bigdog9191999
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I imagine the 2wd swap is easier than swapping from awd to a standard 4wd setup with the electric case, is why you went this way?
Yukon Down, AWD delete, headers, converter etc...
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Sold the old converter for $350, TCI pan for $120, and 4l60e for $50. Here's the pan shrapnel:
New Circle D, same spec as before, 3k/3200 stall speed.
Sometimes its the little things in life.....
$1 worth of purple power, $1 worth of spray paint, and the HD2 kit is installed and pan in on. Ready for install.
Here's what I came up with. I used what I had in the scrap pile which is just some Home Depot flat bar. I cut the old welded mount off where I converted to 2wd, figured the trans mount was now higher and further back. I measured the angle of the pinion and trans yoke and am shooting for 0 pinion angle at ride height. Couple junk welds with a Lincoln wire gun and it's in there. Im thinking the junk Anchor chinese trans mount will break before the bracket does. Time will tell. You can also see the Sonnax th400/4l80e 1330 yoke in this pic.
Now everything else is left, pin the front speed sensor, cooler lines, converter bolts, DS, dipstick, probably 16 quarts of trans fluid, etc...... Im thinking the Y pipe aint gonna fit either so that may have to be remade. But we are close and I'm excited just to see it in-place.
New Circle D, same spec as before, 3k/3200 stall speed.
Sometimes its the little things in life.....
$1 worth of purple power, $1 worth of spray paint, and the HD2 kit is installed and pan in on. Ready for install.
Here's what I came up with. I used what I had in the scrap pile which is just some Home Depot flat bar. I cut the old welded mount off where I converted to 2wd, figured the trans mount was now higher and further back. I measured the angle of the pinion and trans yoke and am shooting for 0 pinion angle at ride height. Couple junk welds with a Lincoln wire gun and it's in there. Im thinking the junk Anchor chinese trans mount will break before the bracket does. Time will tell. You can also see the Sonnax th400/4l80e 1330 yoke in this pic.
Now everything else is left, pin the front speed sensor, cooler lines, converter bolts, DS, dipstick, probably 16 quarts of trans fluid, etc...... Im thinking the Y pipe aint gonna fit either so that may have to be remade. But we are close and I'm excited just to see it in-place.
Yoke fit great, th400/4l80e Sonnax 1330 full spline. And it has more slip then the 60e even though the 80e is about a half inch longer.
Segment swap from a 2004 HD, 12 quarts of fluid, pinned 22 and 23 for the input speed sensor, converter showed about .200 clearance so i added a 1/16th shim.
Segment swap from a 2004 HD, 12 quarts of fluid, pinned 22 and 23 for the input speed sensor, converter showed about .200 clearance so i added a 1/16th shim.
live2pull
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Did you shorten the DS or have a new one made? A 2wd 80e swap is a desire when my 60e eventually goes, although, for a stock DD I am not sure it is worth it.
Same DS, with the Sonnax slip yoke I had even more clearance then the 60e
I cant seem to win with this truck. Randomly started getting some gear whine under load from the rear end (motive 4.10s, stock open diff). Pulled the plug and there was some shavings. I figured I dont like the 4.10s with the 4l80e gearing so lets upgrade right? Ordered up an Auburn posi and motive 4.56s. Did the install and didnt find anything obviously wrong inside the diff, super happy with the difference though, and it tamed the converter down some for driving and towing.
Now that that $700 is gone in the wind we are good right? Nope, truck has been running like crap lately. I had installed some flow matched decapped injectors due to the stock duty cycle hitting 130%. All seemed well for a few weeks then it went bad. Fearing a faulty injector I ordered up some flex fuel injectors and adapters. Installed them, started tuning and its running worse! Something mechanical must be wrong and i bet its something simple. Time for more digging.
Now that that $700 is gone in the wind we are good right? Nope, truck has been running like crap lately. I had installed some flow matched decapped injectors due to the stock duty cycle hitting 130%. All seemed well for a few weeks then it went bad. Fearing a faulty injector I ordered up some flex fuel injectors and adapters. Installed them, started tuning and its running worse! Something mechanical must be wrong and i bet its something simple. Time for more digging.
Dammit. It’s always something seems like. At least it is for me.I cant seem to win with this truck. Randomly started getting some gear whine under load from the rear end (motive 4.10s, stock open diff). Pulled the plug and there was some shavings. I figured I dont like the 4.10s with the 4l80e gearing so lets upgrade right? Ordered up an Auburn posi and motive 4.56s. Did the install and didnt find anything obviously wrong inside the diff, super happy with the difference though, and it tamed the converter down some for driving and towing.
Now that that $700 is gone in the wind we are good right? Nope, truck has been running like crap lately. I had installed some flow matched decapped injectors due to the stock duty cycle hitting 130%. All seemed well for a few weeks then it went bad. Fearing a faulty injector I ordered up some flex fuel injectors and adapters. Installed them, started tuning and its running worse! Something mechanical must be wrong and i bet its something simple. Time for more digging.
Tonyrodz
Resident Resident
Me too dammit!
