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iForge posted:What makes you think I can't? Adiabatic has real spindly fingers, he can get up inside that van in a way no other man should try. Some say he can speak to every GMC product and divine its secret true name.
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iForge posted:What makes you think I can't? Fair point, actually. I really just meant "where it's going to actually be worked on" - having made it from your house to Adiabatic's under its own power would be a nice milestone, and he won't commit to a project pathway until he's seen it himself, which is fair. Seat Safety Switch posted:Adiabatic has real spindly fingers, he can get up inside that van in a way no other man should try. Some say he can speak to every GMC product and divine its secret true name. I like this answer better, though.
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If you learn a GMC's True Name then do you get to control the Dexcool like a bloodbender or what?
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Jan 9, 2016 05:33
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Geirskogul posted:If you learn a GMC's True Name then do you get to control the Dexcool like a bloodbender or what? Yes, but it's still going to rust out everything it loving touches.
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Jan 9, 2016 05:35
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Kee oth rama pancake Loper I banish thee
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Geirskogul posted:Kee oth rama pancake Loper I banish thee Adiabatic panics as he tries the remaining passenger door handle. No luck, it grinds to a halt half way, a metallic ping as some wretched mechanism snaps off and lands inside the door. Stabbing at the parts bin door switches he waits as the regulator groans, trying valiantly to lower the window, only to stop mere inches from freedom. The smoke from the regulator joins the heat and soot now entering the van from the flames encircling it. In a daze he stabs at the AC switches, only to watch a serpentine belt quickly exit the open engine bay and taste the freedom he so craves. As the belt arcs through the sky it grows and transforms, growing fangs and eyes, and turns back to gaze upon its former master. Adiabatic screams and dives between the captains chairs as he hears the sound of the windshield shattering behind him. With a gasp he wakes from his nightmare, dripping with sweat. Turning on the bedside lamp he gasps a second time when the light reveals a bed soaked with the familiar pinkish red hue of Dexcool. The sound of a Cummins diesel can be heard in the distance, straining as it pulls a heavy load up his driveway. It's here.
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8ender posted:Adiabatic panics as he tries the remaining passenger door handle. No luck, it grinds to a halt half way, a metallic ping as some wretched mechanism snaps off and lands inside the door. Stabbing at the parts bin door switches he waits as the regulator groans, trying valiantly to lower the window, only to stop mere inches from freedom. The smoke from the regulator joins the heat and soot now entering the van from the flames encircling it. In a daze he stabs at the AC switches, only to watch a serpentine belt quickly exit the open engine bay and taste the freedom he so craves. As the belt arcs through the sky it grows and transforms, growing fangs and eyes, and turns back to gaze upon its former master. Adiabatic screams and dives between the captains chairs as he hears the sound of the windshield shattering behind him. ...As he wakes, he realizes it wasn't a Cummins. Just another loving Subaru with no rings.
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#yolobathsalts? This has to belong to a goon.
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8ender posted:Adiabatic panics as he tries the remaining passenger door handle. No luck, it grinds to a halt half way, a metallic ping as some wretched mechanism snaps off and lands inside the door. Stabbing at the parts bin door switches he waits as the regulator groans, trying valiantly to lower the window, only to stop mere inches from freedom. The smoke from the regulator joins the heat and soot now entering the van from the flames encircling it. In a daze he stabs at the AC switches, only to watch a serpentine belt quickly exit the open engine bay and taste the freedom he so craves. As the belt arcs through the sky it grows and transforms, growing fangs and eyes, and turns back to gaze upon its former master. Adiabatic screams and dives between the captains chairs as he hears the sound of the windshield shattering behind him. Please append to OP tia Add in a Harbor Freight earthquake impact wrench braps and you got yourself a bona-fide SSS post. Convert the Dexcool to gear oil, the diesel strain to a power steering pump whine, and the parts-bin switches to bakelite plastic, and this is a Ford story.
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Tossed some coolant in the van and tried to start, battery charged up to 12v but was down to 3.5v after 2 days. Went out and bought a new battery, installed it, and cranked it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNVJXNfjdyk I figured out where all the coolant is going: 
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Are you 100% sure that's coolant, and not rusty water that's condensed in the exhaust after sitting in a back alley for months? It's coolant...
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 350 :VThat complicates things somewhat. It sounded like it wanted to run, but clearly didn't get anywhere...
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I'll leave the explanation to fish, but: PLUS:  PLUS: https://goo.gl/maps/NEtAU1AVv3t Gotta go to one of my mom's doctors appointments, might as well do a "good" deed along the way. sharkytm fucked around with this message at 03:03 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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Jan 9, 2016 23:05
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literally a fish posted:
Time for that
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:Time for that
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:Time for that Adiabatic posted:I foresee lots of goons in my house in 2016 Just make sure that fridge is in tip top shape. I foresee a lot of beer in your future.
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Have you considered a 1uz swap?
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ShittyPostmakerPro posted:Have you considered a 1uz swap? 
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sharkytm posted:I'll leave the explanation to fish, but: This owns you own This van is bringing all of AI together Adiabatic fucked around with this message at 03:04 on Jan 10, 2016 |
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Jan 10, 2016 02:55
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Adiabatic posted:This owns you own God I love this place. I love you all*. I love you especially Adiabatic and Sharky™. This van is going to be goddamn amazing. *Except that Terrible Robot guy. He's pretty terrible.
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Aw cheer up TR you know I'm just fuckin' with ya <3
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Im loving the fact that an Australian can buy a van in the USA, get it moved the equivilent of Adelaide to Melbourne, get someone else to fix it up for him, all so he can use it to go visit a bunch of people hes only ever met over the internet, easier than I can get my plans for building a less than foot off the ground timber deck thats under a roof approved through the local loving council! 'STRAYA!
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Ferremit posted:Im loving the fact that an Australian can buy a van in the USA, get it moved the equivilent of Adelaide to Melbourne, get someone else to fix it up for him, all so he can use it to go visit a bunch of people hes only ever met over the internet, easier than I can get my plans for building a less than foot off the ground timber deck thats under a roof approved through the local loving council! See if you can get the deck built in America by goon labour and then apply to import it to Australia?
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Seat Safety Switch posted:See if you can get the deck built in America by goon labour and then apply to import it to Australia? Or put sails on it, and make it a real voyage!
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Seat Safety Switch posted:See if you can get the deck built in America by goon labour and then apply to import it to Australia? Il get Kastien to build it. Then it will weigh more than my 3000 cubic foot concrete foundation and be more robust.
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If kastein built it, you could probably just have SpaceX launch it at you.
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Ferremit posted:Im loving the fact that an Australian can buy a van in the USA, get it moved the equivilent of Adelaide to Melbourne, get someone else to fix it up for him, all so he can use it to go visit a bunch of people hes only ever met over the internet, easier than I can get my plans for building a less than foot off the ground timber deck thats under a roof approved through the local loving council!
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Righto chap, one LM7/4L60e/tcase (or not, depends on what donor looks nicest, you might get a 2wd one) coming right up, soon as I have my blue MJ running. This is gonna be fun, I haven't had an excuse to utterly pillage a GM fullsize product since a whole year ago now, when chrisgt, SiF, and I ruined a K3500 diesel to rip its NV4500 out   
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Bwahahahaha. Dis gon b gud. Feel free to leave the tcase behind; it turns out to cost $75 for a 2WD bellhousing and output shaft, and they just drop in, so unless it's $free.50 (which, knowing you, it will be  ) you can leave it.Otherwise, aww yissssssss
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literally a fish posted:Bwahahahaha. Dis gon b gud. You're thinking about this the wrong way. Going in the other direction, how much is it for a front differential?
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You Am I posted:That'll teach ya for telling the council in the first place I wouldnt have, except that two of the decks are at the front of my house, and the council drives around our new estate every few days to make sure builders arent being bogans.
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Powershift posted:You're thinking about this the wrong way. AWD van burnouts best burnouts.
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..... will a 4x4 pickup front crossmember bolt into a van?
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I can probably find one for a few hundred bucks. Tell me what fits the 4wd swap kits for that era c-van. Either that or we can go 2wd. The output shaft drops in from the back right? As in you don't have to take everything out of the case, swap one bit, and put it all back in? On the transmissions I'm used to, that's what happens.
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kastein posted:I can probably find one for a few hundred bucks. Tell me what fits the 4wd swap kits for that era c-van. As it turns out the tailshaft does NOT drop in from the back. Rude. I am 100% certain Adiabatic and TerribleRobot don't want to disassemble the trans, and I don't want to be encouraging them to do so, so that can stay. Is there any harm in just letting the front output yoke freewheel? The driveshaft will need shortening anyway. I'm slightly concerned about clearance; there might not be room for a transfer case, so hold off on grabbing a 4WD until we've confirmed that there's room. Your MJ might not be working before then anyway  Edit: as a side note, no, it's not getting 4x4 converted. Maybe in the future?
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literally a fish posted:Is there any harm in just letting the front output yoke freewheel? The driveshaft will need shortening anyway. I'm slightly concerned about clearance; there might not be room for a transfer case, so hold off on grabbing a 4WD until we've confirmed that there's room. Your MJ might not be working before then anyway
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Wouldn't the front output just not turn if the transfer case is in 2 HI?? BTW this whole scenario is awesome
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One issue- the NP26whatever transfer cases you most often find behind LM7s kinda like making little holes in their housings and dumping the oil out. It's not an end of the world type thing (it's like a $400 repair if you DIY and replace all the bearings and stuff) but it's enough of a potential PITA that on a conversion like this I'd just seek out a 2wd transmission.
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Interesting, why do they do that? Chain stretch? There is probably floor space (the tcase generally slopes downward from the trans on the driver side of this era of truck, and 4x4 swaps consist of swapping in the truck parts, welding hangars on the frame, and bolting on a truck axle) but yeah, it is worth checking. The yoke can freewheel all day if needed, it doesn't spin in 2hi anyways as noted. I'll hold off till floor space is verified and/or a good 2wd donor appears. E: yeah, I was afraid of the 4wd to 2wd shaft swap being that involved. loving auto trans designers... kastein fucked around with this message at 12:52 on Jan 11, 2016 |
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