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As long as the gear ratio is not an OD gear, “I’m good.” Fluid heating and driven surface fatigue in OD gears is where most of my concern would be, with respect to the trans. Now, the trans has the luxury of active cooling, as does the engine. The rear diff, however, does not, and that sucker...

I might put a small ammeter inline with the lockup solenoid. 1) your light says it’s getting power, but 2) an ammeter would tell you if power is getting through it. At this age I’ve seen metal fatigue in wires even though the exterior looks good. By small, that solenoid probably pulls under 2...

Vans need love too

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Long Live the Van. That is beautiful.

Didnt watch video but I’m guessing for that 300 to play well with the airstream, I’m gonna take a guess that they’ve got a good WDH and it’s cranked down to get all that weight forward. Just how much torque can the oem hitch mount support? I had a 6000lb camper (loaded) behind a truck rated for...

I have used various lubeguard products through the years and have only good to say. I try to start with less than a full dose - maybe a quarter dose or so if using it. Even a small amount makes a very nice difference.

If the vehicle is rated for 3250, then thats the number I would go by. In practice around town it will likely be workable. I find generally they ride awful dont do great as you approach the 75% rating but it varies. The gen IV Chrysler minivans towed wonderfully at 3500 pounds, their max...

Send up some pics of the van as a whole? It’d be neat to see what you’ve accomplished. Plans for wheels and tires?

Aside from feeling and sounding a bit like a Subaru, the turbo 4 is an excellent driver. It has plenty of grunt down low and doesn’t really have to shift much unless you just make it. Theres a boost gauge and it frequently taps 7.5 psi or more as it needs very quickly to provide what feels like...

I’ve recommended CC2s to 3 people recently, who all had them installed. One was a Rav4H, which would be sensitive to tire resistance. For the first few weeks, the rav4H owner was a bit shocked and told me she lost 3-4 mpg. However by 1000 miles on the, she told me it was back to normal. We...

This is a side that fascinates me incredibly.

I’d think they will loosen up over 500-1000 miles or so?

Yes. I think. The transmission is basically a differential, posing three shafts against each other, like a see-saw. Engine is on one. An independent motor/generator is on another. The third is the output which also has a second motor/generator. It simply starts the engine by pulsing the 2 MGs...

One of my all-time favorite vehicles owned was a weary 1993 ZJ - a rarity with the 4.0 and AW4 trans. Bought it cheap and just drove it until it had no AC, no heat, warped head (solved by over-tightening), bent frame (as I said, it was cheap), and needed a new steering box. When the heat...

my wife and I debated this hard about 12 years ago. We each had 2 kids when we got married. We looked at the Tahoe and the expedition and found the 3rd row in the years we were seeing was better in the minivans. The full-size SUVs look better from a “in style” pov and minivans had the stigma...

Delta, You are very kind to say this - thank you. I’m okay for now. We are just going to drive it for now. Last night we filled the bed up to the roof with supplies for a company picnic, and I had to cross a deep drainage culvert to get the supplies out to the pavilion. The ground was soft and...

I screwed up the Toyota method once, I think. It was a GS350 purchased used with something like 80k on it. The fluid came out pretty bad, so once it stopped dripping, I started the car a couple of times for 20 seconds or so, which burped a little more fluid out, probably another quart, maybe...

I really liked the Monroe reflex in truck or van application. I’m not sure if they are around now, and how they might compare to the magnum, but they were reasonably tight until there was a big hit, and then they’d let the suspension flex until it settled. Not a sports car ride, but I used them...

My meaning is more that, the door is so long, it only takes the tiniest distortion of chassis flex at the A-pillar to result in some tiny 1mm motion at my left ear, 4 feet away from the a-pillar. It’s a long lever arm. Because the door is so large, I also never had the opportunity to fling it...