Skinny
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After installing my lift, I noticed a small sag to the driver's side. So I ordered up a set of new 8+1 stock rear springs from Eaton Springs. I also ordered up a rear U-bolt flip kit and HD shackles from ORD.
Since it was on the lift, I finished changing out all of the fluids, cleaned my transmission pan up, and changed out my kickdown solenoid. Transmission shifts great now...woohoo!!!
I pulled it back in today and dug in to some electrical cleanup. First thing was to finish pulling all of the dash bulbs, sand the electrical connectors, and reinstall. Now all of my illumination and indicator bulbs work. My 4wd indicator switch on my NP205 is dead. No luck finding a switch for one. Anyone have a good source? All I can find on Napa or RockAuto is a switch for an NP208 regardless of what application I use.
I swapped my oil cap and also got a box from CUCV Electric. Changed out both under dash relays just to be safe. Both looked clean and in good shape so I will keep them as spares. I also got a new starter relay. In the engine bay, I changed out both ratty alternator pigtails.
I really like the stock dual exhausts on the CUCV rigs. They are plain and very industrial looking. Doing some straight pipes or downturns after my shackle flip looked very attractive but thought to myself it may look too high school teen junk truck...so I welded on some extensions to keep my stock CUCV look out back with the exhaust.
Last thing for this weekend was dealing with my remaining two stuck glow plugs. In fear of snapping one off, I did my best to do a surgical extraction. First, I ran the truck for a few minutes to get it up to temp. Second, I raced it for the last minute getting those cylinder heads nice and hot. Last, I unscrewed the glow plug, sprayed some penetrating oil on it, and twisted with a pair of vice grips. What a fight but they both came out that way. What a freakin' relief that was. I can finally sleep knowing I have 8 new AC60's antiseized in there with a working GP controller and a resistor bypass. All ready for winter
Next week after Santa comes, I will dig into the replacement rear springs, look into a dual spin on fuel filter, fuel tank switch valve, and maybe a Suburban 40 gallon rear tank. Plus I confirmed my generator head works but no functioning governor. Always new projects
Since it was on the lift, I finished changing out all of the fluids, cleaned my transmission pan up, and changed out my kickdown solenoid. Transmission shifts great now...woohoo!!!
I pulled it back in today and dug in to some electrical cleanup. First thing was to finish pulling all of the dash bulbs, sand the electrical connectors, and reinstall. Now all of my illumination and indicator bulbs work. My 4wd indicator switch on my NP205 is dead. No luck finding a switch for one. Anyone have a good source? All I can find on Napa or RockAuto is a switch for an NP208 regardless of what application I use.
I swapped my oil cap and also got a box from CUCV Electric. Changed out both under dash relays just to be safe. Both looked clean and in good shape so I will keep them as spares. I also got a new starter relay. In the engine bay, I changed out both ratty alternator pigtails.
I really like the stock dual exhausts on the CUCV rigs. They are plain and very industrial looking. Doing some straight pipes or downturns after my shackle flip looked very attractive but thought to myself it may look too high school teen junk truck...so I welded on some extensions to keep my stock CUCV look out back with the exhaust.
Last thing for this weekend was dealing with my remaining two stuck glow plugs. In fear of snapping one off, I did my best to do a surgical extraction. First, I ran the truck for a few minutes to get it up to temp. Second, I raced it for the last minute getting those cylinder heads nice and hot. Last, I unscrewed the glow plug, sprayed some penetrating oil on it, and twisted with a pair of vice grips. What a fight but they both came out that way. What a freakin' relief that was. I can finally sleep knowing I have 8 new AC60's antiseized in there with a working GP controller and a resistor bypass. All ready for winter
Next week after Santa comes, I will dig into the replacement rear springs, look into a dual spin on fuel filter, fuel tank switch valve, and maybe a Suburban 40 gallon rear tank. Plus I confirmed my generator head works but no functioning governor. Always new projects