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New boots are installed! It proved rather difficult getting the old clamps in place because they were not quite big enough for the new, thicker boots. I cut them at 5 in which leaves me with 3 in extra for when I do my plenum boots. One of the t-bolt clamps was weak from age and when I went to wiggle it on to the new thicker boot the end of the threads popped off. Which of course caused it to be too short to work so for now I have a big flat hose clamp in place until I can get to the hardware store and get a new t-bolt clamp. Anyway, here's what she looks like!
Boots held over 20 psi no issues. I saved a CSV file for anybody that wants to see how the e99 hpop is compared to normal numbers. I started with a very hard acceleration with redline shifts and then some normal acceleration and driving, then some low RPM in 6th gear driving because I was stuck behind somebody that was going that perfect speed where you don't want to be in the higher gear or the next gear down. Any of you with a stick know exactly what I'm talking about! LOL. I added some idling in at the end. When I get my stage 2 hpop installed I will make another CSV file for comparison! There are a couple of things in this recording like transmission range that were for diagnosing another's vehicle. I should have removed them first but I wasn't thinking. My bad
On the good side, his truck was cranking and loping whether hot or cold no matter what it would look really bad on startup. ICP and IPR made no difference. By the way I should have said it's a 97 model. I did some research and it turned out the transmission range sensor can cause that loping and we had a fault code for it. Hence why I had to pid up. The transmission range sensor did fix the loping on startup. Good information to know! A nice fellow that came to the last GTG had the exact same problem and ICP and IPR made no difference on his either. It could be the exact same thing! Unfortunately I don't know his name or phone number but I informed Jason of what the repair was to fix the loping. Anywho, anybody that wants to check out the CSV file, have fun and report back!
Awesome! Thanks so much! After analysing, the data seems pretty consistent. ICP and IPR numbers are looking pretty good. I can definitely feel the difference with the e99 pump vs the one I had. It feels slower, acceleration wise and HPO pressure doesn't jump up as quick. Just a smidge over 20 psi of boost! Not bad! I'd say this data was a success and I'm excited to see the stage 2 hpop performance differences! Thanks again!
The new pitman arm did not fix my steering issue. Unfortunately. Also, has anybody ever had their power steering cap fall off? The last time I put power steering fluid in my truck was when I left for Florida to get that camper and bring it back. I have no power steering reservoir cap at all. I either didn't put it back on when I topped off or it came off at some point. Somehow it's also still absolutely full of fluid. What I don't understand about that is if the cap has been off since before I went to florida, how is the fluid not splashed out yet? Cuz it is almost completely full like 3/4 of an inch from the top full. This is weird. I wouldn't put it past my ding dong self to forget to put the cat back on but, this doesn't make any sense to me.
No PS fluid spilling despite a missing cap indicates careful driving without excessive Gs. Good job young man.
It can also mean you were driving on some seriously flat roads.
I thank you! And while the roads were flat they were very hilly! In other news, I found out why my steering wheels upside down! I got to thinking about it and it made no sense to me. Regardless of putting a new front axle on with the steering gear center it should be the exact same with the steering wheel centered. The front axle has nothing to do with that once the drag link is removed. It dawned on me while I had the drag link loose and I had the pitman arm and steering gear both centered perfectly and the steering wheel was upside down. I just had to take that steering shaft off of the top of the steering gear and see if I could flip it 180°. Sure enough, you can. As long as the bolt hole is 90° to the flat spot on the shaft the steering shaft will go on to the steering gear. You can put it on backwards. I wish I thought about this earlier. Well technically I did but ruled it out due to a misunderstanding thinking it could only go on one way. All I had to do was flip it over and put it back on. As it turns out there is no flat spot on the steering arm itself. Just that bolt hole. So, now that I know this, I will never make that mistake again! The steering shaft can go on the steering gear two ways! I feel so dumb! Now that I think about it there was no way that the steering wheel should have been upside down from putting a new steering gear on. That makes no sense at all.
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so mine can just stay on indefinitely
