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    TH350c Slipping

    I pulled off the lower bellhousing and it doesn't look like there is some massive leak..the TC is dry and it looks like it just leaking from the bolts a little bit..I have seen more than a few th350's leaking for more that function just fine.. One thing I did do when I installed it was to shim...
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    TH350c Slipping

    Valvoline multi vehicle stuff...so I looked underneath and there appears to be some drops of fluid coming out from the bellhousing...Let me pull it off and see if I can tell where it's leaking from. Its a lockup convertor, do you think it might have something to do with the o-ring on the end of...
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    TH350c Slipping

    Hey all, I was finally able to get everything put back together in my 1981 Suburban and my hope was to take it down to get a smog check and registered...however on my way back from getting gas (a painful $5.79 per gal btw) the trans was slipping something fierce. It's a fresh rebuild, I did the...
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    TH350 Rebuild Questions

    Ok...yet another twist... I went to stomp down on the ebrake and it doesn't even get to the first click... I rebuilt the brakes/master cylinder while it was in the driveway and adjusted the drums to what I thought was good...I have to say I was impressed at how well it stopped! However, is it...
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    TH350 Rebuild Questions

    So I looked at the modulator, vacuum line and everything in between it and all good. Hooked it back up and tried it out...seemed to do fine up and down the driveway and street so I'm thinking it only happens when the tranny gets warm...if the cooler lines are backwards would that have anything...
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    TH350 Rebuild Questions

    So after doing some more reading, it seems if the vacuum modulator diaphram is bad it will suck tranny fluid and you will get smelly white exhaust. That is actually something I have happening as well which I thought was odd with a rebuilt engine but given the truck sat for 5 years I thought is...
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    TH350 Rebuild Questions

    After racking my brain and going through the links and notes I have, I did do the dual feed mod as recommend but I really don't remember tapping and plugging the reverse feed hole... Would that give me the behavior I'm experiencing?
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    TH350 Rebuild Questions

    It has not...long story short is I had all of the components rebuilt and sitting in the garage to go back in and then I ended up buying a house that needed a lot of work... priorities changed... I agree with the fact I shouldn't be driving it all that much...it would be cheaper for me to swap...
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    TH350 Rebuild Questions

    Well...reporting back after I took her on the maiden voyage to fill up the gas tank and hopes for a smog check... Seemed to reverse out of the driveway fine and headed on down the road. I went about 2 miles to hopefully fill up at a Costco and saw the line and said I'll pay the extra twenty...
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    Horns

    I used a multi meter to test for power...my understanding is that if the orange in the harness was hot then if you jumped it over to the green you should get music? I'm getting confused a bit now...and given it's only 3 contacts that might mean I'm in trouble now, haha!
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    Horns

    I've read most of the threads on the horns but had a couple questions?! So when I press the horn button-nothing. No click at the relay, nada I pulled the relay and I have power at the orange wires (I have 3 contacts at the plug- 2 orange wires, 1 black, 1 green) I tried to jumper the orange...
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    New - Reproduction OEM Floor mats

    I was actually going to trim that small corner piece off...it came with clips for the carpet too but seems like at some point I always forget they are there and pull the mat out to clean it and take the clips with me!
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    Emissions after MSD Ignition/EFI

    Some of the best advice I ever received from this forum was unsolicited so I'm all for it! I don't think I'm going to have a problem passing through the tailpipe but I think my inexperience in dealing with this has gotten me paranoid. All of the deletes I made on my hose diagram were directly...
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    Emissions after MSD Ignition/EFI

    I appreciate the insight my man! I have definitely heard some horror stories about the one smog tech who is going to save the world one charcoal canister hose at a time.. I was hooking up my routes this afternoon and I was resolved to the 'it is what it is" school...all I can do is take it...
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    Emissions after MSD Ignition/EFI

    Yet another question....it looks like both of the vacuum sources to the EGR TVS are needing ported vacuum? The EFI only has one ported source so hopefully it's acceptable to just run one line and tee off connections?
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    Emissions after MSD Ignition/EFI

    I just got off the phone with the referee call center and they were definitely nicer than I thought they would be! She told me that if I'm doing a "direct replacement" which is what an engine rebuild would be vs doing an "engine change" I do not need a referee, just a regular smog test. I...
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    Emissions after MSD Ignition/EFI

    I always thought that you had to make an appointment with one AFTER you failed a smog test? Can you just cold call them for questions? Also with a new engine, wouldn't it need to be broken in to pass?
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    Emissions after MSD Ignition/EFI

    Well after doing some reading it looks like I already have a flaw in my plan...it seems as though the EGR will need ported vacuum..which the Atomic does have a provision for...
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    Emissions after MSD Ignition/EFI

    Hopefully someone can take a look at this and let me know if it makes sense as I know very little about this stuff! So I'm using an Atomic EFI system, MSD 6AL box and MSD 85551 distributor. All of the items have a CARB exemption so in theory I should be able to pass smog check with all the...
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    New - Reproduction OEM Floor mats

    Soooo....as I was looking for mats as well I ran into these Weathertech mats today at my local Costco for $23...granted not branded and probably don't fit as well but for a budget mat they are pretty nice..pics are from my 1981 Suburban
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    Steering Gearbox Blues

    Just an FYI..I contacted Autofab and they confirmed that they indeed do make the bracket for ORD... Not exactly sure why it's $140 at ORD and $150 at Autofab though:rotflmao::rotflmao:
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    Steering Gearbox Blues

    Good idea, I think I will make a road trip out there! I was poking through the forums and someone said that the ORD brace is indeed the Autofab I'm not sure why anything happening in Eastern Europe is causation for our fuel prices to DOUBLE...but politics is not my strong suit...however I do...
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    Steering Gearbox Blues

    Yes sir! Less than the price of tank of gas in California... Quick question, I was looking at ORD and then someone mentioned Autofab..the two items look identical to me...do you think one is better than the other? Autofab is about 30 mins from me which I like...they seem to imply they fabricate...
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    Steering Gearbox Blues

    Haha...once again I am hearing you! Fortunately in this case, since I'm taking the steering gear off anyways, I can get a good look at the frame and be reasonably confidant in it's integrity. And also since I have it all apart, I should probably add the steering brace because it looks like I...
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    Steering Gearbox Blues

    Your experience and words ring true Rob! In my mid 20's I thought I was indestructible so I probably thought everything else must have been as well...I did a decent amount of wheeling around in the sand dunes and the daily trip up and down the mountain would have been hard on a Vette, much less...

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