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[Fore Wheeler]

hey Wheeler..... you have a 3/4 ton suburban don't you? do you have an autotrac tcase in your truck?

I'm pretty positive his is a 1/2 ton and i know for a fact that it's 2 wheel drive.

He has a 2wd Tahoe.

word.....im trying to figure out the difference between the different tccm modules.....turns out they are very different, looks like to do the swap i want it would take rewiring the whole truck


keep calm and carry on all

Yep, all of this.

 

[*89Laredo*]

Found a steering column. :woot:

gonna be too broke for booze though.

 

[RedHeep]

word.....im trying to figure out the difference between the different tccm modules.....turns out they are very different, looks like to do the swap i want it would take rewiring the whole truck


keep calm and carry on all

Put a D300 in it, cut a hole in the floor for the shifter and be done with all that mess.

 

[kmanxj5050]

Speaking of D300's. Do they bolt up to a AW4? A buddy has a 14 bolt and a chevy D60 i can get dirt cheap!! I've seen it done somewhere but just curious.

 

[ChiXJeff]

I actually had to figure out how to make a device that took 7e2 RS232 (yeah, 7 data bits, even parity, 2 stop bits... wtf!) work a while ago. No documentation. Figuring out what the hell was going on was interesting and involved an oscilloscope.


current loop is some real prehistoric stuff, hell I think its obsolescence predates my birth by at least a decade. Basically current over x milliamps (iirc, 16 or 20mA) was considered a mark, while no current was considered a space. 2 wires for send, 2 for receive, no ground required. With good 7500v optoisolators at each end you could achieve basically any ground imbalance you needed, but I don't believe anyone ever really used it past about 4800 baud. Need to add a few miles to your serial data link? OK, add a few miles of cable, doesn't matter if it's twisted pair or shielded, now stack more batteries in your loop supply till you hit 16mA Mark current again. Done.

RS423/485 is different iirc, isn't that differential signaling RS232 basically, with one also adding multi-device operation?

7E2 isn't that uncommon, 8N1 is probably the most prevalent, but is also rather more susceptible to line noise due to parity being ignored.

IIRC, RS485 is the ratified standard that was HP-IB. Nifty multi-device bus that was great for t&m benches. The microwave radio factory I worked in almost 20 years ago had ancient HP-UX series 300 workstations and Rocky Mountain Basic workstations all connected up to the bench devices for radio testing & troubleshooting.

 

[kastein]

I gotta say you got balls man, owning 3 Jeeps, there is no way I would atempt driving from Iowa to N.Y. in any of them. I wouldn't be afraid to gas up the Camry & go though.

I'd take the MJ to Iowa from here if I had to, I'd probably toss a spare 4.0 and my engine crane in the bed first though.

7E2 isn't that uncommon, 8N1 is probably the most prevalent, but is also rather more susceptible to line noise due to parity being ignored.

IIRC, RS485 is the ratified standard that was HP-IB. Nifty multi-device bus that was great for t&m benches. The microwave radio factory I worked in almost 20 years ago had ancient HP-UX series 300 workstations and Rocky Mountain Basic workstations all connected up to the bench devices for radio testing & troubleshooting.

Yeah, I just wasn't expecting it. I started out expecting 8N1.

RS485 is definitely the serial standard I was talking about, though I had to google it to make sure... I think you are probably thinking of IEEE1488, GPIB/HPIB. Pretty sure my ancient HP logic analyzer supports that

edit: turns out it's IEEE488, not 1488.

 

[BRIANHO13]

Speaking of D300's. Do they bolt up to a AW4? A buddy has a 14 bolt and a chevy D60 i can get dirt cheap!! I've seen it done somewhere but just curious.

I run a 300 and chevy 60. My 300 is behind a 231 doubler, but I do believe the bolt pattern is the same.

 

[macgyvr]

wally world wouldnt touch my junk.....they wouldnt mount a carry in tire off a vehicle (even though i told them it was a trailer tire and without the tire the trailer wont move. i ended up mounting it on my back porch with a butter knife and a bottle of shampoo


short"poor boys get it done"xjdoug

I carry two spares so I dont have to deal with Wal-Mart and trailer tires...

been there, done that...

mac 'makes for a long trip home' gyvr

 

[RedHeep]

I run a 300 and chevy 60. My 300 is behind a 231 doubler, but I do believe the bolt pattern is the same.

You can run them straight if you seal the transmission up at the output and you trim the input of the 300. I think it's 2 bolt holes that need a little massaging.

Best bet is a $60 clocking ring though. You still need to make sure the transmission and tcase don't share fluids, but then you have a lot of mounting options.

Of course, if you're going driver's drop, you have to deal with that. Someday I'll install the one sitting on my workbench.

 

[kmanxj5050]

I run a 300 and chevy 60. My 300 is behind a 231 doubler, but I do believe the bolt pattern is the same.

You have a build thread anywere?

1 more hour of work then I'm off to get the RZR and pack everything up and leaving for the U.P. in the A.M.

 

[REWSTER]

1 more hour of work then I'm off to get the RZR and pack everything up and leaving for the U.P. in the A.M.

is that the honeymoon trip?
the wife wants to go wheeling for our anniversary in sept. we will be going to the badlands sept 15th

 

[BRIANHO13]

You have a build thread anywere?

1 more hour of work then I'm off to get the RZR and pack everything up and leaving for the U.P. in the A.M.

Nope, but I can take some pics if you need them.

 

[kmanxj5050]

is that the honeymoon trip?
the wife wants to go wheeling for our anniversary in sept. we will be going to the badlands sept 15th

Yes. We aren't doing drummond, because we were only going to go for one day and then stay around the munising area the rest of the time. I didn't feel like having my jeep on the trailer for all those miles.

So we just decided to stay in Munising the whole time. We are taking her dad's RZR, the hotel we are staying at is right on the trail systems. Should be a awesome time!!!

Nope, but I can take some pics if you need them.

Nothing I am looking into doing right now. Just can get the axles for cheap and will probably just throw them in the corner and slowly build them.

Any regrets on going passenger drop?

 

[BRIANHO13]

Only when a pass side drop obstacle is in the way......other than that no, chevy stuff is stronger than the ferd stuff.

 

[85xjwoody]

chevy stuff is stronger than the ferd stuff.

LOL LOL LOL LOL Now that is a good joke Brian.

 

[VAhasnoWAVES]

Best bet is a $60 clocking ring though. You still need to make sure the transmission and tcase don't share fluids, but then you have a lot of mounting options.

this might be something Kman could make himself.

 

[BRIANHO13]

LOL LOL LOL LOL Now that is a good joke Brian.

Its true, only thing bad about a chevy 60 is low pinions, everything else is stronger.

 

[IllianaXJ]

If you're looking for a tow rig, keep an eye on the classifieds this fall. The Sub may be for sale.

 

[kmanxj5050]

Only when a pass side drop obstacle is in the way......other than that no, chevy stuff is stronger than the ferd stuff.

Good ti hear. Probably the route I'm gonna go. I think his front s a 44. Its a ¾ ton. He says he's positive the rears a 14 bolt. We'll see.

 

[kastein]

Doesn't the exhaust get in the way when you go pass drop? There isn't a whole lot of space between the exhaust and the tcase as I recall, even on a driver drop setup.