November Chat Thread - Page 4

bill11012 · #46 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 02:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmeyer1990

well I know the seal is bad also, but there is a leak on the pan itself. i can wipe the whole pan down, degrease it, and less than half a day later it will be covered in fresh oil.
The leak from the seal isn't all that bad actually, it seemed to have been worse when i got the truck, it's slowed down over time though.

how bad is the oil pan gasket to change Josh?

I have done several, but all well the motor was out for something else.

doug1222556 · #47 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 03:10 PM

Well to solve the oil pan gasket leak- The most important thing is to make sure both surfaces are squeaky clean. To guarantee a seal apply some silicone to the pan, apply the gasket and put a bead on top. If the bottom of the block and the lip of the pan are both clean, it's virtually impossible to have a leak.

Jmeyer1990 · #48 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 03:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bill11012

how bad is the oil pan gasket to change Josh?

I have done several, but all well the motor was out for something else.

It's a PITA with the motor in. No fun at all.

Quote:

Originally Posted by doug1222556

Well to solve the oil pan gasket leak- The most important thing is to make sure both surfaces are squeaky clean. To guarantee a seal apply some silicone to the pan, apply the gasket and put a bead on top. If the bottom of the block and the lip of the pan are both clean, it's virtually impossible to have a leak.

I'll change it for a 3rd time sometime this week hopefully, I need the leak to stop before before the snow falls

bill11012 · #49 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 03:52 PM

Do you have to unbolt the mounts and lift it with a hoist to get to it?

On TH350 and TH400 auto trany Chevy's, that is the only way to change the ATF & filter.

Jmeyer1990 · #50 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 03:57 PM

I have enough clearance to move it around the lovely ttb setup

bill11012 · #51 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 04:11 PM

2wd Is called twin I beam. Twin Traction beam is 4wd.
One of the many things this site has teached me.

You took you location off?
It used to say right by the join date.

Jmeyer1990 · #52 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 04:19 PM

Yeah, I was getting some stalker-ish emails, and that idiot from Canada was contacting me again. So I decided to take it off.
I will make sure to call it a TIB instead from now on haha, thanks for the info.

bill11012 · #53 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 04:24 PM

stalker-ish emails? WTF.

I call a TTB " 4wd twin I beam " once and stosh exsplaned it to me.

Jmeyer1990 · #54 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 04:32 PM

Yepo to the stalkerish emails.
Everything is nice and simple now. No more locations.

Go figure Stosh would be the one to explain it haha, speaking of him, has anyone heard from him in the past few weeks?

bill11012 · #55 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 04:40 PM

I have not seen a post by him in about a month.

Jmeyer1990 · #56 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 05:55 PM

Turns out I need a new DVD drive for the desktop. Why are they so expensive now? Honestly? 65 bucks for a cd/dvd drive with burning capabilities is a bit messed up if you ask me.

ctubutis · #57 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 10:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheKirbyMan

Code:

  *-display               
       description: VGA compatible controller
       product: 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller
       vendor: Intel Corporation

Code:

Ubuntu 9.10

OK... Two more commands, I think these will be the last:

$ /usr/bin/lspci -nn | grep VGA
$ /sbin/lsmod | grep i915

EDIT: Just for grins, show me the first, say, 10 lines of the output from /usr/bin/glxgears

TheKirbyMan · #58 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 10:50 PM

lspci -nn:

Code:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02)

lsmod:

Code:

i915                  221064  2 
drm                   159584  2 i915
i2c_algo_bit            5760  1 i915
intel_agp              27484  2 i915
video                  19380  1 i915

glxgears:

Code:

785 frames in 5.0 seconds
806 frames in 5.0 seconds
816 frames in 5.0 seconds
844 frames in 5.0 seconds
845 frames in 5.0 seconds
835 frames in 5.0 seconds
800 frames in 5.0 seconds
762 frames in 5.0 seconds
816 frames in 5.0 seconds
832 frames in 5.0 seconds
778 frames in 5.0 seconds

I have an older ATI Radeon 9200 AGP card that I was using in my previous computer, but this computer doesn't have an AGP slot. Just PCI...

ctubutis · #59 (**permalink**) 11-07-2009, 11:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TheKirbyMan

Code:

00:02.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: Intel Corporation 82865G Integrated Graphics Controller [8086:2572] (rev 02)

It's too bad you can't use the ATI card.

Ya know, I first went down the path that you had suggested - poor
performance due to swapping things into & out of memory. But, it soon
occurred to me that that shouldn't be your problem and I turned my attention
to video, an area that can be problematic because video card manufacturers
can't or won't release their code to the open source world, resulting in things
getting reverse-engineered (another alternative sometimes is to use
commercially-provided, closed-source drivers from the manufacturers).

I have an Ubuntu 9.10 box at work, I upgraded it from 9.04; although that
upgrade was a serious improvement, it still has problems. Others I work with
have it, too, and are also saying the same thing. More than just the video.

The Ubuntu 9.x release(s) has/have been far from smooth, so much so that I
won't upgrade any of my home boxes to it (I run 8.04 on my primary desktop at
home).

I've got VERY limited experience with any of the Intel video chipsets (only 2-3
machines in the last 4 years) most of my experience is with NVIDIA & ATI
cards.

Despite that, there is plenty o' information out there about this Intel chipset
and its driver problems. Here's some of the stuff I've been reading:

HOWTO: Jaunty Intel Graphics Performance Guide - Ubuntu Forums
[HowTo] Fix Ubuntu Jaunty (9.04) Intel Graphics Problem | Ivan Kristianto Blog
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/X/Troublesho...telPerformance
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ReinhardTart...telDriverTo2.4
[ubuntu] Intel 82865G Integrated Graphics Fix (Jaunty) - Ubuntu Forums

Although much of what I've been reading pertains to 9.04 (you're at 9.10) you
seem to have the problematic hardware & driver and are experiencing the
same issues that other people are complaining about, so you might try some of
the things people claim to have worked for them if you want to experiment and
perhaps learn some stuff.

Alternatively, you could install 8.04, it's FAR more stable.

I didn't read any of those things very closely but you should pay attention, you
could get yourself into a world of hurt (but only with the Linux installation, you
shouldn't hurt 'doze unless you seriously mess up and, say, wipe out your
partition table or somethin' similar). Even if you hose yourself up, some of
those docs out there walk you through recovering....

bill11012 · #60 (**permalink**) 11-08-2009, 01:00 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jmeyer1990

Turns out I need a new DVD drive for the desktop. Why are they so expensive now? Honestly? 65 bucks for a cd/dvd drive with burning capabilities is a bit messed up if you ask me.

better than what my pc took to fix it.

The fan went out, the vid card got to hot and shorted.

The power supply died.

$325 later ( doing the work myself) I have it running better than ever, but I now have no sound.

I had to pull the mother board and I think I put the sound wire back on wrong.