93 Ty 0301
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V8 Sonoma GT
Mile High SyTy
Re: 93 Ty 0301
Good luck!
Good luck!
blacktyaffair
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Re: 93 Ty 0301
If you want to save a little money, you may be able to get the line brazed or cut it and splice it with a union. Not the coolest thing but it would get you by.
If you want to save a little money, you may be able to get the line brazed or cut it and splice it with a union. Not the coolest thing but it would get you by.
Re: 93 Ty 0301
Thanks. It's definitely been fun. I expected to have my work cut out for me when I bought it. The previous owner didn't exactly take care of it the way it should have been and that was obvious when I first looked at it. It's still got a ways to go but as long as I'm making some kind of forward progress I'm happy with it. I am really hoping that I can get it back on the road soon though, I'm getting a little impatient.
I thought about that. I'm going to try to see how much I could get a pre-bent set of hard lines for. If its too much, I may just go that route.
Thanks. It's definitely been fun. I expected to have my work cut out for me when I bought it. The previous owner didn't exactly take care of it the way it should have been and that was obvious when I first looked at it. It's still got a ways to go but as long as I'm making some kind of forward progress I'm happy with it. I am really hoping that I can get it back on the road soon though, I'm getting a little impatient.
I thought about that. I'm going to try to see how much I could get a pre-bent set of hard lines for. If its too much, I may just go that route.
Re: 93 Ty 0301
I've gotten a bunch of goodies in the mail over the last week. Today and tomorrow I'm hoping to get everything together.
First question. For those of you that have replaced your trans cooler lines, is it required to remove anything to get the new lines in place? I've been trying to get them in but it's being a real pita. I hope I'm wrong, but it looks like I may need to removed the front axle to get the lines in place.
I've gotten a bunch of goodies in the mail over the last week. Today and tomorrow I'm hoping to get everything together.
First question. For those of you that have replaced your trans cooler lines, is it required to remove anything to get the new lines in place? I've been trying to get them in but it's being a real pita. I hope I'm wrong, but it looks like I may need to removed the front axle to get the lines in place.
Re: 93 Ty 0301
Yet another aggravating weekend of working on the Ty. I spent all day yesterday installing everything that I had bought recently for the Ty, plus a couple other things that I've had for a while. Probably spent 12 hours wrenching on it.
I woke up this morning to finish a couple little things and start it up for the first time in a while. After getting everything back together I turned the key and, wouldn't you know it, the battery was dead. I hooked it up to the charger for about 2 hours and tried again. No go, battery was bad. So a trip to Advance and $100 later I have a new battery and I'm ready to rock.
I finally started it up and shined a flashlight underneath to check for leaks, didn't see any. So far so good. After a couple minutes of letting it run I shined the light under it again and saw about a baseball sized puddle of transmission fluid. I shut it off. It looks like at least the top cooler line is leaking where it goes into the transmission. I couldn't tell if the bottom fitting was leaking as it was covered in fluid that could have been coming from the top line. I know the line isn't loose because it tightened the sh*t out of it when I put it on. So I'm thinking I may have cross threaded it.
Now I'm kinda torn. Do I spend all the time necessary to take it all back apart to do the lines the same way I just did them and risk the same thing happening again. Or do I just bite the bullet and drop the transmission so I know it's done right before I put all that effort into it again just to end up with it still leaking. Any input/advice is appreciated.
Yet another aggravating weekend of working on the Ty. I spent all day yesterday installing everything that I had bought recently for the Ty, plus a couple other things that I've had for a while. Probably spent 12 hours wrenching on it.
I woke up this morning to finish a couple little things and start it up for the first time in a while. After getting everything back together I turned the key and, wouldn't you know it, the battery was dead. I hooked it up to the charger for about 2 hours and tried again. No go, battery was bad. So a trip to Advance and $100 later I have a new battery and I'm ready to rock.
I finally started it up and shined a flashlight underneath to check for leaks, didn't see any. So far so good. After a couple minutes of letting it run I shined the light under it again and saw about a baseball sized puddle of transmission fluid. I shut it off. It looks like at least the top cooler line is leaking where it goes into the transmission. I couldn't tell if the bottom fitting was leaking as it was covered in fluid that could have been coming from the top line. I know the line isn't loose because it tightened the sh*t out of it when I put it on. So I'm thinking I may have cross threaded it.
Now I'm kinda torn. Do I spend all the time necessary to take it all back apart to do the lines the same way I just did them and risk the same thing happening again. Or do I just bite the bullet and drop the transmission so I know it's done right before I put all that effort into it again just to end up with it still leaking. Any input/advice is appreciated.
Re: 93 Ty 0301
The Ty lives again. I was finally able to figure out the trans cooler line issue and get everything back together yesterday. Then today, after not moving under its own power in about 2 months, I drove it about 30 miles. Everything seems to be working properly. While it was down I replaced the turbo oil drain line, trans cooler lines, injector harness, battery, and installed an egr block off plate, pillar pod, and boost gauge. It feels good to drive it around again instead of just staring at it in the garage.
The Ty lives again. I was finally able to figure out the trans cooler line issue and get everything back together yesterday. Then today, after not moving under its own power in about 2 months, I drove it about 30 miles. Everything seems to be working properly. While it was down I replaced the turbo oil drain line, trans cooler lines, injector harness, battery, and installed an egr block off plate, pillar pod, and boost gauge. It feels good to drive it around again instead of just staring at it in the garage.
Re: 93 Ty 0301
I figured a few pics were in order this is the first time in a while that the Ty hasn't been sitting on jack stands.
Here's what the threads on the inside of the upper trans cooler line fitting looked like when I pulled it off to figure out why it was leaking.
Cleaned up under the hood. So much nastiness was caked on the motor that I think I may be able to count this as a weight reduction mod.
Close up view of the egr block off plate.
Pillar pod and boost gauge installed. The other hole in the pillar will be used for an afr gauge once I get a wide band installed.
Gave er a bath today. Decided not to bother drying it off cause it started raining while I was rinsing it off.
I figured a few pics were in order this is the first time in a while that the Ty hasn't been sitting on jack stands.
Here's what the threads on the inside of the upper trans cooler line fitting looked like when I pulled it off to figure out why it was leaking.
Cleaned up under the hood. So much nastiness was caked on the motor that I think I may be able to count this as a weight reduction mod.
Close up view of the egr block off plate.
Pillar pod and boost gauge installed. The other hole in the pillar will be used for an afr gauge once I get a wide band installed.
Gave er a bath today. Decided not to bother drying it off cause it started raining while I was rinsing it off.
Re: 93 Ty 0301
I hooked the Ty up to my laptop for the first time today and made a Datamaster log. I drove around with it running for about 7 minutes. I was able to pull off on a couple side roads and open the throttle up a couple times.
http://www.mediafire.com/?8a9bbk7y6lpxfye#!
I'm far from being an expert at data logging, but this is what I can tell so far
-Knock seems good as I dont think it got above 1.9 throughout the log.
-Temp seems like its higher than it should be.
-Threw a code for egr which isn't surprising since I recently installed a block off plate.
-Boost seems low, but again, I'm not expert so it may be in the normal range.
Please feel free to comment about anything else you see.
I hooked the Ty up to my laptop for the first time today and made a Datamaster log. I drove around with it running for about 7 minutes. I was able to pull off on a couple side roads and open the throttle up a couple times.
http://www.mediafire.com/?8a9bbk7y6lpxfye#!
I'm far from being an expert at data logging, but this is what I can tell so far
-Knock seems good as I dont think it got above 1.9 throughout the log.
-Temp seems like its higher than it should be.
-Threw a code for egr which isn't surprising since I recently installed a block off plate.
-Boost seems low, but again, I'm not expert so it may be in the normal range.
Please feel free to comment about anything else you see.
Re: 93 Ty 0301
It's been awhile since I've updated this, but I have gotten a few things done. Since my last update I've installed a new vacuum kit from Sportmachines. I'm surprised it ran as good as it did. Since I discovered that nearly every vacuum line under the hood was either broken or, in some cases, missing completely. I've also done a little work to the brakes. They felt pretty mushy. They aren't great yet, but they are a lot better than they were.
The thing that I've put the most work into is the cladding. I wasn't expecting to spend anywhere near as much time on it as I did, but its finally to the point that it doesn't piss me off every time I look at it. When I bought the truck several pieces of the cladding were broken and laying in the back. A ton of homemade tabs and epoxy later, all the cladding is back on it. It's not perfect, but its good enough for now.
It's been awhile since I've updated this, but I have gotten a few things done. Since my last update I've installed a new vacuum kit from Sportmachines. I'm surprised it ran as good as it did. Since I discovered that nearly every vacuum line under the hood was either broken or, in some cases, missing completely. I've also done a little work to the brakes. They felt pretty mushy. They aren't great yet, but they are a lot better than they were.
The thing that I've put the most work into is the cladding. I wasn't expecting to spend anywhere near as much time on it as I did, but its finally to the point that it doesn't piss me off every time I look at it. When I bought the truck several pieces of the cladding were broken and laying in the back. A ton of homemade tabs and epoxy later, all the cladding is back on it. It's not perfect, but its good enough for now.
