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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 05:29 AM
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I used to listen to lamont and tonelli on KSJO but that was like 10+years ago, never knew they went to the bone. I don't listen to radio all that much anymore. why do you ask?
oh just curious. there arent too many people in the marine corps that're from the bay area let alone on here that i know of so its nice to talk to somebody and they actually know what you're talking about
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 05:56 AM
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Originally Posted by Richardman1992
oh just curious. there arent too many people in the marine corps that're from the bay area let alone on here that i know of so its nice to talk to somebody and they actually know what you're talking about


are both you guys marines too?
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Old Jan 23, 2012 | 10:41 AM
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Originally Posted by superslo04
are both you guys marines too?
i dont know about brandon, but i am. pm me if you want
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 10:16 AM
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I'm not in the marines.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 10:24 AM
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Converter Installation

https://www.performancetrucks.net/fo...ations-406113/
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 11:08 AM
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just wanted to add that denatured alcohol is simply e85. alcohol is denatured by adding gasoline to it.
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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 12:10 PM
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Originally Posted by Richardman1992
is a 2600 stall converter fine or would something higher like 2800 be better?
im not really lookin to race the truck, i just want some more kick down low.
do you tow, or have plans to tow? if so, how much? i think cicle d reccomends not going above 3000 for towing combined with a trans cooler. i dont see any reason why you shouldnt get the 2800, even a completely stock truck can benefit from that tc
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 05:54 AM
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Originally Posted by Cowlboy
Cowlboy: I saw and read that thread before but it doesnt help too much because that thread seems to be directed towards the 2wd crowd, whereas i have 4wd. also, im not particularly fond of the idea of standing my tranny on its ***...

06Sierra2: i dont really tow that much, first time i towed was to flat-tow my scottsdale down from redding california to the bay area. the truck did, fine, wish i had a tranny temp gauge... my truck has the factory tow package as far as i know, but i dont remember seeing any coolant lines running from the tranny to the front. would they be tucked up for ground clearance?
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 09:27 AM
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Look on the passenger side of the radiator, you should see two hardlines going into the rad, so a total of 5 hoses going to that side.
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Old Apr 6, 2012 | 08:35 AM
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update on the stepside...
ordered the cam and ls2 springs from scoggin dickey. they're with the truck waiting for me.
can anybody who has installed a converter in a 4wd truck chime in on how they did it, im debating whether or not to get a converter because i dont want to go at this uneducated and end up ruining my transmission/tcase
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