April B/S thread
Diesel Van Enthusiast
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Congrats Brendon, and to her mother too. 
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ray, you forgot the silent "R".
josiah - 33's will turn no problem with that torque monster of an engine. what transmission does it have?
whats everybody up to tonight? brendon is probably out buying canned spinach for the sailor kid
josiah - 33's will turn no problem with that torque monster of an engine. what transmission does it have?
whats everybody up to tonight? brendon is probably out buying canned spinach for the sailor kid
Diesel Van Enthusiast
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Anyone want to venture a guess, please do.
I'm thinking I have a bearing that is failing, but which one?
What I hear is a bearing whir that coincides with the throttle cracking open while lumbering along in cruise control over relatively flat highway.
I'm thinking its something that is taking load as the throttle opens and is running unloaded otherwise.
Turbo?
Alternator?
Water pump?
Wheel bearing?
HIPOP even?
I'm presuming that the sound is drowned out by the engine under load, as I don't hear it anymore.
I'm thinking I have a bearing that is failing, but which one?
What I hear is a bearing whir that coincides with the throttle cracking open while lumbering along in cruise control over relatively flat highway.
I'm thinking its something that is taking load as the throttle opens and is running unloaded otherwise.
Turbo?
Alternator?
Water pump?
Wheel bearing?
HIPOP even?
I'm presuming that the sound is drowned out by the engine under load, as I don't hear it anymore.
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Aaron, I have a c-6, as stated in my sig. It was shifting a little hard when I first got it, but I found a ton of vac leaks mostly involved with the EGR, and tuned up the carb a little bit, now it shifts pretty smooth. I have heard good things, and I have heard bad things about the c-6. We had 3 of them in the 86 ford van my family had. The last one had lasted a long time, so I don't know if the first two were bad seeds, or something else wrong.
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josiah - the c-6 is an incredible tranny. easy to work on and modify as well. its the one part i havent broken on ray's baja truck so far..... 
dave- anything that runs on the belt will make noise regardless of "load". wheel bearings will make noise at a speed (usually always). hpop would be rpm based. turbo is a possibility, but i thought the 6.0 turbo had bushing/bearings not roller bearings?
can you nail it down to a particular gear, mph, or can you make it happen without cruise control?
EDIT: PS pump and ac compressor will make different noises with their respective loads, but not engine/throttle load.
dave- anything that runs on the belt will make noise regardless of "load". wheel bearings will make noise at a speed (usually always). hpop would be rpm based. turbo is a possibility, but i thought the 6.0 turbo had bushing/bearings not roller bearings?
can you nail it down to a particular gear, mph, or can you make it happen without cruise control?
EDIT: PS pump and ac compressor will make different noises with their respective loads, but not engine/throttle load.
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