Sar h3

[Deaf Bob]

Oh man! Is it less packaging coupled with "don't give a shit attitude" in handling?

[SuperBuickGuy]

nope, I think it was truly a factory-installed flaw.

[silver_bullet]

I learned stuff.... brand new spark plugs can be faulty (cracked). Brand new coils will be destroyed in 10 minutes or less by broken spark plugs..... now you learned stuff too - only it didn't cost $800 for you to learn it.

OUCH! Thanks for the lesson!

[SuperBuickGuy]

can only laugh - I have no idea why today the post-o2 sensor decided to fail but fail it did.... hopefully that is the last of the gremlins. Some other news - so I had an aftermarket tune in the vehicle, it runs tons better with the stock GM tune and this entire thing actually gained me at least (by my calibrated butt dyno) 50 hp. Makes total sense because the restriction on the exhaust with those cats and post cats had to be tremendous. Other bonus is it now sounds like a V8....

[SuperBuickGuy]

might as well laugh... all of this started because I needed to pass smog.
then this

and that's weird

there is an occasional thunk that turned into a not-occasional-thunk.
my first guess was something wrong with the front diff

but it's perfect

then I started playing with the CV... there's one problem

that isn't, however, why I have a leak in the middle of the vehicle

nothing looks amiss
that's weird


so then I changed the fluid in the t-case

it's bleeding
found the thunk and noise.... I wonder if I'll have enough parts between this one and the other t-case I blew up to make one good one?

to recap - when you replace cats to pass smog, everything else blows up....

[SuperBuickGuy]

most of my time this evening was spent making this hole


the news is I may have enough parts between my 2 transfer cases to make one good one... I'll know tomorrow.

[DanStokes]

Good luck!

Dan

[SuperBuickGuy]

Heard from transmission guy today - $400 parts and labor to make the 2 transfer cases one. I'm so proud - he said the inside of the transfer case that I just pulled out of the vehicle is utterly trashed.... if you're gonna go, go big

[fatguyzinc]

Heard from transmission guy today - $400 parts and labor to make the 2 transfer cases one. I'm so proud - he said the inside of the transfer case that I just pulled out of the vehicle is utterly trashed.... if you're gonna go, go big

to quote ozzy osbourne (in the song "let me here you scream")

"if youre gonna go on
go loud go big go proud
go off go hard or go home"....

[SuperBuickGuy]

No one will ever be able to successfully convict me of not beating this thing like the rented mule it is.

[Deaf Bob]

Aren't you supposed to drive 4 wheelers "funly"?

[Russell]

No one will ever be able to successfully convict me of not beating this thing like the rented mule it is.

Who would try to do that?

[SuperBuickGuy]

Who would try to do that?

Jeep guys - they get all embarrassed when I have to come back and pull them out.

[fatguyzinc]

Jeep guys - they get all embarrassed when I have to come back and pull them out.

years ago--like, 25 years ago--i had a 78 K5 blazer with 13" of lift
(10" suspension/3"body), a 1/4+ crank 10-1 454 +.060 to 496 with a
280/.565/108 isky, same 'polish tunnelram' i STILL havent installed
on anything currently, 2x 600 edelbrock carbs, 2"primary hedmans,
and a 2200 stall with 2.5 ton rockwells front/rear.

all done at home of course, like most of you i do everything i can
except maybe bore a block or something myself. ah, jack of all
trades and master of none !

it had 40" hawgs on 16.5x14 bart wheels, and was pretty much unstoppable.
i used to run in 2wd even in deep sand--more throttle would get me out of
99% of trouble. the very rare occasions where i got "stuck", id get out and
lock the hubs, throw the t-case in 4-hi, and drive myself out.

i never needed a pull out--however....

i was always pulling out "real" 4 wheel drives, and yes you are right
they werent very happy about it.

bonus? the truck weighed 6700LBS and ripped 13.60's in the quarter....

i only sold it because literally EVERY SINGLE TIME i drove it, i got
pulled over and had to spend 45 minutes waiting while they ran warrant
checks, measured my bumper height, verified the tire size against the
'recon' papers, etc....

the truck was legal to a T, but sure didnt look or sound like it.
i just got tired of dealing with dumb cops and having
to clear up tickets in court after awhile. i do still miss the truck tho....

[SuperBuickGuy]

and look at you now.... in a plastic car.

of course, 32 years ago (you pup), I was in a 1975 K5 Blazer on 44s, 12" lift, 4" body lift, and half ton axles and a 400 sbc.... I was soooo cool at 17 - every one else in their silly Chevelles, Mustangs, and Corvettes. But not me