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The spacer gives the air/fuel mixture more time to mix properly I believe. The tbi is a 2 barrel unit, each barrel feeds 4 cylinders, and by using a spacer that has a gap between the 2 barrels it lets the motor pull from both barrels all the time. Kinda like puting a bigger carb on a regular motor. But without changing anything. I hope that is the right explanation,,, and I hope it helps.:thumb:
 
My blazer does the hunting but that's why I was putting 4.10 gear set under it (33" tires). That spacer would have made the difference for me?

Any fuel milage info yet?
 
Huh... So would it work with a carb too??? Also I didnt quite understand what the point of grinding it down was to help. Is that what you mean by it pulls from both all the time???
 
Deuling said:
Huh... So would it work with a carb too??? Also I didnt quite understand what the point of grinding it down was to help. Is that what you mean by it pulls from both all the time???
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in a carb application the difference in a open plenum intake and closed plenum deals with the rpm range the power is best. it works the same way with the spacers.
 
TREA18 said:
My blazer does the hunting but that's why I was putting 4.10 gear set under it (33" tires). That spacer would have made the difference for me?

Any fuel milage info yet?
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Maybe:dunno:, it worked for me. What did you have for gears before? Mine are 3.73s. I kinda think they are the perfect gears for 33's. If your gonna wheel with it 4.10's are better though. Even with em , add a spacer anyway :D. Pick one up and I'll come up and get it in there one of these weekends:thumb: Get one with the open center (summit is cheaper). It takes a torque wrench and 20 minutes if you dont adjust the bracket like I did. That takes a little longer but not much if you have a welder n air compressor around or a place to plug mine in:rolleyes:

Edit; No mpg info yet, I'm trying to save up so I can fill it:doah:
 
shady said:
Maybe:dunno:, it worked for me. What did you have for gears before? Mine are 3.73s. I kinda think they are the perfect gears for 33's. If your gonna wheel with it 4.10's are better though. Even with em , add a spacer anyway :D. Pick one up and I'll come up and get it in there one of these weekends:thumb: Get one with the open center (summit is cheaper). It takes a torque wrench and 20 minutes if you dont adjust the bracket like I did. That takes a little longer but not much if you have a welder n air compressor around or a place to plug mine in:rolleyes:

Edit; No mpg info yet, I'm trying to save up so I can fill it:doah:
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Sounds good to me. The axles aren't under it yet but it's been in a shop/garage for a month and it's driving me crazy. I'm putting the pressure on because I want it by next weekend or depression's going to set in:eek1: I've got rims though and no tires yet (17" by 33-35") so done or not I need tires. THE OLD AXLES ARE GONE AND YOUR WHEEL SPACERS ARE NOT BEING USED:woot:
 
Well I'm officially a dum bass:doah: I dropped my tranny pan for the fluid change, then tore into the steering while it finished dripping. somewhere along the line I decided to start it to turn lock to lock and only realized the pan was still off when I heard more fluid draining:confused: It only ran about 40 seconds to a minute but I'm sure thats too much. I'll find out when it goes back together. Man I feel like an Idiot.
On another note I did get the drop pitman arm in:rolleyes:
 
shady said:
Well I'm officially a dum bass:doah: I dropped my tranny pan for the fluid change, then tore into the steering while it finished dripping. somewhere along the line I decided to start it to turn lock to lock and only realized the pan was still off when I heard more fluid draining:confused: It only ran about 40 seconds to a minute but I'm sure thats too much. I'll find out when it goes back together. Man I feel like an Idiot.
On another note I did get the drop pitman arm in:rolleyes:
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DId you try and drive it? If not, the only thing you may have damaged is the pump.(which could put debris through everything else if it is bad) If it's quiet, works fine after you fill it up, you may have gotten lucky.
 
Chances are good that you are ok. Like heath said, the only thing you really would have possibly damaged in that short of time is the pump and being as it only ran for such a short time and you werent reving it and such, its probably ok. Pretty much if you fill it back up and it still drives you are good to go.
 
I put 6 quarts in it and havent started it yet. I will try it in a short bit though. Hopefully I got lucky.
 
Well tranny came out OK so far. It steers a sh1t load better too.

Today I changed,,

Tranny fluid/filter (also installed a pan drain plug); had lots of metal powder in old fluid, on pan magnet, and strewn around the pan:confused::dunno:

Both tierod ends; found both were pretty bad.

Pitman arm (put dropped in)

Draglink end at pitman arm; had to cut it apart to get it off.

Also found that my RTV only rear diff gasket is leaking slowly. Gonna have to bite the bullet, waste $35 of lucas and reseal it:doah:
 
Is the material on the magnet like a paste, or small metal fragments?
paste is somewhat normal, as the steels and fibers wear, but little fragments aren't good.
If it's never been off, some aluminum casting flash material is normal too.
 
It was like a paste, no chunks or pieces. So probably normal i guess. I did find that I put about 1/2 quart too much in too. good thing I installed the drain plug:D
 
Did you put a drain plug in the original pan??? I wa see some pics. And what kind you used.
 
yeah its in the original pan. I didnt take picks of the install:doah: But I can get pics of it as it looks underneath. I used a stock oil pan drainplug and a 1/2"-20 nut. I drilled a hole in the pan (you have to pull it off the hard way first to see where or you'll drill into some important chit) just big enough for the plug to fit through. then I put the nut inside, threaded the plug into it snug(without the gasket), and welded the nut in. dosent have to be all the way around but I did. Then after it cools down you just clean it all up, paint the outside and put the gasket back on the plug. worked great and looks factory. it wont drain all the way but it will drain far enough to drop the pan without making a huge mess (just remember to put the plug back in after it quits dripping) there will still be about a 1/2" in the bottom. If you can find a 1/2"-20 super nut(wider one like 13/16 or 7/8 outside diam.) you can put it on the bottom of the pan and it will drain all the way.
 
Ahh very cool man, I may have to do this, would be easier to drain some of the fluid every now and then instead of taking the whole pan off just to add some fresh ATF :thumb:
 
shady said:
yeah its in the original pan. I didnt take picks of the install:doah: But I can get pics of it as it looks underneath. I used a stock oil pan drainplug and a 1/2"-20 nut. I drilled a hole in the pan (you have to pull it off the hard way first to see where or you'll drill into some important chit) just big enough for the plug to fit through. then I put the nut inside, threaded the plug into it snug(without the gasket), and welded the nut in. dosent have to be all the way around but I did. Then after it cools down you just clean it all up, paint the outside and put the gasket back on the plug. worked great and looks factory. it wont drain all the way but it will drain far enough to drop the pan without making a huge mess (just remember to put the plug back in after it quits dripping) there will still be about a 1/2" in the bottom. If you can find a 1/2"-20 super nut(wider one like 13/16 or 7/8 outside diam.) you can put it on the bottom of the pan and it will drain all the way.
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I did something similar on my th400 pan except I put a castle nut upside down and welded it so it drains all the way down.:thumb:
I still have it somewhere, I will dig it up and take some pics for those who would like to imitate.
 
imiceman44 said:
I did something similar on my th400 pan except I put a castle nut upside down and welded it so it drains all the way down.:thumb:
I still have it somewhere, I will dig it up and take some pics for those who would like to imitate.
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Yet another "why didnt i think of that"! Good idea!
 
that is a good idea:thumb: I'll have to remember that. I'm sure I'll do it on something else someday.
 
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