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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 06:47 AM
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Im working too many long days right now to take mine apart but if I get the chance I will let you know
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 11:56 AM
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I'm gonna build one myself. I think te firmer shifts will help out with lowering the TM. I'd like to know te resistor value as well, so Weed, you go tthe Sonnax?? or shall I bother Frog to take his out and measure the resistance?
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 01:28 PM
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yeah is it actually like a hard shift or just a lil firmer, mine is pretty firm now, but not like snap yo neck fast
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 01:53 PM
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i took my sonnax apart. well, rather it fell apart, so i investigated. there is one resistor in line, on wire #2. its a 1/8 watt resistor, it has brown, green, black, and gold(it actually looks like orange, but that doesnt make sense, so im assuming its supposed to be gold) color bands, which indicate that it is a 15ohm resistor. however, when i measured its resistance on my multimeter, it read 0.388 kohms (388 ohms). so, im not really sure whats going on with that. i have been too busy as of lately to investigate any further into it.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 02:06 PM
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Really cheap to just buy the one that plugs into the stock harness. Why guess on resistor size and possibly get wires turned around?

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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 02:11 PM
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Originally Posted by AaronOregon
Really cheap to just buy the one that plugs into the stock harness. Why guess on resistor size and possibly get wires turned around?

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some people wouldnt call $40 cheap. also, i think i speak for a few of us here. i would much rather make/build something myself, than pay for it premade. just gives me the satisfaction of knowing i did it.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 02:16 PM
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If you are like me and already have a solder iron/gun, flux, solder, wire, heat shrink, terminals and what ever else, then spending $1 for a pack of resistors is nothing.

But if I had NONE of those things listed above and had to go out and buy them all just to make one, then i would not do it. I would get someone else to make me one or buy one already made.
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 07:59 PM
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Originally Posted by OlDirtyJohn
some people wouldnt call $40 cheap. also, i think i speak for a few of us here. i would much rather make/build something myself, than pay for it premade. just gives me the satisfaction of knowing i did it.
Dude, really! Read your post from above.............

Originally Posted by OlDirtyJohn
i took my sonnax apart. well, rather it fell apart, so i investigated. there is one resistor in line, on wire #2. its a 1/8 watt resistor, it has brown, green, black, and gold(it actually looks like orange, but that doesnt make sense, so im assuming its supposed to be gold) color bands, which indicate that it is a 15ohm resistor. however, when i measured its resistance on my multimeter, it read 0.388 kohms (388 ohms). so, im not really sure whats going on with that. i have been too busy as of lately to investigate any further into it.
That's funny, because with what you said there, I would rather spend the $40 on my $20,000 truck and know that it's right and won't screw anything up or "fall apart" but whatever............JMO

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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 11:15 PM
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So I got my Sonnax today. I popped it on there and I don't really feel much of a difference. Will it take some time for the tranny to adjust to the change? Or should this be immediate?
 
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Old Sep 15, 2010 | 11:33 PM
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dude if you make one to the same specs for 9 dollars opposed to 40 dollars and having the satisfaction you did it, i would keep my 40 dollars. i would build one, yeah 20,000 truck woo hoo but who cares when its the same thing for 1/4 of the price.
 
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