No,It is just the 700R4Originally Posted by EagleMark
No,It is just the 700R4
Howdy.
You've got the right idea to start with working vehicles. Do you have tools to do real time tuning or will you be burning chips? The real time tuning hardware saves a pile of time. You might find the Dodge is easier to get running right than the older GMs. Those old trucks can be a fight.
Where in Eastern MT are you? I lived in Hardin for a few years.
Well,I have a garage full of tools but I do`nt have anything for burning any chips,that may come a bit later.
I worked for the Montana D.O.T and retired out of there,from mechanicing,had in thirty one years,worked mostly on the heavy stuff and did`nt get to do much with the pickups and cars.My knowlege of computerized vehicles is very limited.Whenever they had Me hook a scanner to one I was totally lost and was absolutely clueless as to what the machine was telling Me.
In other words,I am at ground ZERO.
I`m thinking for now I just want to be able to sit down and read what the numbers are telling Me.There is one guy in the squarebody forum that seems to be able to lopok at what someone sends Him in a file and tell them that this is to high or that number is too low,well,I dont think I wioll get that good.LOL
I live in Miles City,born and raised.I have been to Hardin a few time,mostly just passing through on the way to Yellow Tail Dam,open water certified for scuba in that lake and have domne some fishing in the big Horn river.I used to know the Pretty Weasels when I was at a younger age but thats about the only people I know from Hardin,well,brian Simeon,He`s another one of us crazey ice fishin dudes.LOL
Everyone has to start somewhere. Good thing you've got scuba gear though.... you've gone head first into the deepest part of the pool.
It's tough to learn to turn the numbers into something "real." If you can make an engine run with a carb and points then you've got a start though. It's the same old game, just with a whole lot more stuff to tinker with. Get the fuel at the right amount, get the spark at the right time, and it runs. And you get to keep your hands clean. The computer stuff takes time but you don't have to be an expert to make your truck run well. Learn to read the signs the engine's giving you and you'll do ok.
I passed through Miles City a couple of times but never spent any time there. Had a friend that loved to go out every year for the bucking horse sale before he got tied down. He tended to disappear for a while after that so I know he had more fun than he should have. But I haven't heard Pretty Weasel mentioned in years. I used fix a couple of outfits for someone from that family at the Chevy dealership in town. You might have met Bob Davisson from Fort Smith? He used to work for Forest Service (or maybe Park Service) and had stories about diving behind the dam helping recover lost trucks, boats, barges and whatever. Loved to tell his "big fish in the spillway" story if you showed any interest.
Anyway, you've found a good group to help if you get stuck so have fun and ask questions if something doesn't seem right.
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