flatcat19 Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 MSD. No. What's the need for an electronic ignition to run your electronic ignition? Get your truck running tits before you go blinging shit out. 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Oh its going to. Just having more fun working on it that driving it. Taking my sweet precious time. No one asks for rides when truck is on jackstands. Had people ready to ask once it started. 1 Quote Link to comment
that-son Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 anyone tried indexing and side gapping? 1 Quote Link to comment
_chiefjt Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 After doing a little bit of reading....eh, it's not worth my time. Maybe increasing the gap but then again your ignition system has to back it up which I'm sure it can but I'd just stay with the specs it calls for, .032 to .035 I think. 1 Quote Link to comment
banzai510(hainz) Posted February 18, 2015 Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 I like the 38/38. so is this running now????????????good??? 2 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Ok well started got to car port, was idle for a nice while nice n smooth like. Go to reverse and dies and wont start. Engine control fuse had blown as well. New fuse no start. Starter fluid didnt do it either. Blarg 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 18, 2015 Feels like a new truck though, its tripping me out. Kinda awesome... 1 Quote Link to comment
Charlie69 Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Yea, I didn't do that, but it seems to run fine, so I am not messing with it right now. If it ain't broke leave it alone. Quote Link to comment
84720FourWheel Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 Don't use starting fluid in a gas engine. Is a good way to blow up an engine. Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 19, 2015 Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 TACH Assuming the tach is working, then it's in the connection to the intake coil negative POSITIVE where it gets it's signal from. Look on the main harness between the driver's headlights and the coils fro a lump all taped up. This is the inline resistor for the tach. If your tach has never worked perhaps a PO installed it and didn't know about the in line resistor. There will be a two wire plug even if the resistor isn't there. Have a look for this lump.. 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 How nice...runs grand. What a good time. Thanks for all the help guys. Much grateful. Think I scored a job at the alignment shop as well. What a good day. 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 19, 2015 When I used a wire in the resistor I was getting a bit of vibration, nothing while on intake coil negative side. I clipped a male conector in the resistor on the blue white wire side, other side has blue wire with red stripeys. Dont know about other wire will look into later 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 ok Truck Norris is liking the weber and premium gas, mpg is about the same. now my transmission is making a horrible noise in neutral with clutch pedal out. looking into this ive come to find out i must breakdown my transmission and replace bearings if they havent destroyed everything around them. ive came in contact with a laptop and plan on making a pic filled thread of the process. or would it be easier to pull used tranny from a junk yard? figured they would be a time bomb for same issues. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Have you ever checked, topped up or replaced the transmission oil?????? I can't be bothered looking back to find out and assumed you wouldn't have over looked this. 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Pull the transmission out now, maybe it is savable, it didn't necessarily destroy the case yet, it's when fluid starts coming out of the clutch area that the outlook is not good. When the bearing cage starts coming apart it can make a lot of noise, or it might not make a sound at all, but it's when people keep driving it till it stops moving, that is when it's time to find another transmission, I have changed a lot of bad bearings without any more issues, but I fix it right away normally, the only exception is my diesel 521 kingcab, it has made noise since the day I put the new machined front case and lower bearing on the front of the transmission gearset , I believe that the lower cluster gear bearing hole was just a tad bit to small, and the bearing grudgingly went in, it didn't want to go in, but I coaxed it in, it's made noise since(almost 5 years). 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I topped off when I got it. Changed it in early january, started making tiny bit of noise a week or so ago. Put in gear lube with no silencing or getting worse. Cruising in through fred myer parking lot and LOUD grinding in neutral. Made it home fine, noise is always there but loud only every one in a while. Not driving anymore until figured out. 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yeah sorry to see we are having same issues wayno. Tranny comin out tomorrow. Taking pics as well will be posting tomorrow night. And tranny case does have oil on it. Looks like the little shock absorber busted and sprayed all over the place, will be replacing as well. Luckily my money spurts have been overlapping 1 Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Yeah sorry to see we are having same issues wayno. Tranny comin out tomorrow. Taking pics as well will be posting tomorrow night. And tranny case does have oil on it. Looks like the little shock absorber busted and sprayed all over the place, will be replacing as well. Luckily my money spurts have been overlapping Mine is not an issue yet, it's made the noise since day one, now if the noise changes, that is when I will start to worry. I had this happen to the work truck recently, It made noise, but when I pulled it I was surprised about how it had not ate anything because of the noise it made, well when I finished replacing the bearing and I put it back together and started it, it was just as noisy as it was before, It turned out that the noise was a bolt hitting the fan blade, I had 2 issues at the same time. The damage to the fan blade from the bolt backing out of the water pump. I imagine that if I had pulled the transmission and found nothing wrong I would have been depressed, but I did have 2 different sounds, the fan sound came on second, and I thought it was the bearing destroying itself, but that sound turned out to be the fan getting destroyed. 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Well mine is definitely an issue, how big of one, we'll find out tomorrow. Looked at a 86 that got pulled in last week. Tranny should fit if need be? 2wd regcab. Quote Link to comment
wayno Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Well mine is definitely an issue, how big of one, we'll find out tomorrow. Looked at a 86 that got pulled in last week. Tranny should fit if need be? 2wd regcab. A 2wd regular cab transmission is a short shaft transmission(26 inches), your 83 might be a longshaft(31 inches). 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Good to know. Would this have anything to do with a terrible shake that comes and goes at 70 mph? I noticed this on the highway yesterday and immediately got off. Fine at any speed under. 1 Quote Link to comment
flatcat19 Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Get it anyways and hold onto it. Lots of 521 guys want it. Hell, I'd love to have on for my L210. 1 Quote Link to comment
TasoZ24 Posted February 26, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 I should before it looks like the one next to it. Going back out with better tools soon. 1 Quote Link to comment
Thisolddatsun Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Mines a longshaft and changing the clutch is a pain in the ass with the 31" tranny. Smaller one would make more room to change the cltuch. Atleast thats what I want to go for. 1 Quote Link to comment
datzenmike Posted February 26, 2015 Report Share Posted February 26, 2015 Good to know. Would this have anything to do with a terrible shake that comes and goes at 70 mph? I noticed this on the highway yesterday and immediately got off. Fine at any speed under. Probably tire balance or tire damage. 1 Quote Link to comment
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