure about the bitching.... there is one available nearish for $1700

                        the biggest problem with #1 is I have no idea which (if any) of my 4L80e transmissions are good. The 4x4 one from the H1 probably is good but it's a 4wd so would require making it 2 wd. I have the 2wd version in the Buick but I've never run it so have no idea if it works or not. The 2wd version I bought has a ear broken off - which I could ignore, but not sure I trust that it works (seems to be fine, but the guy selling it was the definition of sketchy).

                        Or I just wait for my wife to hate the TR4060 in her Jeep then put that in my truck....
                        Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                        • #42
                          onto stuff.... welded the frame back together

                          and the 5th wheel hitch back onto the truck

                          and note, not that I'm planning on pulling a horse trailer - but this does a great job of filling the hole in the bed.
                          forklift makes quick work of putting the bed back on

                          and done
                          Doing it all wrong since 1966

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                          • #43
                            Kind of curious on your opinion on a tow pig , open diff or a unit to get power going to both sides .
                            Previously HoosierL98GTA

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                            • #44
                              That fork lift is cheating. You're supposed to wait until you can gather 4 friends (plus you to align bolt holes), ply them with the beverage of their choice and promises of lunch, and get them to manhandle (or personhandle, depending) that sucker onto the frame. One of the friends will be significantly shorter than the rest (that is usually me) making keeping the bed level pretty much impossible. So yes, you're doing it all wrong.......

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                              • #45
                                always a locker.... you need traction to pull.... Tru-trac is preferred over a G80.... G stands for grenade....
                                Patrick & Tammy
                                - Long Haulin' 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2014...Addicting isn't it...??

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