The Charlie Truck

ok i just went and pulled the dust cover off... and found something.

i forgot to mention that when i was putting all this **** together there was this old man that like lived in the garage i was working in. like he warked his wenibego outside. and one day i didnt show up at 7 cause i went out the night before... well i came by later and he was gone but i noticed he had put the trans up there by him self... i didnt think anything of it i just thought ok let him do the hard labor **** it. and he always had stories of his old hot rod shops... well i later found out he was full of ****... along with every other old man that thought they new every thing in the world about hot rods.

... well anyways what i saw was that the torque convert is bolted directly to the flex plate..

isnt this a no no??
so i checked on summit and found an instructions manual
and yes it says to space it 1/8 - 3/16
mother ****er...im gonna go find some ****ing washers and get back to you.

red x

On pigpen my torque converter is bolted directly to the flexplate. Thats the way every truck I've ever taken apart has been too, I've never seen one with spacers.

i have never heard of a spacer there

well either way it didnt work.

2000 will be fine for you

ok did some testing last night... i think i need to fix the steering first and then make some traction bars.... and then decide... i think the axle wrap makes the shake alot worse than it is while driving. i mean the motor does still shake when in park, but maybe its not some catostrophic engine failure type of shake. i also think i need to put the cross member on i bought from scotti. the toyota one doesnt have one of those torque stud things for the trans like the new one does or like my jeep.... i remember when the stud broke on my jeep it had a similiar shake while driving.

I talked with our transmission instructor, he said the spacers are for proper seating between the torque converter and the pump. Your are right about the summit manual but you may not need them if that is correct before. But he said try the "torque stud" first, if not it may be somthing in the torque conveter. He has had that problem with the certain types of mounts before, he said they can cause vibrations at certian frequencys, and that frequency may be at 2000 rpm

alright sweet, thanks for asking him
thast what i thought it was since i did the swap but it seemed like too easy of a fix. and i always second guess my first thought... and then end up usually being right and kicking my self in the ass... well see

axle wrap shouldnt be your problem, and ive never seen spacers on them either. this may be an old issue but are you d-shaft yokes out of phase? my rear pinion angles were not equal and opposite when i first did my swap and it vibrated. its was hard to diagnose too since it didnt seem to be a constant thing. when i put a cv on the rear it fixed it.

The yoke problem would be at any rpm.

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Originally Posted by Reckless

The yoke problem would be at any rpm.

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you'd think wouldnt you?

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Originally Posted by agjohn02

axle wrap shouldnt be your problem, and ive never seen spacers on them either. this may be an old issue but are you d-shaft yokes out of phase? my rear pinion angles were not equal and opposite when i first did my swap and it vibrated. its was hard to diagnose too since it didnt seem to be a constant thing. when i put a cv on the rear it fixed it.

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pretty sure it is.. wanna come watch it jump around? didnt say it was the motor shake problem but driving it is a problem for sure. the shaft is on there the right way and its as equal as its gonna get... but soft ass toyota springs with all that torque = angry. it wrapped up like a mother when it had a 4 banger in it.
and no i dont have a cv shaft

the rpm shake does it in park so its not gonna be driveshaft related


oh and its not just the motor that shakes.... its the entire truck... thats another reason im leaning towards the trans mount.

Ill look at it tonight at the meeting.

hi-steer

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had to cut my new exhaust to fit the steering

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box brace 1/4" plate

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i thought it looked like a coffin

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sleeved 5/8 bolts with 5/8 ID tubing through frame and welded them in and drilled through the back side of the frame

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3rd bolt on top

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box mounted
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front view
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i also extended my front shackles by 3" to help with the clearance between the rods and the oil pan... im making bumpstops tomorrow to keep it from smashing the pan. and ill proabably add a leaf to help a little more.

need to look into finding a dropped pitman arm also.