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I'll check on those when I get home. I wsa thinking about the clutch, pressure plate, throwout bearing and pilot bushing, but whe would that happen only in first gear. Last night i had an idea though. What do you think about a motor or tranny mount. It might make sense that a mount might be out and it would affect the vibration based on foward or reverse rotation of the tranny.

This just started recently. When I let off the clutch in 1st gear from a stop I get a shudder/large vibration through the whole truck (enough to make my cd skip). This only happens in 1st gear, not even in reverse. It doesn't feel like it is slipping and puls strongly and shifts smoothly. Once i get off the clutch and just driving in 1st gear, it's fine. I did an auto to manual swap a couple years ago. I used a new clutch and flywheel from autozone with the lifetime warranty and new throwout bearing and pilot bushing. Any ideas?

Yesterday I pulled and recleaned the wires coming off the battery. I disconnected the amp power at the battery and pulled the headunit and wiggled wires. I nothing yet. The only positive connection that is still connected from the amp is the remote turn-on lead. I'm going to disconnect that and completely remove the amp tonight to see what happens. I'll start looking at the wires under the passenger side of the hood and see if I have a short in the harness where it goes through the firewall. Does anyone know of any grounds that go to the engine other than the starter and the little flat braided one on the drivers side (if i remember correctly it went right to the upper side of the block)?

I grounded the headunit to one of the supports for the center console. The amp is grounded to one of the rear seat brackets.

I have a 1990 Pathy. When I hit a bump, my head unit cuts off and the tach cuts off for a quick second then both come back on. It is such a short period of time that the tach needle never hits zero. I have a new battery and have cleaned the terminals and cables. I just though someone might know of an issue that would be connecter to both the tach and stereo. I'm going to go unplug my headunit and drive over some potholes later and see if that takes care of it. I don't think it is the stereo wiring though because I soldered and shrink wrapped everything.

So, basically I would need a triple throw double throw relay for the parking light, headlights and high beams? I need to wire it between those 3 I listed above and any interrupted power wire from the truck? It looks like I need to brush up on my relay knowledge. I don't remember how the wiring goes.

The thing that chimes when the door is open and the headlights are on is malfunctioning. It chimes when the headlights are off....sometimes. Sometimes it doesn't work at all. Instead of troubleshooting a bunch of stuff that doesn't work the way I want ti to, I would prefer to disconnect the annoying chime and do it my way. So, I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction. I want to wire it so that the headlights and parking lights will turn off when I turn the key to the off position.

Normal fuel pump sound that i never noticed before? Or fuel pump that has issues? I have been patiently awaiting the cat to get here in the mail. I'll check mileage and look at o2 sensors next probably.

I might just have never noticed it before, but I definately heard a hissing sound. I am getting awful gas mileage. Like 10mpg. I'm on 32" MT's and wasn't exactly getting great mileage before. I think my cat is toast and have a magnaflow on order and will be repairing an exhaust leak at the y-pipe gasket at the same time. I checked the trouble codes today and got nothing. I recently did a body lift, but the new longer fuel filler hoses seem to be intact and installed properly. I see no fuel leaking. Well, not that everyone knows that my truck is a big 'ol POS. Could this be contributing to the bad mileage? Do you know if it's normal? Is it the fuel pump? I'll probably have to get the cat on and find out. I was hoping to figure out something before I get the cat on so I don't kill the new on too. P.S. For those card carrying PETA members, I don't really kill cats.

Alternators and water don't mix. It sounds to me like you killed the alternator. You have eliminated your battery as being the problem. Now, why is the battery not charging??? Take the alternator off and take it to the auto parts store. All the auto parts stores that I've worked at tested alternators, starters and batteries for free. (Wierd, i just heard an autozone commercial while I was typing this). Testing the alternator is cheaper than guessing and throwing more money at your truck unnecessarily. Also remember that if you take a brand new battery and run it down then jump it over and over, it will not last as long. I have not done it myself, but some do a nissan quest alternator which should be direct fit and puts out higher amps. Good luck

GOOD POINT!!! Whatever you do, make sure you put a welding blanket over the gas tank while you're welding.

Some trucks have a little switch on the dash called a "Clutch start override switch" to allow you to start the truck without the clutch in. It's a 4 wheeling thing. When I did my auto to manual tranny swap on my 1990, I never connected the wiring for that switch on the clutch and it hasn't caused me any driveability problems. Fuel injector, maybe??? Sorry, I am better at figuring out what the problem isn't than what it is.

Not to offend anyone, but why not fix it right the first time? I've asked this same question before, do a search. Here's what I did. Cut out all the rust, weld in new metal. MIG since you have access to one. Borrow someone's 220v dryer plug. Coat in rust proofer. No need for expensive POR-15, but use something then put the seat brackets back in properly. Otherwise you have your seats being held in place by a piece of metal that is fiberglassed into the truck. or you have a piece of meal that is rivetted in that will flex every time you sit on that seat and will crack the rustproofer and will still rust again. You'll be feel good when it's done this way. Good luck.

I got a clutch and flywheel at either Advance Auto Parts or AutoZone for really cheap when I did my conversion. Both had lifetime warranty. But I didn't take Tommy boy's advise... "Hey, if you want me to take a dump in a box and mark it guaranteed, I will. I got spare time. But for right now, for your sake, for your daughter's sake, ya might wanna think about buying a quality item from me." So a guarantee could be worthless, but if I'm going to go through the trouble of taking that damn tranny off again. I want a free clutch. I had heard good things about the clutch I used and it hasn't failed me in the last year. I'm just happy it's not a stiff high performance clutch. Good luck

I did a body lift first due to the price. Some advice.... Without a lift, the body lift would have been a nightmare. I took my time and triple checked everything broing taken off and again during reinstallation. I must have raised and lowered the truck a dozen times and it took me the better part of the day. I ended up using my little Ryobi battery powered impact alot more than the 1/2" air impact. I got by without the radiator drop kit (cut the shroud) or the gap guards (i figure it will be easier to hose the mud off without them). I figure that a suspension lift would have been done before lunch. Good luck