Gary Lewis

I think Jim was suggesting that you get the charge cable that goes from the 3G alternator to a fuse on the passenger's fender. Or it may go to a fuse in a power distribution box there. I don't think it actually goes to the starter relay, but I may be wrong on that. Still it is a good find. The air inlet line goes to the fender-mounted air box that is part of the EFI system. If you have factory EFI then you might be able to make it work.

Not saying I "need" it, but at that price it is about the price of a normal 130A 3G. Wouldn't mind having that much current available when winching or running the compressor.

Thanks, David. But I'm just the one trying to re-learn what I've forgotten about the Chevy engines. Bill is supplying the knowledge.

Just an update. I saw an advert for an Affordable Offroad bumper today and followed up. Their Elite bumper with a pair of 3/4" D-ring shackles, a spare tire carrier capable of 37" tires, 4x4" Nilight flush mount lights, all powder coated black comes in right at $1500 with free shipping. The bumper is made of 3/16" steel, so should be substantial. When Janey and I took Big Blue to New Mexico last year we had the bed FULL of suitcases and totes for the camping gear. If I get to do something like that again I think I'll put that bumper on. That will sure free up a lot of space in the bed by getting that 33" tire out of the middle of it.

I've asked that question multiple times. The best answer I got was that they, not DB, have them wound specially to put out more current and they put 220A diodes in. And with them if you want 440A you add on an external diode bridge.

Good luck. And let us know how it goes.

Wow! That IS a good deal. I'd buy one if I saw that kind of a deal.

Yep, that's the one. You can usually find them mounted to the brush carrier for about the same price, although I've not looked lately. But you'll have new brushes so you can easily move the LRC regulator onto your brush carrier.

I've looked at others but don't remember which ones. However you can see a little bit about it on the Invision forum we have up. Just go to Test Forums in the menu and pick Test Forum For Chris.

Sorry for the late response, but that is great articulation! On the sway bar links, do you pull a pin to disconnect? How hard is it to disconnect and how easy to reconnect? I'm not running a sway bar, and don't think I really need it, because I want the articulation.

If I understand right, you have 32 x 11.5 tires. Have you checked to see what width of wheel those tires should be on? I usually go to Tire Rack and find my tire and look at the specs for wheel width. I just looked and two tires of that size that I picked should be on 8 - 10" wide wheels. What wheel width do you have? Tires on too wide or narrow of a wheel do not handle correctly. And if the wheel doesn't have the proper offset and backspacing it messes up the handling as well. My SiL, TJ, bought a truck with way too wide of wheels and tires that don't fit them correctly - the sidewalls are rounded instead of being straight to the tread. And the handling is very poor. We attributed some of the problem to the steering box, but when we replaced it with a BlueTop we realized that a big part of it is the tires and wheels. They are getting replaced.

Are we really going to be relying on so much magic, Harry? Hoping there is still remaining a bit of techno behind the scene… Glad you will be one of the test pilots, Jeff. You know your way around Invision. As for the automagic bit, it has yet to be proven that it works.

This is the regulator. But you can find it with the brush set for about that price so shop around.

I'll bet you are right, that was the temp sender. I'll plug it. And I didn't mean I'd bypass the filter. Just plug it.

I agree with Jim. If the goal is EFI I'd go HEI now to get it running. But I'd not go with EEC-IV, I'd go EEC-V as it will tell you via the OBD-II port what the problems are. And with the MAF input it really doesn't matter what you do with the engine. I'm running L&L headers on Big Blue, but in truth the exhaust manifolds would have been as good - and quieter.

Thanks, Bill. But this show shows the two heater hoses on the front. Maybe I'll just plug that hole. And I think I'll bypass the oil filter for now.

Jon - I'm glad the post helped. The regulator I have is the white/gray one, which is 2.5 seconds. As for the 3G conversion page, I agree that the LRC bit needs to be in there. But I just looked and a whole lot needs to change to make that happen. I really need to spend time to clean up that page.

Also, this engine has an oil filter - of sorts. In the pic on the left you can see the system, where it takes oil from near the oil pressure sender and then puts it back into the sump. But you can see in the right pic that the hose on the pressure side is badly frayed. This is just a partial-flow system and I can plug it off for the test firing. Right?

Bill - Here are several pics of the "system". And remember that it still has a road draft tube. Also, what goes in the hole in the head right below the fresh air intake in the bottom right pic?

It's alive!!! So now we need some names to go with the faces. I worked out which one is Kurt, the tall one. But what about the rest of y'all?

Or, I could do it:

Well done, guys!! Kurt - right click the YouTube, copy the embed code, and paste that in the middle of the code pasted in when you click Embed.

Late to the party, but that's the way I went and it has worked well. You don't want to glue that thing together, as Jim pointed out. And I put it on in the shop so it would have been around 74F and it didn't stick too badly. But I can see how working with it at 100F wouldn't be fun.

Welcome. I was just realizing that the voltmeter's needle finally broke free of the peg when I also realized that you can visually see the effect of the LRC on the voltmeter. Pretty cool. I held the phone at just the right angle to also get the display on the Sony as I had it set to show voltage, but you know how many hoops it jumps through on startup and it wasn't done jumping when it was time to stop the video. So I cropped it to take that distraction out.

Which version from Cochrane? The 1991 or the 2018 one? Or maybe the Veggietales one?