Well, I hope I can type this w/o ....... crying. It was almost a year ago today that we returned from a trip and I took the '82 to go pick up McKinley at the vets. They'd called to tell us she was having some problems, but they didn't want to make us hurry home so spared us the seriousness of the problems. Basically, here body was totally worn out and we had to have her put to sleep. She rode home with me on the seat of the truck, and I cried all the way home. (Didn't make it.)

 

You know, I heard a statistic a while back that said loosing a love pet was worse on most people than loosing a loved one. I don't know if I agree with that or not but, having lost both, it sure seems as bad. There just isn't much that can replace the unconditional love they give you. Every time I loose one or have to put one to sleep I always say no more. But then another little stray will come alone and I'm hooked again.

 

We were asked again today if we are going to get another dog. The answer is an emphatic NO. We've made many trips in the last year, some on a few minute's notice, and we couldn't do that before. Yes, when my wife was gone last week it sure was lonely - but then Chris came to stay for a few days.

 

That was VERY cool, wish I had stayed longer.

 

Are the rest of us ever going to maybe see a few pictures from the visit to Gary's?

 

Go to Chapter Events.

 

eep! There it was under my nose all this time, thanks!

 

The pet stories, good and sad, help me out.
That said, I never intended to sidetrack Gary's thread about his truck. I applogize for that.

However, I will add this much. Part of my username is directly related to Kujo. He was a Pomerainian, which looks very similar to a small wolf (aside from color) particularly in the face. I just used a creative spelling method. He was, like me, a bit of an anti-typical being. He knew no fear when it came to bigger critters, and loved to "attack" my feet at every opporotunity, hence the name he was given.
His favorite toy, was a stuffed bear that was almost bigger than he was. I was torn between burying it with him, or washing it and keeping it. I finally decided on the latter. It helps me to remember the good times we had "fighting" over the bear. He stole it fair and square from my niece, and wouldn't give it up.

I doubt I will ever want another pet, but there's always the chance that one will come along needing a good home thru no fault of their own.

 

It is only a hijack if the OP thinks it is a hijack, and I don't.

But, I do have a question about driveline vibes. What are the odds that the vibration is due to having put the drive shaft on the rear yoke 180 degrees out? Or, what are the odds that the vibes come from putting it on the front yoke 180 out?

As previously mentioned, I didn't mark the shaft's relationship to either yoke. But, I didn't take the shaft itself apart, so didn't get the shaft out of phase internally. I did rotate the t-case output yoke, so could easily have that 180 out of where it was. And, I could have put the shaft on 180 out from the original position on the rear yoke.

I think there are only 4 possibilities, with A being the initial position and B being the 180 out position:

• AAA
• BAA
• ABA
• BBA

Given that, it would seem like there are three moves to make from the current:

1. Rotate the front yoke 180. If the current is BAA then we have AAA.
2. Put the front yoke back as it may have been ABA, and rotate the whole shaft 180, giving AAA
3. Rotate both the front yoke and the shaft as we must have been in BBA.

Do y'all agree with that?

 

I agree to what you are saying Gary. However, like I mentioned earlier the yokes arent attached to the driveline whenever it is balanced so it shouldnt make a difference. I am thinking that maybe a weight is missing. You may not have knocked it off during the U joint installation, but , it could have come loose and come off whenever it was back in action.

 

Vibration problem solved. I put the truck on the lift to work on it this time instead of working on it in the yard. (Had some Tempo on the lift and didn't want to disturb the patch job we did on the CV joint boot until the Super Weatherstrip Adhesive set.) As it turns out, the rear u-joint wasn't fully down in the yoke on one side. In fact, it didn't want to go down in as it was a bit too long, so I kinda guessed what the problem was - and several of you are as well.

Sure enough, when I got things loose and the caps off one of the needles had laid down in the end and the cap couldn't go on all the way on. I pulled the needle and checked it over, but couldn't find any damage. So, I put it back in with the others, put the cap on, and tightened the u-bolts down. Sure enough, no vibrations.

But, the idle had gotten worse so I worked on that again. Maybe the pint of Chemtool is starting to help because now the idle mix screws are both open 1/4 turn, as opposed to 2 1/2 on one side and 1/4 on the other and the idle is a strong 17" at 600 RPM. Turning either mix screw in or out drops the idle down, and closing either one will kill the engine in a few seconds.

And, pulling the PCV line off the carb almost kills it whereas before the idle went to 1250 RPM. I can still pull a small vacuum cap and get the idle to go to 675 RPM so it is still rich, but not nearly as rich as before. As Jim says, PROGRESS IS GOOD!

I'm planning to take it up to see Dad on Tuesday. By then I should have put a few more miles on it and checked a few more things out to be comfortable with taking it that far. And, I may put another pint of Chemtool in the tank when I fill it up. The hope is to get a good read on the gas mileage, even with the 4160 Holley, to see what I think of this engine. Or, maybe I should say "what I think of this engine's economy" since I'm already grinning every time I drive it. Boy, does this thing blow the doors off Dad's.

 

I was gonna suggest looking for a downed needle. Would have already done so, had I not had so much on my mind.
Glad you solved it, hopefully there won't be any lasting effects from the problem.

Yeah, I know how much it can make a person grin, when there's a bit more power at the ready. I feel that way everytime I drive dad's truck. Even when it's just far enough to get the car out, like today......

 

I started the major garage overhaul in an attempt to find the parts to the Bronco that are MIA. I did the floor and all the nooks and crannys. I still have the work bench and the reloading bench to go. Of course the corner where I keep the jacks,jack stands,wheel chocks and such needs to be done also. If the parts dont turn up then I will have to clean out my work truck(whitey the F-250) to look for them. I just got word today that one of the houses I put an offer on to buy might be mine really soon. I will have to wait until after the weekend to see if the other buyers got their stuff together to be serious about the buy, but , I doubt they have. So I may be moving in about month. So I need to keep the garage and everything organized to be ready for the move.

Glad you got the vibration taken care of Gary. Those dang needle bearrings will cause all kinds of problems when they lay over. Usually when they do it to me its on one of the press in sides of the yoke and I destroy it trying to drive the cap on. Then I have to R&R one of the old ones from the bad U joint to replace it with.

 

Yep. I feel like a teenager all over again. Took it out to the top of the hill by the lake and turned around at a spot where I could see both ways - that part isn't like a teenager, I know. Went up through the gears listening to the Flowmaster.

Hope the thing w/the house works out. I know you've been needing that for a while.

Man, I thought I was the only one that borrowed an old cap and bearings for a new u-joint. Did that on the neighbor's Jeep as we crushed that needle.

 

Gonna take Rusty up to see Dad tomorrow. I'll go the exact same route at the same speed that I've taken both Dad's and the '82 Explorer on, with Dad's getting ~11 and the Explorer getting ~12. Will be interesting to see what happens.

Filled Rusty up today and put a can of Sea Foam in the tank to see if the fuel system will clean up some more. He got 7.2 MPG on that tank, but there was lots of idling while tuning the carb, and when he was driven he was driven! So, maybe that 7.2 isn't too bad.

The idle today was about what it was a couple of days ago when I re-adjusted it, so it hasn't changed much, if any. But, it still doesn't run smoothly when tooling along at 35 in 4th, so something isn't quite right. More tomorrow evening after ~250 miles of adventure.