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Looking great. Every thing makes perfect sense- how GM should have done it.

Get her into both a psychologist and a psychotherapist. Not after long term visits but mainly the two diagnostics. Bi-polar is something that many people have a horrible time at life, then get a pill each day that takes them a couple months to get squared away on. After that they become...

Yup, clean electrical connections, put a meter on the power & ground wires, then get on the phone to tech support.

If he does put a carb on- tell him run a 0-60 or 0-100 whatever is appropriate at your racetrack, then also do mpg testing. I know carburetors. But I prefer fi because of results.

No 2 speed alternator I ever heard of. But every other one basically doesn’t start putting out until a certain rpm, then puts out more the faster it spins. That pretty much how all alternators work. There is a circuit that “reads” battery power and will work like an on/off switch. When the...

Ok, well the 1/16” is 0.0625 and DSG is 0.065. I don’t see 25 thou being enough to stretch apart. A hardness check would be a good comparison. A full reverse engineering? I have the brand new set from Leroy. Can measure gears, spread, etc. Using the hardness file on the corner of the...

I have a set of Leroy’s gears on my shelf I plan to install in my engine build for my hummer. It’s because of medical issues I haven’t finished it yet. Financial impacted it for a long time but I have enough to finish at least getting it together and in the rig. My reason for gear drive is...

If it’s a force issue that pushed the gear out through the plate- then thicker might be the answer- but metal hardness would come into play long before then. My hardness file set went byebye year’s ago. But remember these are copies of the DSG design. It’s been way too many years for me to...

The “known good” pmd test is in order here, as mentioned the lifetime warranty one is the way to go. Mount both the current one and the lifetime one on a heat sink so you can simply move the wire over to test. Get a dummy plug that the back side is filled with silicone to keep the one not...

Might be worth lab samples?

Yeah, sometimes done is done. Don’t get rid of the other trans for a couple months after the swap. Year to year there are changes and sometimes from one model to another. So there is the possibility you put in a working trans from your donor rig and it won’t work properly. When it...

I’m thinking the $12.99 laser aimed temp gun for oil cooler is more fitting. Idk if any of you have oil temp gauges on your rigs, but I had one on a couple of mine, and there is even one on the 2002 Toyota Tacoma I have from the original owner. Never as hot as the coolant. Never anything...

The rule of thumb is, if the transmission has NOT been having proper fluid changes, don’t do it until it dies. But your issue is backwards from the norm. Absolutely what was suggested above- do a filter change. But not just filter- you should drain as much fluid as possible. Disconnect...

Absolutely not the ebay. Rock auto is questionable. They were not before but iirc some of the guys here said they are now. I avoid them when possible because of zero customer service. GM dealerships, Oriellys auto parts is (they are just under $11 there), autozone is, Napa is, summit racing...

No on the Bosch. I (and others) used to recommend them but after many failures and one of which destroyed a piston… Only get the AC Delco 60G. Something about them- make sure you get them from an authorized dealer. There are tons of chinese knock offs that look identical but are garbage...

The isolator is the right answer for mechanical gauge in the cab. Mineral oil on the gauge side is the norm with isolator off the engine but still in engine compartment. The dependency of a snubber to calm the needle is from the type of pump and how it is plumbed. A pump like airdogg that...

Yuppers- seen that many times in di and idi diesel engines. Keep fuel clean & water free, keep injectors lubricated and rebuild on time.

Increase ip output and different pop pressure on injectors are the two main things here. The injectors are reliable, too reliable. Really at 100,000 miles is best to rebuild them or replace them but going to 150,000 for most is great also. If yours are the n/a injectors which get set...

Same subject is on Hummer forum. This is my copy/paste from there: So far im at 4 pms, 3 texts, 1 phone call about “I am” or “should I” go back to chain… This is the first set of failed gear drive I have seen in any 6.2/6.5 . I have no vested interest in these being in existence or not. My...

I can tell stories of guys in the fleet abusing the heck out of 4l80e and they just eat it up. 40mph OD to R shift= a tootsie roll driveshaft but the trans is happy. 300,000 miles with only adding atf & never doing maintenance on grocery getter pickups. About the only thing they don’t...