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I would make sure you get the pickup as close to the flywheel teeth as possible without touching. If I remember correctly, you can tune the settings for when the converter locks and unlocks too. Just takes some playing with to get it the way you like.

What pickup are you using for the Dakota Digital? I originally had and issue with the magnetic flywheel tooth style pickup, but it was my fault. I didn't have it installed close enough to the flywheel teeth for it to create a reliable signal. Once I reinstalled it with the correct distance from...

Can't wait!

After my tire size change to 37s I changed the gear in the transfer case to correct the speedo, however without tearing the transfer case apart to change the drive gear on the shaft I could only get the speedo so close. So I took the truck to a speedo shop (hard to find now days) and the guy...

Geeze what a joke. At least they should help you troubleshoot it without attitude.

Yay!!! Glad it worked out! :driver: Balancing those big ol 37's can be difficult for some shops/the workers at some shops. Ha ha.

I haven't had any trouble with the TCI unit. It seems like quite a stretch but maybe the three Richingalveston had were all bad from the same lot or there was some other unknown issue causing the problem. Who knows, but mine has worked flawlessly. By the way, are you going to try that speed...

For the shifter linkage the only real modification was lengthening the linkage rod. I took round bar of the same diameter as the original and welded in a few extra inches. Then you just have to play with the adjustment and position of the linkage to get it to have full range of shifting. It's...

Yup. Off of vehicles at the junkyard. P.S. They don't really have anything to them. The plastic top piece is similar to a chimney topper. Air flows freely in and out, it's just there to keep stuff from falling in the hose.

Pretty much. Ha ha. Yup, they are both run up high. Straight from the military auction the front diff vent was run up by the top of the coolant overflow. And I ran the rear diff vent up to above and behind the driver side tail light a few years ago.

Re-routed the transmission and transfer case vent lines to high on the firewall to keep water out.

Yup. No problem! And I had never had any death wobble until after installing 37's. So if worn parts aren't the problem the washer will fix it.

If they are worn they will need to be replaced, however when I switched to 37's it still had death wobble (all new suspension and kingpin bushings, new kingpin springs, new steering stabilizer). I found that the larger, heavier tires required more kingpin spring pressure to control the load. A...

Replaced the front rotors, greased everything that could be greased, which for me includes the front suspension bushings. Took apart the front driveshaft and re-greased it. There wasn't much left to lubricate it other than some rusty water! I installed a grease fitting on it so I can keep it...

Then again, with the limited power, the 4L80 is probably all the truck needs. With the 6L90 you'd probably need to lower the axle gearing just to make the 6th gear usable. Ha ha.

The 6L90 would be awesome, but it would probably be a lot harder to find a used one. And probably more expensive too.

Nice. Just be sure you post some good pictures! Ha ha

Thanks. You'll definitely be happy with the improvement that extra gear makes. It's been a little over 5 years now and just under 30k miles. I've done a ton of off road driving, mud, sand and rocks. I've towed other cars, and even dragged a destroyed full size pickup with 2 flat tires about 11...

I found that using a single 1/8" thick washer under each kingpin spring eliminated all death wobble. Bigger tires need more spring pressure. I'm running 37's.

Second to last pic on the first post. It's pretty much just a cable that's hooked up on the injection pump and the cable routes to the remote sensor. It's nice cause there are a bunch of holes to fine tune the length of pull and how much it actuates the sensor.