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jjester6000

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So this week is going to be quite interesting for me. I have to drive home for christmas 1000 miles through a blizzard this week.
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I would go earlier, but that I can't take off work. I drove home for Thanksgiving last month, and the truck did fine, so I'm not worried about reliability, I'm worried about the blizzard. I got no choice, the earliest I could leave is thursday night.

This is going to be interesting.
 

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^ X2.

They're already scrolling winter storm warnings on the local TV channels here tonight. The forecast is two to five inches of snow and 40-50MPH wind gusts in my area starting early on Thursday morning. Take it easy and be prepared.
 

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So believe it or not, I actually made it back to Peoria, but not without a casualty.
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Around Lincoln Nebraska, the truck started making this noise. I'm not quite sure what it is, but I'm leaning towards the rear end. I did stop and check the TCase, and it was full. It's only when accelerating. I also put the trans in drive, and the tcase in neutral, and it didn't make a peep.

Whatever it is, I need to fix it by the 2nd when I got to drive home.
 

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Wow, that's a crazy noise! Glad you made it though, good luck getting that figured out and have a merry Christmas!
 

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Terrifying noise indeed. Definitely sounds like some metal on metal, and not happy about it.
 

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Terrifying noise indeed. Definitely sounds like some metal on metal, and not happy about it.
I bet you can jack up the rear and run it to narrow it right down. I have never heard a sound like that coming from a vehicle. Although I did once have a grinding sound come from the flex plate cover on an 88 pkup I had. The cover was bent during a trans swap. The cover was scraping against the flex plate when on the throttle but quit when let off. (crankshaft fore and aft movement on the high mile 305). Oh and that incident occurred with 6" of ice on the ground. Good luck to you.
 

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So believe it or not, I actually made it back to Peoria, but not without a casualty.
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Around Lincoln Nebraska, the truck started making this noise. I'm not quite sure what it is, but I'm leaning towards the rear end. I did stop and check the TCase, and it was full. It's only when accelerating. I also put the trans in drive, and the tcase in neutral, and it didn't make a peep.

Whatever it is, I need to fix it by the 2nd when I got to drive home.
Drive it much further and it will be easy to figure out what it is
 
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