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  1. 95TwinTT

    Dual Whip Antenna's

    The truckers have used the “Tennesee Twin Sticks”, for many years to improve signal strength ahead and behind them. It shapes the pattern of the transmission. The trick was, being such a low frequency on CB, the physical distance needed between the antenna’s, put them out on the edges of those...
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    why is the 4l60e such a P.O.S.?!

    The 4L80e is just like the "close ratio"4 speeds from the corvettes and muscle cars. True, first gear is taller, but slap in a higher speed stall speed, TC and problem solved for first hear. Once your rollin, the close ratio makes for faster 1/4 mile times. Much more effecient...
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    why is the 4l60e such a P.O.S.?!

    Why is the 4L60e considered a POS First of all, the 4L60e suffers from having undersized three / four, clutch discs, for the truck application. There are two ways to improve the performance of those clutch discs. Increase the number of them, or increase the trans pressure, or both...
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    Selling The Beast

    It’s probably just because I has spent over 30 years driving chevy pickup’s before stepping into the 1999. I expected it to be better in every respect. Creature comforts have come a long way and they certainly have made them safer, but of all the lame ways to save a buck, to lighten the...
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    Selling The Beast

    Couple of things to keep in mind, the NBS started in 1999 for the pickup trucks. Chevrolet in their infinite wisdom, lightened up the frames, to save weight on the NBS. The net result is a bouncing frame, especially if you get a Z-71. The Z-71 came with the same shocks as a 1 ton. They are...
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    ac compressor question

    The air conditioner will run automatically when the vent is switched to "defrost". It is used to dry the air before it is heated to defrost the windshield. :)
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    Lifted or lowered

    I spent enough time “off road” in the Army. I preferred being in a Tank when off road. They ride smoother. I’m never going off road again, at least not intentionally, and I like the cornering properties of a slightly lowered Tahoe. Just a personal thing. On wheel size, in Minnesota...
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    timing?

    You did say 1993, correct? From what you described, you are way off on timing, not just a few degrees. The easiest way to verify if you are close is to turn the engine over to line up the timing marks on the pulley/vibration damper and the zero line on the timing cover pointer. I...
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    oh somebody help

    Without knowing what has been done, a wild guess is that the timing is way retarded. Maybe the distributor is off a tooth or so from replacing the manifold gaskets. Exhaust manifolds get hot when the spark is late and it finishes burning in the manifold instead of the cylinder. That...
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    replaced a leaking gasket on the cap/rotor, now i've got a problem

    Turn the engine over until it is at "top dead center", then check to be sure the rotor is pointing at #1 spark plug. :)
  11. 95TwinTT

    tune up

    OK, here it is, a dyno test of 12 different sets of spark plugs. The results of the testing is in the latest issue of Street Thunder. They pretty much covered them all from AC to Bosch and several grades of each. Bottom line was, the Autolite double platinum, came in the lowest, with...
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    I have an issue, need some help.

    Radio Shack has cheap test meters that do the job, for like 16.99. They are called Multi Meters. They have a couple of test leads connected to make testing easy. Just set the meter to amps and touch one lead to the unhooked battery connection and the other to the empty post. It will...
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    Manual Trans

    The 60 that was replaced by the 80, had been built to the nth degree. All the tricks you hear about. The only thing done to the 80 over stock, was swapping the input shaft to the new version that can take 1000 hp. With the 60, I was running much higher pressure. Now with the 80, all...
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    I have an issue, need some help.

    I would guess that you have a combination of things dogging you. The remote start is part of it. It has to have a RF receiver powered up all the time, waiting for the command to start. The light is probably a LED and is not drawing as much as the receiver. Your voltage probably drops a...
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    Who tows with thier 'Hoe?

    You should not have any trouble pulling the car trailer with the crawler. Your trailer must have brakes for that weight. Surge brakes may be alright, but electric are best. If you don’t already have a electric brake sending unit, you might want to try to find the “inertia” type for best...
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    Bad Ass 2dr Yuk

    Thanks for the kind words. It continues to put a smile on my face each day. :)
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    Manual Trans

    For me the switch to the 4L80e was fairly simple. The holes are in the frame, so the cross member just slides back to the next set of holes. You use the same trans mount, as the 60. The tranny shop I use, changed the parts in my transfer case to take it up to the larger shaft size. Front...
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    Manual Trans

    I second the motion for the 4L80e. I made the switch a couple of years ago and have stress tested it to the max. The 4L80e is bullet proof. :)
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    Tranny Questions

    That seems like too many tranny problems for one truck. You either beat the hell out of it all the time, or there is some other contributing problem. Or maybe you pull a trailer a lot, or do a lot of off roading? Switching to a 4L60e tranny would be a waste of time. Maybe you have...
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    newb questions about 95 Yukon

    Ok, this is right from the pages of the 95 Tahoe owners manual regarding the shifting into 4-wheel low. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ To shift into or out of 4-WHEEL LOW (4L) or NEUTRAL (N) • slow the vehicle to a roll, about 1-3 mph (2-5 km/h) and shift an •...
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    Bad Ass 2dr Yuk

    Hey thanks, You have the perfect start. I’m kind of partial to white. It’s easier to take care of. I love black also, but don’t have the energy to keep it clean. So what kind of plans do you have for yours?
  22. 95TwinTT

    Guys guys look :p

    Well, you have brought up about all the reason’s I would have for why the 3rd gear pull will not be the same as the 2nd gear pull. Now all we have to do is wait. Thanks for taking the time to verbally Joust with me. I do enjoy these chats………. I’ll light it up again, when DJ does...
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    Guys guys look :p

    You keep talking about climbing off the rollers, are you referring to a Mustang Dyno? It would seem to be difficult to walk off of a DynoJet. The drums are huge. “Since the dynojet measures power based on acceleration, this shorter pull has much lower resolution than a longer, higher...
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    Guys guys look :p

    I’m sure you do a great job of tuning in different gears, but not at wide open throttle. Maybe you could start a new fad. It would save a lot of wear and tear to not have to run the vehicle up to 130 mph. You could keep the pulls under 40 mph. We should hit the pause button here and...
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    Guys guys look :p

    I have to say, your off the reservation on this one. I have never heard of any serious horsepower or torque information being considered that was not acquired from a dyno running in the 1 to 1 rpm range, meaning one revolution into the trans to one revolution out. Granted there is a gear...

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