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I really don't want to question how, but I have to.... I don't have a GEN2 light at any point.. how is GEN2 charging lol

Goofy thing is man I didn't really go off road or anything. Maybe the speed bumps at like 1-2mph? I crawled over em. I like to feel it roll from a stop now that I got her smoothly starting from a stop.

Just bought one! Checked the voltages and had 12.77 at the rear battery and 12.74 on the front battery. Started the truck, the GEN1 light was on. Truck started just fine. Checked voltages again. I've got: 14.53 rear battery 14.6 front battery And 29.15V on the pos/neg 24V bus..... is.... is my...

Nope no rain here. It got humid as hell and rained days ago but should have been 0 issue Wednesday.

I had a feeling this morning to check on the CUCV and turn the key, I have a GEN1 light again. Super weird, maybe when I had it running after the swap it ended up charging up the battery and I get a light again? I'm still getting a multimeter after work today to verify my GEN1 charges the 12V...

Little bit of an update since memorial day... I got a new coolant overflow jug in from RockAuto and put it on yesterday. The original bracket didn't like the angled mount of the new jug (old jug mount just went straight up, this one is at like a 45 degree angle), so I ziptied it in a few spots...

Buddy of mine has two inner fenders for a C10 he doesn't need I might could get for even cheaper - maybe both for $60. Otherwise yep I can get a fender for about $40 and replace the one under the battery side

No sir, that's an old photo. I've got a CDR. I'm not really what stage of the teardown I was at in that photo. I can see labels on the wires so that's definitely after I rewired the motor with an intact harness... The alternators were gone in that photo, I'm assuming I was waiting to get them...

This is prob the best photo I have of the electric pump that came with the truck. I left it alone cause it worked but I'm pretty sure it's wired kind of sketchy jammed into a fuse box slot that turns on with key in power position. I will have to look tomorrow see how that fuel line is sitting.

Good call. The bottom of the entire pan is greasy looking, but dead center on the bottom of the inspection plate is where I saw a drop formed. I figure things can only leak from above and blow backwards in the wind driving. I can't really tell where the leak was from. Maybe i need to hit the...

Now that I've got her driving, I'm fixing small stuff and saving up and finding the time to get my IP rebuilt. It's around $600 to get a local guy to fully rebuild the DB2 for me. Lift pump, is that the mechanical one? That's already swapped to 12V, bleeding the fuel lines was so much nicer...

I've only seen salt on the roads 2 days in 5 years (I'm down on the SE coast by South Carolina almost). I'm from up north (Maryland) so I definitely know what salt does to vehicles. Honestly the leak seems really small, a drop or two after a drive I'm not too worried bout. If changing the pan...

Little bit of an update: I go into first gear now super smooth and take off easy. Thanks @CARC686 - you were exactly right. I idled the truck for about 15-20 minutes to get up to temp checked the dipstick running and had nothing on the stick. Kept her running and added half a quart at a time...

Funny enough this is EXACTLY what I was looking at earlier. It looked to be the most similar shape to the CUCV jug, and I saw it came in the G30 with 6.2 diesels, figured it was close enough. Drilling is fine, glad to know these work I'll pick one up ASAP and get it on.

I will be getting around to replacing the washer fluid res someday, it's pretty nasty, and I like the idea of an upgrade. Will probably do the wiper motor/fluid res and pump all together for a small little weekend win. Right now I'm talking about the coolant overflow jug next to the radiator -...

A photo dump from tonight, because why not?

Yerp, I looked it up you want like 12% of total coolant capacity plus another 6% to account for any thermal expansion. 25qt coolant system, that'd be a 4.5qt minimum bottle. I'll take some measurements of the real estate tonight to figure out if I need something tall or can use something big and...

Glad I caught my incompetency early - the coolant overflow bottle on the truck is completely shot. (Funny story, I knew the very top and lid were cracked but I threw some coolant in it at the garage right before I finished and 100% of it leaked out onto the floor by my boots. That's how I...

Good to know. I usually idle for about 5 minutes before I drive off to let her get up to temp some so it should have some fluid in the TC (unless it's low, maybe there isn't enough - it's whenever I come to a stop there's a 50/50 chance it'll rev up before she goes. If she's moving, even slowly...

You should have seen it when I first bought it, it had a dog box in the bed. The 8ft whip antenna with the CB is still functioning, I was trying to talk to the Walmart truck drivers last night. The toolbox is also pretty slick, it's got two sets of handles. The bottom handles open the toolbox...