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Old 12-04-2012, 02:55 AM   #85
lowrollin70gmc
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Location: Fargo, ND land of the flat hills
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Re: The Dakota Cadillac (68 K20 w/ Cummins)

The 478 had some decent torque and pulled the truck fine for driving duties. Heck, I ran 75-80 on the trip back to base when I bought it. Just not fully practical for daily driver duties that will soon include -20 days. Heck, even the Cummins in there now isn't fully practical for these temps.

I did finally get the locker tossed in and am just dialing in the pattern. It was a toasty 40 degrees this weekend so it was pleasant in the garage, but I have a feeling it'll be more like 15 out when I finish it later this week or this weekend.

Side note and slight rant: speedy sleeves for a D60 yoke are $50 at the local parts store!!! 1350 yokes are $80 from Denny's Driveshaft so what do you think I ended up with? Also ordered Spicer 5-806x joints as well because the local parts houses don't sell genuine Spicer stuff. I need to find a driveline place up here to lengthen my shaft and start buying joints from as NAPA and Kragen are batting 0 for 2.
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