From: clare@snyder.on.ca   
      
   On Thu, 24 Oct 2024 17:15:56 -0500, Snag  wrote:   
      
   >On 10/24/2024 3:45 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> On 10/21/2024 3:29 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>>    I picked up the truck axle today ... Got it bolted into place   
   >>> before my back started complaining . It has a right to complain , I've   
   >>> abused it the last few days harvesting firewood .   
   >>>    I'm eagerly anticipating getting this project finished , I was   
   >>> hoping to have the truck ready by next weekend for Beanfest . Looks   
   >>> promising so far , I've got all the new parts for what I want to   
   >>> replace . This is going to be interesting , my first experience with a   
   >>> limited slip diff . Dropping from 2.73:1 to 3.42's is going to make   
   >>> things a bit more lively too .   
   >>   
   >> I was going to write up some of my comments on limited slip and locking   
   >> differentials, because I have had both, but the experience and which   
   >> performed exactly how kind of runs together in my memory.   
   >>   
   >> The 03 Silverado 2500 (2wd) had auto locking rear.   
   >> The '17 Jeep JK had limited slip.  I can't recall if it was rear only or   
   >> front and rear.   
   >>   
   >> The 07 Silverado had rear autolocking   
   >> The 24 F250 has rear electric locking.   
   >>   
   >> I have felt the affects and it definitely helps in the soft stuff. Can't   
   >> speak to the slippery stuff.  I try to avoid that at all cost.   
   >>   
   >> Not sure exactly how posi differs from limited slip or auto locking, but   
   >> its the real deal for street racing.   
   >>   
   >> FYI:  I am thinking about building a stroked 351 and pushing it out to   
   >> around 401.  Not today though.  Looking for gobs of mid range for towing   
   >> torque with a long duration cam rather than a high reving high HP engine   
   >> with a high lift cam.  I sold my 07 Silverado and my Jeep.  Now I only   
   >> have the new 24 Ford for a tow vehicle.  I feel naked without a   
   >> backup... er tow vehicle that is.   
   >>   
   >   
   >   I got the brakes on yesterday , adjusted them this morning and bolted   
   >the bed back on . Took it for a short ride after I finished , it seems   
   >to drive the same as before . Except when I punch it on gravel it leaves   
   >2 gouges instead of one . The one drive train "problem" I have left is   
   >torque converter lockup . It ain't locking up . I'll need to do some   
   >testing , it's probably related to all of the original pollution   
   >controls going missing while the truck was out of service . My poor gas   
   >mileage probably has something to do with that . There are manual   
   >workarounds , but I really want this to be automatic .   
    Bad temp sensor or loww thermostat temp will do that - has to be   
   warmed up to "operating temperature" before it locks. VSS is the other   
   input - has to be over a certain speed. Brake light switch will also   
   prevent lockup (cannot lock if the switch says the brakes are on).   
   Before digging into ANY of that make sure the lockup function actually   
   works by installing a manual switch. You can automate the whole thing   
   with simple relay logic - the  speed control is the most complicated.   
   An Arduino simplifies the whole thing significantly and actually   
   costsless than the 3 relays required for relay logic but you need to   
   wrap your head around the boolean logic required for the arduino - and   
   the basic programming involved.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)