Random Tech Questions

[Sparling]

I dunno where I got .318, Tommy was looking at them and I guess I thought I heard him say .318 wall.

This calculator says 1 5/8 inch tube has MOI of 0.176 and the 1 3/4 tube has a MOI of 0.205, so the 1 3/4 is ~15% stronger than the 1 5/8 tube. I have no idea about the units used, just what number the website tells me. Now that I have my **** straight, is a 15% strength difference that big of a deal on a full size slowmobile? I'm thinking the S&W cage would be easier to do even though you can get 10 sticks of HREW for the price it would be for the cage plus shipping. All you have to do is notch and weld the cage kit and maybe bend new down bars in the back.

[RCcola55]

Mine was 1 5/8 and prenotched, it went together in a day. The claw at Bryan iron couldn't crush it. Good test in my book

[BroncoJo]

Mine was 1 5/8 and prenotched, it went together in a day. The claw at Bryan iron couldn't crush it. Good test in my book

Bs, the operator just didnt want bend it.

[RCcola55]

He was really more pissed because he couldn't get it in the scrap truck. Gave cook and I a good laugh

[JB]

Apartment life sucks. Haven't been able to check. I do not think it is though. Reservoir was on the MIN line, but not below. Wonder if the PS fluid is lifetime like the gear oil? ps fluid has nEver been changed

The rack is probably leaking
Or it's one of the ps lines that hook to it

[colman]

Spray that **** clean then look for where is actually leaking them fix that

[Sparling]

What colman said. Also, I don't buy into the whole lifetime diff fluid thing, especially if it's a limited slip differential, and I know power steering fluid breaks down over time. I'd clean it, find the leak, fix it and flush the fluid.

[JB]

What colman said. Also, I don't buy into the whole lifetime diff fluid thing, especially if it's a limited slip differential, and I know power steering fluid breaks down over time. I'd clean it, find the leak, fix it and flush the fluid.

Manufacturer says don't **** with it.....has 225k....I'm buying it.

Obviously I'll clean it off, but not much else in the area that could leak.

[Sparling]

Manufacturer says don't **** with it.....has 225k....I'm buying it.

Obviously I'll clean it off, but not much else in the area that could leak.

My Mustang has 47 year old diff fluid in it and my f150 had probably 300k on the diff fluid when I changed it, doesn't mean it's right or good for it. I'm not saying you need to change it, I'm just saying I don't buy it.

[robertf03]

Extended diff and tranny breathers... Think plumbing them to the airbox will puke fluid through the filter?

[MR.ZAP]

[KrazyKarl02]

Does your trans ever overheat? I know with my C6 it would burp every now and again, the diffs I would not be worried about.

[robertf03]

I don't think it overheats, but its a dummy light that I have never seen light up in 14 years

[KrazyKarl02]

Then go for it, I think when my C6 was burping, it was because there was a significant amount of water in the trans, ohh and I was running 37's with stock as gearing in a rig that was a bit heavy....

I'm sure in a roll over it would suck, but in a roll over you have engine oil issues also...

[texasxj]

Where do you plumb a ps cooler into? Before the pump, before box, after box ?