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Wouldnt you pull relay and run a jumper in its place. Ive never quute understood relay. U currently run a jumper no relay and no toggle switch to lick converter. My truck functions as a normal oem truck minus the relay. I used to pkay with a converter lock switch but have found for my use the converter swutch isnt needed. I lock 3rd comming off hills without switch. I do think the toggle switch coukd be used to test but i feel id go in and put a new converter solenoid and all under pan eletronics in because of to many un knowns. The connector that goes through the case next to tv cable is known for being problematic. If you unplug that connector and its soaked in fluid its no good. Im currently running the kde manifold and gm solenoid the borge solenoid on oem manifold is suposed to maybe be better. Ive had two borges on this truck and am on my 2nd gm. Havent had gm solenoid fail yet. Put all new eltronics in when i refreshed the trans. If unknown on eltronics id recomend all new harness solenoid, tranducer and plug through the case. Its a coyple hundred bucks will eliminate a few possible issues right of the bat. The battery cables(all) and grid heater cables can all affect tourge converter lock and 3 -4 shifts. Also curious if its locking convertor in 4th or not

Ive had no issues with the ppe deep pan. Though im unsure anything more than welding a drain plug in the eom pan is all thats needed.

I do tape measure aligment had just as good if not better results than alignment shop. Been 12ish years since my 02s been on a rack it has the truest wearing tires around. My jeep is freaking pretty sweet to. But its all gutted and reworked from axle tubes to the frame. Nothing stock left. Ive never had it on a rack. Tires wear true and you can drive it 80 with your pinky while shes screaming 3500rpms. So no i wont be putting the truck on rack after fabbing trackbar. However if something does change and i start getting bad wear or funky handling characteristics i will suck it up and get help. Though unlikely I did do 2" leveling on my truck but i have 1ton rear springs. The 04 is pretty sacked out with fuel tank and junk on on it. Might make more sense to lower front and inch or two or maybe raise rear to handle load better. But its kinda ok its sitting about level as is its a work truck. I do the track bar because the oem bushings are junk. Its silly to fabb a fixed bar. I see now why you mention leveling kit. My 02 has about 200k on my track bar the 07 that got totaled had about 100k. We were lucky to get 20k on the 07 oem or after market track bars. That was a cab n chassis truck so maybe its thrust angle was off from the factory eating the track bars since the front end was same as 3/4 Lol i dunno even know what thrust angle is track bar locates axle side to side preferbly centerd on frame at ride height. Then control arms do castor. Thrust angle is probly a fast food aligment shop term made to make themselves sound smart.

Ill tell you something. If its not leaking youve got real problems something is very wrong. Would advice truck is parked for further evaluation. Ive had my valve cover off 5 or 6 times in 14 years ive had my truck. Its probably about the only place its not currently leaking. I also find sometimes removing more stuff out your way turns into far less work than working around n through crap. Welcome to the hen house or is it the **** show. Idk

Thats a good looking truck. For what its worth our 04 has 219 k. Im working through the front end. 08.5 steering oe balljoints are shot. Unit bearings toast. This is a small tire street rig. I do beleive big tires will cause parts to wear faster but this ones eating parts at about the same rate as my 02 did with big tires. Havent done the track bar yet as it seems to be alright. When its time itl get a adjustable track same as my 02. We dont even tow much with the pickups anymore just not worth the wear and tear. Ohhh this clutch is headed out aswell im waiting for the transmission to break so i can go through it and install new clutch at same time. You know 2 birds one stone kinda thing. Offcourse it rains when i start a project

Dude get off the small tire ball joint crap, I get it yours is better. Thank you it feels good to do it. Ill probly have to go now since theres no point in being here i have big tires you know

Bringing my transmission cruise control talk over here. Also a few videos from durring transmission work. The ford i picked up for cheap. Pretty much just so i could have wheels it also showed me how much these dodges suck. Ive now givin the ford to my daughter The 3rd gens our work truck

Lol idk do ot right i get it wrong do it wrong i get it right. Ive had tge valve body out a few times without removing neutral switch. One time on the bench where its easy it goes wonky.

Its been messed up since i installed valve body on the bench. Maybe partly because i had sensor removed when installing valve body. Being on the bench made it to easy to get it wrong i guess Plastic bits were still intact on rooster comb

Got to thinking about neutral safety switch. I rememberd truck used to start in drive. It now currently will start in reverse, and second gear. Wont start in drive or first. Tomorrow im going to unplug safety switch jump the prongs and see if cruise control then works with the switch bypassed

Will check out the vacumn lines and check if back up likes work. I thi k back up bulbs blew 10 years ago or atleast 1 lol. I have fixed one vacumn line by the battery quute a few years ago. Maybe it rebroke

Yes very good. Great work Question for you. Just did my 47refresh no issues on assembly transmission full refresh, seals, bushings, steels fibers, all eletronicals. I did have issues with nuetral safety switch but resolved that now i have ni cruise control. Indicator turns on on cluster but doesnt set. Speedometer does work everything works but cruise control. Cruise control did work before pulling transmission out of truck. I realy like cruise control kinda at a loss. Only issue was nuetral safety switch so my mind keeps going back to it. On first start up i jumped the plug with a paper clip then figured out i wasn't making contact on switch to switch lever inside pan. Thanks for your response.

Bumping a great read with tons of information

Id like to see you leave your current tune as is and drop rv or stockish injectors in to compare to the 150s that are currently in there.. The dyno with your truck on it may also make some interesting #s We know she makes good fuel mileage but what we dont know is what im interested in. Just how heavily is she leaning on low gears and tiny tires?

Yes i know. I just have not decided to afford the quad. It just cost much. Theres always something needed more like turbo, injectors or trans parts. My current injectors have about 200k on them so again the quad will be pushed to the side. 150s this time supposedly are a better match for my turbo but may require studs pulling grades under a load. I spent about 7 years pedaling off temps i guess i can pedal off pressure These headlights are junk. Willbe trying the one peice housings next. Old grungy broken lenses was unable to adjust passenger light in vertical plain. Seat foam and cover super easy and feels much better Still have not located a source for passenger foam. Did do a new passenger cover. For what its worth dodges headlights suck almost worth gping duramax just rid myself of these gaud awfull designed headlights. 3rd gens freaking suck too.

Youh must have thats pretty cool. I dont have the patience to program fuel and timing curves.

Yeah but dirty girls are sexy as ****. Sometimes clean isn't what its all cracked up to. I get petty good mpg and dont smoke normal driving. I do haze alittle. I have no doubt your making more power with your tune. The egt thing ive been unsure of since power does make heat regardless of tune. I can actually run and tow with my set up but im running alittle more turbo. under pressure shes pulling grades pretty clean. Im slightly concerned about head gasket but im not running much timing and watch my pressure pretty close now that im not glued to the temp gauge.

Just making sure shes still a dirty girl and likes to have fun. Mike does your girl like to play dirty every ounce in awhile?

Sneaky

Idk I think he put yours together

Thats awesome saveing a ton in labor

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Have you done the one peice lenses like that. I was unsure about them so steered clear when i orderd my houseings. Went with two peice How much are those hid. Link didnt take me anywhere

Spent 40 minutes on the phone with transgo talking about the 47re valve body and pro recalibration kit. I wanted to make some refinements but didnt want to pretend i knew what i was doing. This phone call went very well told him i was shifting late 2500 he talked speeds and gov pressure and tv cable. Told him i didnt want to back of tv to shift sooner. What we found is i had tv minumum out of wack. Unhooked tv and still shifted at 2500. So then he went over things that would cause late shifting. A sleeve installed backwords, sticky valve, miss adjusted minumum. And a spring. Turned out i was out of wack on minumum. Was able to measure where i had it compared to his notes. I reset that and didnt touch pressure left it set at max 185. I had tv stop at about .5" out i set it at at .7 and shifts happen at 1900-2000 light throttle and 2200 mod throttle 2500 getting after it alittle. Transgo spec is minumum stop is out .905 i elected to not go that far. He ssid .7 - .9 is a good range I have no need to see wide open shifts. Tv was verified to pull valve full open at full throttle. Surprisingly shifts are even quicker and crisper now and truck scoots through the gears even faster He had notes stored thst arent in the kit instructions that were very helpfull. Im freaking very happy with the driving characters and how this truck now moves down the road. No more rubber streching feel. When i had pan off nothing abnormal . I reused fluid since no real reason to change it yet. Will do a service ounce its got a couple thousand miles on it. Check bands though ive found bands rarely need adjusted if they're healthy these are new. For what its worth this hole transmission refresh/build has gone very well. Ive learned alot from revmax aswell as some local guru builders. I still have no clue what im doing but its working talking to people. Ive found the internet is hit n miss on real good help. Seems a jumble of randomness kinda like this thread. Actually making phone calls and eye contact is huge to me.

Havent been able to find a photography or photo page in off topic section or anywhere. Havent yet looked super hsrd for it.