Transmission trouble

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by cooperino

sir_lancealot,

You an AP? Who do you work for? What equipment? In aviation here also.

Oooohhhh....
If you get an answer, it will be vague. We don't talk about what he does, or who he works for. He works on airplanes.

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

The V-6 4.3L is literally 75% of a 350. Same bore and stroke, just 6 pistons instead of 8.


Jeff will go and hide while waiting for machining questions

There was a 4.3 V8 too. Caprice's in the 90's had them. Just sayin.

[sir_lancealot]

Originally Posted by cooperino

Random Access Memory.. LOL.. the memory stored for functions that happen frequently, stored in a special area as to not access the slow hard drive. Ram has changed quite a bit since the 90's tho. Less is required now actually since most of the memory happens in the bus now and accessed from places other than hard disk. Its likely now that you access cashe memory more often than ram. especially while remarking on stupid 4greenacres posts. Bwahahahahaha

Lol. That’ll work.

Originally Posted by cooperino

sir_lancealot,

You an AP? Who do you work for? What equipment? In aviation here also.

I’m active duty military. Been an avionics tech for about 15 years now.

Originally Posted by cooperino

Hmmm, yeah. block, bore, etc same same. Never seen a spider on a 350 tho that had the problems of the 4.3 Sorta wish they had kept the injection system the same also. Pain in the ass those spiders were I tell ya. I know 5.7 had them.. but the 4.3 seemed to have all the issues with them.

They sold a conversion kit to go from central sequential to multi-port. I was going to put one on my 98 K1500 5.7, but ended up trading it in.

[Jeff in Pa]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

Oooohhhh....
If you get an answer, it will be vague. We don't talk about what he does, or who he works for. He works on airplanes.




There was a 4.3 V8 too. Caprice's in the 90's had them. Just sayin.

I have a 4.3L Mercruiser V-6 in my boat. Good engine

Ever have the "pleasure" of changing sparkplugs in a V8 Chevy Monza? Driver's side was real to change. Take off wheel, distributor cap and remove driver's side motor mount to frame bolt. Jack up engine and use all the extensions from the neighborhood to go thru the wheel wheel to get to the plugs.

Yup, tons of fun

[DieselDoctor]

Lance - I respect your trade. AP tech does it right or else. The bird does'nt get to pull to the curb and wait for a wrench to show up. Thank you for your service to our country.

[cooperino]

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

I have a 4.3L Mercruiser V-6 in my boat. Good engine

Ever have the "pleasure" of changing sparkplugs in a V8 Chevy Monza? Driver's side was real to change. Take off wheel, distributor cap and remove driver's side motor mount to frame bolt. Jack up engine and use all the extensions from the neighborhood to go thru the wheel wheel to get to the plugs.

Yup, tons of fun

Lol..yes I have actually and I got one better.. Hurst old with a w30 big block... short of pulling engine or drilling hole in fender a real bitch in the day. Now there are better tools and swivels that might work.. been awhile. I had a 78 in 84 or 85

[ol'George]

4.3 reminds me of when pontiac built the tempest in '62 with a slant 4 (1/2 of a V8)
funny looking creature,-- or the mopar slant 6 built to replace the flathead.
Or the V12 GMC ( 4 cylinder heads from the V 6's) they had a sound all of their own https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/insi...ubic-inch-v12/

Good old days.

[DieselDoctor]

Another good one, some IH Scouts from the '60's came with a 4-152 Comanche four cylinder engine, exactly half of the IH 304 V8 also offered. Same head, pistons, exhaust manifold, valve cover. Pretty cool, open the hood on one and you had to ask "where did the other half go?"

[J-Mech]

Originally Posted by Jeff in Pa

I have a 4.3L Mercruiser V-6 in my boat. Good engine

Ever have the "pleasure" of changing sparkplugs in a V8 Chevy Monza? Driver's side was real to change. Take off wheel, distributor cap and remove driver's side motor mount to frame bolt. Jack up engine and use all the extensions from the neighborhood to go thru the wheel wheel to get to the plugs.

Yup, tons of fun

The 4.3's are a good engine. Very good. I was always impressed by them. Owned several. Can't say I liked working on the vehicles they were in though. Crammed down in there and hard to work on. Like the S-10 Blazer.
Can't say I have ever worked on a Monza, but it sounds similar to the Chevrolet two tons in the mid 80's with big blocks. Had holes in the fender to change the plugs. At least they weren't below the frame rail completely. Changing the plugs in an S-10 Blazer is about that bad though. You know how a spark plug socket has a hex head on the end where the rachet attaches? Yeah.... because sometimes that's the only way you can use it.

Originally Posted by DieselDoctor

Lance - I respect your trade. AP tech does it right or else. The bird does get to pull to the curb and wait for a wrench to show up. Thank you for your service to our country.

That's something I don't say to him often enough.

Thank you Lance!

Originally Posted by ol'George

4.3 reminds me of when pontiac built the tempest in '62 with a slant 4 (1/2 of a V8)
funny looking creature,-- or the mopar slant 6 built to replace the flathead.
Or the V12 GMC ( 4 cylinder heads from the V 6's) they had a sound all of their own https://macsmotorcitygarage.com/insi...ubic-inch-v12/

Good old days.

Didn't they also use that slant 4 in industrial applications?
Never understood what the goal was in the slant motors. Apparently, whatever it was didn't pan out. That wasn't a design that stuck, lol.

[bllwnkl]

This has been quite interesting, but I just want to hear if Jon's truck works!

[ol'George]

Originally Posted by J-Mech

The 4.3's are a good engine. Very good. I was always impressed by them. Owned several. Can't say I liked working on the vehicles they were in though. Crammed down in there and hard to work on. Like the S-10 Blazer.
Can't say I have ever worked on a Monza, but it sounds similar to the Chevrolet two tons in the mid 80's with big blocks. Had holes in the fender to change the plugs. At least they weren't below the frame rail completely. Changing the plugs in an S-10 Blazer is about that bad though. You know how a spark plug socket has a hex head on the end where the rachet attaches? Yeah.... because sometimes that's the only way you can use it.




That's something I don't say to him often enough.

Thank you Lance!




Didn't they also use that slant 4 in industrial applications?
Never understood what the goal was in the slant motors. Apparently, whatever it was didn't pan out. That wasn't a design that stuck, lol.

I've found the s10 blzrs are easier to get to # 3 plug by removing the bolts holding the saginaw to the frame and moving it just enough to get to the plug.
Now lets not mention the heater core replacement or the oil cooler lines,----
or the 4.3 leaking intake gaskets, GRRRRRR
my family still have about 4 in the fleet including my '05.