Recent content by syclone1452

Re: Need some transmission help I have been fighting with this stupid tranny forever... The tranny guy in my neighborhood discovered that the governor had come apart. I had changed the weights/springs of the 1452 governor with a kit. That kit had new pins and E clips at the ends of the pins...

Re: How big should this gap be? I bought a new GM crossmember locally. I removed the original from the truck and put it next to the new one. The difference was quite small; I actually didn't see any difference. I was a bit sad I installed the new crossmember, anyway. The passenger side...

Re: How big should this gap be? I put the truck on the ground, and there is about 1/4 inch between the bar and the crossmember. I started the truck, and it still has a vibration...even at idle. I put the truck back in the air, and discovered the transfer case is rubbing on the floor. A...

Re: How big should this gap be? <smacking forehead> Of course! I'll put it on the ground and have a look Thanks... can't believe I didn't think of that <shaking head>

I finally have Syclone 1452 almost back on the road. My son killed the tranny while impressing his friends... about four years ago. The carnage was so bad, that all four wheels were locked-up on the truck. I replaced the tranny with a "race" tranny that I bought off a local Syclone owner. He...

Re: SyTy old guys I'm still around. I lurk here every other day.... keeping up on the adventures of the fanny pack. I was on the e-mail list quite a while before I found my Syclone [Feb 1995]. I even helped organize the 1st gathering in Sep 1995 in Springfield, MO. I think we had four...

Re: Fuel resistant in-tank connections? Nylon butt connectors will survive in fuel just fine.

Re: CRL powerlite owners step inside. I took a closer look at this window, and discovered that it is too wide to be for an S-10. <drat!> How do I figure out what it fits? I did a couple google searches for "rear window dimension", but didn't find any specs for various pickups. The frame is...

Re: CRL powerlite owners step inside. I hate to drag this thread out of the grave, but I just picked-up most of a PowerLite setup this evening. http://oldpizza.net/syclone/sy_rear_window.pdf I'd like to see photos, so I can figure out what I'm missing. Yes... I paid $30.00

Re: Need some transmission help I swapped the governors, and took the truck for a ride. I don't have 2nd gear... but I do have 3rd and 4th. Yesterday, my son was the only one driving it, so he wasn't paying much attention to the gears. All he knew was that it didn't shift to 2nd when it...

Re: Need some transmission help For some odd reason, I was under the impression that the governor only managed the WOT shifts. After a bit of research, I discovered that I was wrong. I'll yank the governor out of the old tranny and see if I can get it in the new one Thanks for the idea...

Greetings, Today was spent removing a dead transmission from Syclone 1452 and installing a freshly-rebuilt transmission from Syclone 0351. My Syclone killed its tranny. The death was so bad that all four wheels would not move. I had to put the rear wheels on furniture dollies and lift the...

Re: Do you like my new parking space? I don't know why, but yesterday I decided to drive the GN - first time in months. My normal daily-driver is a TDI Beetle. I sorta doubt that Beetle would have protected me like the GN did.

Re: Do you like my new parking space? As you can tell, it wasn't a light rear-ending. We just came over a hill. The truck in front of me stopped quickly. I mashed the brake and stoped in time. Then, I looked my re-view mirror to find a full-size chevy pickup screaming toward me... It...

I was on the way to work, and some bonehead rear-ended me. I think it'll buff out.. what do you think? Car has only 70k miles on it... :-(