Rcjunky2002
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Thanks man. I just ordered some stuff for it. Parts are getting scarce for these. And prices went up alot since I had my savagesLookin suweeet!..
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Thanks man. I just ordered some stuff for it. Parts are getting scarce for these. And prices went up alot since I had my savagesLookin suweeet!..
Thanks man. I just ordered some stuff for it. Parts are getting scarce for these. And prices went up alot since I had my savages
Looks good man. nice scoreFinally got to wrench on the savage xl tonight. Was able to get out of work early so I could do a tear down and clean. It's missing a few odds and ends and the fuel tank need attention looks like he used the tank for parts as it's missing the cap and screw that goes over the seal under the fuel lid. Minor fixes.. all in all I'm happy with it.
So today was the first run of the savage xl. Before I say anything I want to say that in my whole life with savages *about 15 years* I've never owned or had much experience with the 5.9 engines, also I am familiar with the term "mid tank lean" but never really experienced it in real life.. so what I did..
I started it, let it warm up and drove it on its stock settings and I noticed it ran really rich on a full tank so I ran it to almost empty and by that time I had tuned it a bit and had it running pretty good.. topped It off while running and it seemed like even with the motor at its temp it would run really rich on a full tank. I felt like I was constantly starting over. But when I got down to about 1/4 tank it would really run lean..
Another thing I had issues with was my second to third gear wasn't shifting at all so I just ran it and then started to have other issues... my brakes started to act up.. at first I had plenty of breaks then I had no breaks and the truck would act like something was binding up.. at one point I had to walk up to it because it just locked up and wouldn't move so I went to free it up and it ran fine but then all of a sudden I lost it all!! Nothing!!! It was running ok thenmall of a sudden it was like the power was there on demand wheelies all over the place.. (running lean) then bam.. lost transmission.. I have a video of the run from today this video is clips put together in 4 tanks. At thw end you can see where it starts acting like a banshee but I didn't get the actual footage of the transmission letting go sorry guys I was driving with one hand
Let me know what you guys think..
Heres the after math!!
Thanks man I thought it was running good till I blew the tranny haha.. she will be up and running again soon. I'm.curious to see how well truck goes with the 2 speedGreat stuff ,look like you was having fun!..
The o-rings could be giving you inconsistant tune too ,you can pull the needles an rub some lube on them ,
that is how I found out that mine were dried up an leaking!
But other than that ,it sound pretty descent!
Some times if the engine is running rich ,it wont shift in the 3rd gear ,so keep that in mind ,dont
get no grease on that o-way bearing inside the tranny ,use really sticky grease only on the outside
of the gear teeth ,not a whole lot were it gets on the main shaft that the o-way bearing rides on ,
if any grease gets in that bearing ,it will slip & fry it ,I run a greaseless tranny on my MGT.!..