BTS Trip Nearing, Update Thread
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Cargo Master
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From: Higginsville, MO
It certainly does ha I was able to run the cruise all the way back and it didn't miss a beat, pulled all the Arkansas and south Missouri hills great! It's nice being able to run over 5 psi boost without the tranny slipping! Getting my mud flaps installed right now and the chip switch put in place of the old one, then when it gets back from the accessory shop I'm gonna have to change the tensioner that's going bad I found down there yesterday
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Well a variety of things happened yesterday, the tranny being wrong, which is now fixed, my chIP (which was installed previously by the P.O.) was installed incorrectly into the pcm, which Brian suspected so he removed the pcm and found the formatting on the chip junk so I got another one from him, then the wire to the switch was completely smashed between the park brake assembly and the chassis, so he programmed the new chip with his tunes and all is well in that world now, we went and drove for probably 20 miles putting the trans through her paces and trYing out the different tunes, everything worked great, Brian seemed to really like the 97, he said he used to have a red one he missed lol we went out to lunch in lead hill and had a nice conversation about the emissions on the new trucks which we both dislike. I have some pics I need to upload, all in all it was a great experience I would recommend them to anyone who wants the best trans possible.
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Cargo Master
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Most of his internals are custom anyway, he doesn't re use much. But yes he has parts everywhere in the tranny rebuild room, honestly idk how he keeps it straight lol bUT doing it for many years does help I'm sure....
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Yeah, John's place was the same way....extremely organized, but stuff EVERYWHERE. He usually has 3 or 4 going at once. I need to get something done with my tunes. Then it would probably be pretty perfect.
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Cargo Master
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From: Higginsville, MO
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Nice shots dude!! Glen, you are right. I just hope I can get mine a little better. It shifts pretty darn good, but it will still do the E4OD "too early" thing at times. As soon as I touch the throttle though, it actually does what it should, unlike the crappy Ford reman that came out of there.
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Cargo Master
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Mine now shifts great 1 through 3, 3 to 4 is a little firmer than I would like but Brian said it will smooth out some with time, and it has gotten better hopefully it continues improving
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Those shots looks pretty sweet! I've never seen an automatic transmission before, looks nice with all new parts now!
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A quick caustic bath i'd imagine, not too long tho.. Bad for aluminum...
