Does not follow...

[dfwmtx]

2016, the end of an era, and 2017 to be the dawning of a new age.

[HTRN]

Got the Suburban back from the shop yesterday. Carb & timing reset, passenger side header reattached. It's like a whole new vehicle.

And... the transmission went out 300 miles from home on the way back from deer camp. It's in Lawson, MO waiting for the transmission shop to open on Tuesday. Dammit.

Lemme guess, half ton with od auto?

[HTRN]

That is why you hire people with really big fork trucks to move them.

We did it in house, because the 5 axis in question, would not clear the electrical cabinet door of the monster 3 axis that is going next to it. We only had to move it something like 20 inches, and we have skates. Still, two guys pushing a 17k lb machine is not fun.

[Weetabix]

Got the Suburban back from the shop yesterday. Carb & timing reset, passenger side header reattached. It's like a whole new vehicle.

And... the transmission went out 300 miles from home on the way back from deer camp. It's in Lawson, MO waiting for the transmission shop to open on Tuesday. Dammit.

Lemme guess, half ton with od auto?

Damn. You're good.

[HTRN]

The 700r4, as it came from the factory, sucked balls. The 4l60e, which replaced it in the mid 90s, is basically the same transmission with acouple of minor improvements and some electronic controls tacked on. EVERY one of them I've dealt with has been unmitigated pile of crap, ESPECIALLY once the mileage starts getting up there. Personally, i would spend the coin, buy a gearstar 4l80e, and retrofit it before bothering to rebuild one, but thats only if you plan on keeping it. This is one of the major reasons why i wont buy another half ton suburban, the other is the marginal 10 bolt rear-end. This is why im still .looking for a decent non abused 3/4 ton burb, theyre harder to find than an honest democrat.

[Weetabix]

Personally, i would spend the coin, buy a gearstar 4l80e, and retrofit it before bothering to rebuild one, but thats only if you plan on keeping it.

That's more than I paid for the whole rig.

[Vonz90]

2017 gets off to a good start as a very nice sized doe wandered by the blind this afternoon. She is hanging from the deck now.

[HTRN]

Personally, i would spend the coin, buy a gearstar 4l80e, and retrofit it before bothering to rebuild one, but thats only if you plan on keeping it.

That's more than I paid for the whole rig.

A replacement 4l60 isn't going to be that much cheaper - a basic rebuild is going to cost you 1600 for a 4l60e, and thats just a basic factory replacement, youre not getting anything better than what you started with.

[Netpackrat]

I keep burning the gasoline, and it ain't getting any warmer. I think we've been lied to...

[Denis]

2017 gets off to a good start as a very nice sized doe wandered by the blind this afternoon. She is hanging from the deck now.

Waidmannsheil!