What have you done to your square lately??

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Dmack

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We had one glitch out of the Ranger, and he corrected it no muss no fuss no charge.

That truck doesn't get probably as many miles as Goldie as even though it is the wife's DD, her commute is short.

All good roughly 3 years later, so I suspect he will do just fine on this little ol TH350C.

We were talking, and he mentioned that 80 was the first year since 72 to have a 205TC behind an automatic, and of course later they changed to the 208s

He said in 81 - not 100 percent on that, but he is my age to a little older and seems to know his stuff.

She is in good hands .

:waytogo:
We parted out a 73 K20 that had a 205 behind a th350. It appeared to be original....
 

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Back at it first thing this mornin. Need her burnin rubber again by the afternoon. Heres the current view.

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Burning rubber, huh ?

Itching to chase down another rear end?

:D

Just kidding - no jinx.

:)
 

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We parted out a 73 K20 that had a 205 behind a th350. It appeared to be original....

Maybe if it had been daily driven the seals would have held up better.

With 93K original miles (as I was told, and with all the OE stuff that was on it probably accurate) after 37 years she must have sat a lot.
 

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Back at it first thing this mornin. Need her burnin rubber again by the afternoon. Heres the current view.

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You forgot to wire wheel and paint brah!
 

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Yes, sir , we discussed that, too, and that I don't feel it working, and that from what I have read (mainly here :cool:) the switch is hard to come by.

He says they still offer the converters and that he'll make it work.

He also said that there are a lot of people that make switches that can be made to work.

I honestly have no idea- could be everything functions but the converter lockup, could be the solenoid is fried, maybe the switch, or hell, maybe it all works and I just can't feel it.

We will find out.

Getting rid of the leaks is almost worth the price of the tranny job, ya know?

Ever think of hooking the lockup to a toggle switch? Back in the day that's what I did and just locked it up on the highway.
 

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Who am i kiddin.... it feels even lazier now then it did b4 lol

Did you get a different ratio ?

What was weird was that Goldie felt strong when I got her back Thursday, but was back to the "what, you floored me ? WHY? :p" mentality Friday.

Women ...

:D
 

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We had one glitch out of the Ranger, and he corrected it no muss no fuss no charge.

That truck doesn't get probably as many miles as Goldie as even though it is the wife's DD, her commute is short.

All good roughly 3 years later, so I suspect he will do just fine on this little ol TH350C.

We were talking, and he mentioned that 80 was the first year since 72 to have a 205TC behind an automatic, and of course later they changed to the 208s

He said in 81 - not 100 percent on that, but he is my age to a little older and seems to know his stuff.

She is in good hands .

:waytogo:
I have an 80 and have the 205
 

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after church i pulled the '85 k20 out of the 'barn' and hosed off the engine compartment.

can't tell that i did (3 buckets of degreaser to boot).

i got the bench seat out and pulled the old rubber?/vinyl? floor out.

found all the surprise packages of rot that need attention.

;)

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Did you get a different ratio ?

What was weird was that Goldie felt strong when I got her back Thursday, but was back to the "what, you floored me ? WHY? :p" mentality Friday.

Women ...

:D
Nope still a 3.42 as i was told... i didnt look to verify but im also runnin 265/16s now in back instead of 31x10.5x15s
 

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