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Has anyone installed one of these in their tranny to make it act like a clutchless manual? I'm thinking about this as a way to simplify and maybe extend the longevity of my tranny. I don't do much in-town driving so it could be worth it if it will cut down on the number of potential things...

Two quick points: 1) There is a big problem with counterfieting and outright lying in China. For example, a friend of mine was sent there to setup his company's new manufacturing line. Sounded good at first; built to the same quality standards as before. Product seemed exactly the same. A...

I'm interested too. Wondering if anyone has installed a full manual valve? I'm looking for the simplest truck to maintain as possible and figure eliminating the need for the modulator and governor would do (am I off base?)

How do the CUCV bumpers match to the civy ones? I found the thing sitting in a truck I was tearing up for donor parts and everything else was the same. As I was test fitting it, it looked like it would mate up if the CUCV bumper was lower. Hard to tell as it could have been bent while in that...

Just a note on silverstars and the like: They are just set in the factory to burn brighter at the expense of bulb life. Not a big deal for the price but its the same thing that would happen if you turned up the voltage on a normal set. I once had an awesome link to a writeup about all this...

Can you tell me how that is mounted to the body? A backing plate? I grabbed what looks like that exact mount in a scrap yard for its weight in steel (whoo-hoo) but it has cast flanges that curve around the body of a civy C10 or so pickup. So it doesn't fit exactly to the 1009. I'll have to...

The issue with LED bulbs is the heat dissapation, which makes me think those small sealed units are so expensive because only the best, most pure diodes can be used. And since the military is buying them....markup heaven! The diodes and drivers (that make them real bright) and the heatsinks...

Bah.....I changed the vacuum modulator, tranny filter and oil. Filter looked loose, which I read can cause foaming. So with new stuff in there it still doesn't like to make the jump from 2-3 unless I manually work the lever from D to 2 to D again. At this point, I'm contemplating a full...

If you have keys to it, how is it abandoned? Off topic but it appears we are in the next phase of the collapse of America if this kind of crap is happening in Ohio and not California like we're used to. To get back to the point, does the dimple really prevent anything other than the connector...

Pulled it and there was no change. I checked the fluid and it looked a bit high after the drive so I sucked some out the dipstick tube and thought I saw foam come off the top. It was hard to tell in the dark with a flashlight. So, if there was foam and if the level was high does that indicate...

Is it supposed to be one wire? I pulled it, we'll see how it drives home.

I think vacuum valve only delays the shift on hard accelerating. If you plug the vac. pump line directly into the modulator (on the tranny) if shifts very early. Not ideal if you're drag racing between lights but makes daily driving easy. I'll check the wiring on the transmission. What does...

On the way to work it kept dropping from 3 to 2 when I gave it any gas whatsoever, but it did go back up to 3rd when coasting. The shift from 1 to 2 feels normal, not a high rev hard shift like if the vacuum line is leaking. I have vaccuum from the pump and bypassed the valve on the IP months...

I don't think it matters if its converted to diesel vs. run as straight oil. The average length of the hydro-carbon chains in the feed stock would affect the energy density and yield I suppose but it SHOULD all work. The research is all ag. based because big ag has all the lobyists. IIRC...

The solnoid is not strong enough to move the throttle on its own, it just holds it. So you have to "blip" with your foot and it will hold it open. If your temp sensor and everything else works, the truck will do what you want by itself. With the truck off, try jumping 12V to the solnoid and...

For your typical zombie situation (i.e. gang bangers and brigonds shooting 9mm or SKS with cheap practice ammo) you may get more bang for your buck with aramid cloth Aramid Fabrics - Applied Vehicle Technology aramid is the generic name for Kevlar. There's balistic grade and theres non...

So where does the cucv vent the fuel system to the atmosphere? After my '09 cools down the fuel tank draws a vacuum and pulls some fuel from the filter. So there's obviously a pin-hole leak somewhere BUT should I hear a sucking sound when the fuel filler cap is loosened? What keeps this thing...

I think I found a summary...though what I'm thinking of was a few thousand pages IIRC. Its refered to as the "close out report", linked from the powerpoint and other places on the internet. The link is now dead www.nrel.gov/biomass/pdfs/24190.pdf power point...

I'm not expert but have been reading about algae-based bio-D on and off for a few years. I think that the strain...or more accurately the BEST strain, is the million dollar question. At one point about 5 or 6 years ago I stumbled into a lengthy Department of Energy study that outlined several...