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Every time you fire your truck up Al Gore tears up but doesn't know why.
Every time you fire your truck up Al Gore tears up but doesn't know why.
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'83 K10 SB "L1TSBFIBBC" build
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I was just wondering if you would make it to the lake before running out of fuel 
The only real "decent" lake around here is Lake Dillon which is only about 70mi away but Eisenhower pass eats most of the fuel up. Stupid 7% grades
The only real "decent" lake around here is Lake Dillon which is only about 70mi away but Eisenhower pass eats most of the fuel up. Stupid 7% grades
guages are over rated
I was just wondering if you would make it to the lake before running out of fuel
The only real "decent" lake around here is Lake Dillon which is only about 70mi away but Eisenhower pass eats most of the fuel up. Stupid 7% grades
Heath, your probably less than a 2 hour drive to Lake Huron aren't ya?
Between asking me what I get for mileage, and how I get in that thing, I want to just slap people some days.
Martin
Martin
I have two lakes within a mile, so getting to the lake is no problem. 
I like slalom skiing, so I like small lakes. The two closest to me are about 600 acres and 1200 acres, I like the 600 acre lake better, smoother water for skiing.
But I have driven it to lake MI several times now to go to Silver Lake. I still have 2 16 gallon tanks, so about 30 gallons of useable fuel at 9 MPG highway I could go about 270 miles if I wanted to push it, but why? Silver lake is about 220 miles for me.
I like slalom skiing, so I like small lakes. The two closest to me are about 600 acres and 1200 acres, I like the 600 acre lake better, smoother water for skiing.
But I have driven it to lake MI several times now to go to Silver Lake. I still have 2 16 gallon tanks, so about 30 gallons of useable fuel at 9 MPG highway I could go about 270 miles if I wanted to push it, but why? Silver lake is about 220 miles for me.
I have two lakes within a mile, so getting to the lake is no problem.
I like slalom skiing, so I like small lakes. The two closest to me are about 600 acres and 1200 acres, I like the 600 acre lake better, smoother water for skiing.
But I have driven it to lake MI several times now to go to Silver Lake. I still have 2 16 gallon tanks, so about 30 gallons of useable fuel at 9 MPG highway I could go about 270 miles if I wanted to push it, but why? Silver lake is about 220 miles for me.
I wish i still had a picture of my k5 towing my dads boat with no top!
Man i got so many looks and complements that day
I still tow this same boat with the truck, although this picture is 6 years old at my parents old place. I sold the engine scoop off the boat because it was in the way to see the skiers and was too big, made the boat look faster than it is.
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I still tow this same boat with the truck, although this picture is 6 years old at my parents old place.
So how do you slalom behind that beast?
Like this...(although that picture is pretty darn old, it's the only one I have on my computer).
Seriously though, I like skiing behind it, you just point the jet down a little with the diverter lever (not quite all the way) and the V is so shallow the wake is very small, it's white, but it's small. You can fly through that wake like it's not even there.
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Like this...(although that picture is pretty darn old, it's the only one I have on my computer).
Seriously though, I like skiing behind it, you just point the jet down a little with the diverter lever (not quite all the way) and the V is so shallow the wake is very small, it's white, but it's small. You can fly through that wake like it's not even there.
that boat looks like it has enough to haul Paul around too!
Yeah pulling out skiers/wakeboarders is not a problem, for beginners you have to back way off the throttle as to not rip the rope out of their hands or pull them over forward. But once you get used to it, HIT IT, you're up and out immediately even on a double booted slalom ski. We've pulled three skiers out at the same time before with these boats (Chevy powered jet drives). On a wakeboard you don't want full throttle.
uhhh what wake?
That's a good point, on a wakeboard it get's kind of boaring because you can't really get much air, but air was starting to hurt anyway, I could never land one of these behind my friends 28' boat, I could land on the board, but I would always crash after the landing.
(the date was off, but that was probably 2003, still old)
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That's a good point, on a wakeboard it get's kind of boaring because you can't really get much air, but air was starting to hurt anyway, I could never land one of these behind my friends 28" boat, I could land on the board, but I would always crash after the landing.
(the date was off, but that was probably 2003, still old)
Nice. I can land backrolls pretty consistently, but tantrums i'm like 50/50
Sweet, I would like to see that. I have never tried those, I have only tried the front flips like I was there. But anymore with this boat I don't even bother, no pop. I just slalom usually, more acceleration and speed.
Well, a couple weeks ago I decided to modify the shift points on the truck to better match the engine. So I removed the governor and starting grinding on the secondary weights to raise the WOT shift points without really effecting the low throttle shift points. It's sounds funny, but you use 6D finish nails with the ends cut and crimped to hold the governor weights and springs together. Here are the weights after I ground them.
The weights on the left gave me 5500 2nd and 5700 3rd gear shift points. The Weight on the right was 5700 and 5900, a little more than I wanted, luckily I had spares. Grinding to that length without the corners removed was about 5000 RPM 2nd gear shift. They were quite a bit longer, but I didn't snap a pic of the factory length. Sorry about the blurry picture, didn't realize until after I put them on the computer and then it was all back together.
The weights on the left gave me 5500 2nd and 5700 3rd gear shift points. The Weight on the right was 5700 and 5900, a little more than I wanted, luckily I had spares. Grinding to that length without the corners removed was about 5000 RPM 2nd gear shift. They were quite a bit longer, but I didn't snap a pic of the factory length. Sorry about the blurry picture, didn't realize until after I put them on the computer and then it was all back together.
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The weekend after I decided to organize some stuff in the garage before I tore the truck apart. Some of you liked this tool, so this is what I did for a case since the "stand" it came with left it out in the open for an every day pro, where I only use it once a year or so. This toolbox was $8 to make a case out of...
Then I made a plywood cutout that rested on the 1st lip around the box, and held these items in place...
Then the next plywood cutout goes on, with 3/4" plywood standoffs in each corner underneath it...
Then the parts go on top of that, along with the final plywood cutout, resting on the top lip of the toolbox, to keep it all from banging around.
It worked well and was cheap. That tool works very well and I wanted to keep it clean for the next time I need it.
Then I made a plywood cutout that rested on the 1st lip around the box, and held these items in place...
Then the next plywood cutout goes on, with 3/4" plywood standoffs in each corner underneath it...
Then the parts go on top of that, along with the final plywood cutout, resting on the top lip of the toolbox, to keep it all from banging around.
It worked well and was cheap. That tool works very well and I wanted to keep it clean for the next time I need it.
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So last weekend my brother came up to visit and we rebuilt his 4L80E, that was a lot like TH400, but more of it. We had it all tore apart, pressure washed the case, here it is all clean ready for the new tailshaft bushing and seal to go in...
And here are a lot of the subassemblies waiting to get rebuilt and installed, planetary gears were already over on the bench getting new bushings.
We put everything in it, new bushings, seals, gaskets, rings, clutches, steels, , bands, pistons, boost valve, solenoids, pressure switch board, etc. Also all new seals in the valve body and pump, along with rollerizing the output shaft, HD int snap ring, dual feeding the direct clutches(6), firming up the shifts, etc. It went well, just took a couple solid days of work.
Then on Sunday we went target shooting! It was a good weekend.
And here are a lot of the subassemblies waiting to get rebuilt and installed, planetary gears were already over on the bench getting new bushings.
We put everything in it, new bushings, seals, gaskets, rings, clutches, steels, , bands, pistons, boost valve, solenoids, pressure switch board, etc. Also all new seals in the valve body and pump, along with rollerizing the output shaft, HD int snap ring, dual feeding the direct clutches(6), firming up the shifts, etc. It went well, just took a couple solid days of work.
Then on Sunday we went target shooting! It was a good weekend.
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