pflaming Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Let's change two speed tyranny to two speed rear axle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Coatney Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Let's change two speed tyranny to two speed rear axle. Big improvement, you are almost there. I now understand two speed axle. Two speed differential is better yet. However tyranny needs some additional work. Rather than use these often misspelled and misunderstood abbreviations I find it better and more understandable to call a transmission a transmission. Proof reading prior to posting is helpful and a spell-checker could do wonders for you. [tir-uh-nee] /ˈtɪr ə ni/ noun, plural tyrannies. 1. arbitrary or unrestrained exercise of power; despotic abuse of authority. Synonyms: despotism, absolutism, dictatorship. 2. the government or rule of a tyrant or absolute ruler. 3. a state ruled by a tyrant or absolute ruler. 4. oppressive or unjustly severe government on the part of any ruler. 5. undue severity or harshness. 6. a cruel or harsh act or proceeding; an arbitrary, oppressive, or tyrannical action. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 I get between 10,000 and 15,000 miles from a set of points on my '33. And I recall getting about the same from points on the last vehicle I drove prior to getting one with electronic ignition in the early 1980s. I don't know what average miles per year for a car is nowadays but, if I recall correctly, in the 1970s and 80s it used to be about 12,000. So, at least with quality parts (which might not be as available today), going a year on a set of points for a daily driver should not be an issue. Tod; You are right about that.......I just didn't have any confidence in the 3 sets I got from different sources. I got metal transfer on two of them in just a few hours use and the third set looked like it had been made by a jungle blacksmith in Cambodia. I really don't like the idea of getting into my truck and wondering if it is going to have a good enough spark to fire off. With the set up I have that thought doesn't even enter my mind. So far it is one of my favorite modifications. Of course time will tell. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Don, I lived in the genre of literary metaphor, metaphysics, abstract poetry so long, to come from the dark side is a long journey and oft times blinding. Then to have my vocab fine tuned by a mechanic is a major transformation one that is most challenging, but I will hang in or I will hang. Yet you can't kill a man who was born to hang! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 pflaming, on 09 Nov 2015 - 12:49 PM, said:blah blah blah... abstract ...blah blah.....Yet you can't kill a man who was born to hang! abstract is a word I have come to associate with you daily....change the line in red to read...You can't paint a truck destined to rust... remember....you are being watched......always! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Don, I lived in the genre of literary metaphor, metaphysics, abstract poetry so long, to come from the dark side is a long journey and oft times blinding. Then to have my vocab fine tuned by a mechanic is a major transformation one that is most challenging, but I will hang in or I will hang. Yet you can't kill a man who was born to hang! Eeeeeeeeeeyoooooow! Here is one for you Paul. Roses are red.......Violets are blue......stay on topic....and I will too. And I should have ended with.....and your truck used to be blue ....too. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55 Fargo Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Don, I lived in the genre of literary metaphor, metaphysics, abstract poetry so long, to come from the dark side is a long journey and oft times blinding. Then to have my vocab fine tuned by a mechanic is a major transformation one that is most challenging, but I will hang in or I will hang. Yet you can't kill a man who was born to hang! I dunno, is this an attention seeking thing? or someone's punching bag thing? appears to be a vast amount of metricious piffle to me......LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 I dunno, is this an attention seeking thing? or someone's punching bag thing? appears to be a vast amount of metricious piffle to me......LOL then you sure will not like the next one.....lol There was a man from Reedley Who's truck was most seedly When asked "why the rust" he states "one must" Always persue things greedily. PP, told you on the phone this morning when you called what was in the works.....lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55 Fargo Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 then you sure will not like the next one.....lol There was a man from Reedley Who's truck was most seedly When asked "why the rust" he states "one must" Always persue things greedily. PP, told you on the phone this morning when you called what was in the works.....lol Why wouldn't I? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Fargos-Go-Far, on 09 Nov 2015 - 1:25 PM, said:Why wouldn't I? figured you thought we picking on PP...but then ...we are...lol...all in all I got to admit he takes this in stride almost as well as our boy Norn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55 Fargo Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 figured you thought we picking on PP...but then ...we are...lol...all in all I got to admit he takes this in stride almost as well as our boy Norn... Norm was a great Guy, but Paul takes his truck off the driveway, should he though????..LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 9, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Norm was a great Guy, but Paul takes his truck off the driveway, should he though????..LOL I think we all know the answer to that one. he just scares the ----- out of me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Ed Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Norm was a great Guy, but Paul takes his truck off the driveway, should he though????..LOL you would too if your driveway was on fire! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plymouthy Adams Posted November 9, 2015 Report Share Posted November 9, 2015 Young Ed, on 09 Nov 2015 - 4:00 PM, said:you would too if your driveway was on fire! and yet..after the fire..the flames are still fanning... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wallytoo Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) jeff, i assume you mean the grand cherokee m/c with booster won't fit in the position of the original dodge m/c, yes? it is not impossible to use a booster with the original m/c, however. many of the 1.5 ton and larger trucks were fitted with a remote vacuum booster and the single-chamber m/c (mine has this). the vacuum booster is located to the rear of the cab, inside the frame rails, behind the fuel tank. although not [likely] offered in the 1/2, 3/4 or 1-ton trucks, i wouldn't be surprised if it was possible to retrofit a "bigger" truck vacuum booster to one. wally Of course the Grand Cherokee would have had a booster and as you know that is impossible with M/C in it's original location. Edited November 10, 2015 by wallytoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 jeff, i assume you mean the grand cherokee m/c with booster won't fit in the position of the original dodge m/c, yes? it is not impossible to use a booster with the original m/c, however. many of the 1.5 ton and larger trucks were fitted with a remote vacuum booster and the single-chamber m/c (mine has this). the vacuum booster is located to the rear of the cab, inside the frame rails, behind the fuel tank. although not [likely] offered in the 1/2, 3/4 or 1-ton trucks, i wouldn't be surprised if it was possible to retrofit a "bigger" truck vacuum booster to one. wally Wally; Yes that is what I meant. Having a booster might be nice.....but changing the pedal arrangement and getting the M/C out of that location is what my real motivation comes from. I am starting to get more comfortable with this truck.......but the brake pedal just bugs me. I have a few other things I will deal with first. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 One thing I have noticed the last week or so is that the truck seems peppier than before. Not exactly sure why? But I will certainly take it. Maybe it is the cooler weather or perhaps the rings have fully seated? The only change I have made was to put a set of NGK BR6S plugs in it. Maybe they woke up a hidden pony or two? Not sure but I sure will take it. Every pony I can get. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
55 Fargo Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 (edited) One thing I have noticed the last week or so is that the truck seems peppier than before. Not exactly sure why? But I will certainly take it. Maybe it is the cooler weather or perhaps the rings have fully seated? The only change I have made was to put a set of NGK BR6S plugs in it. Maybe they woke up a hidden pony or two? Not sure but I sure will take it. Every pony I can get. Jeff Cooler weather most likely, you really need to experience driving one of these in sub-zero weather...........LOL Edited November 10, 2015 by Fargos-Go-Far Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Cooler weather most likely, you really need to experience driving one of these in sub-zero weather...........LOL Fred; I think I will pass on that one. Yesterday we had some really weird weather here........little drops of water falling from the sky? what the heck was that? Got my truck all wet...... jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Jeff, those droplets came from migrating monarch butterflies. LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Jeff, those droplets came from migrating monarch butterflies. LOL Paul; You weren't the author of that godawful Jonathon Livingston Seagull were you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merle Coggins Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Yesterday we had some really weird weather here........little drops of water falling from the sky? what the heck was that? Got my truck all wet...... jeff Wow, that is strange weather for California. Sounds scary. Did they have to send all the kids home from school? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ggdad1951 Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 Wow, that is strange weather for California. Sounds scary. Did they have to send all the kids home from school? next thing you will tell me the ground moves there too! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Balazs Posted November 11, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Wow, that is strange weather for California. Sounds scary. Did they have to send all the kids home from school? It was horrifying.... ......3 to 4 minutes of light rain that mixed with the dust from last weeks Santanna winds. next thing you will tell me the ground moves there too! You know it is not so bad.....only happens once in a while. Whereas you guy's are certain to freeze your nuts off every year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pflaming Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 Jeff, you must have flunked anatomy, one can only freeze the family jewels off once! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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