Recent content by CARC686

Yeah, that's a modification. I'd secure the loose wires so they don't find something hot or moving. Are you missing your CDR entirely? I have an extra.

Yeah, the OE mechanical lift pump is under the passenger side generator. If your motor mount bushings are shot, the fuel line coming out of it will be resting against your frame rail. The Energy Suspension part number for poly motor/transmission mount bushings is 3.1124(G for black, R for red)...

If you're extra lazy, you can probably get away with just driving a new shift shaft seal in on top of the old one. That's what I did to my '69 C10.

Looking at the vacuum regulator from the passenger fender, clockwise turns your shift points up. Counterclockwise turns them down. The vacuum pump I referred to is this distributor-type device in the engine valley by the firewall. They're hard to find and people are charging outrageous...

Don't know if they salt the roads up in NC, but I expect they probably do. The self-oiling undercarriage isn't a bug. It's a feature. Sounds like the transmission is internally healthy. If as you drive it, you find the shift points getting higher and higher, that'll be your vacuum pump crapping...

That's excellent advice! Very much appreciated! Will re-center the wheel once I've installed the Jeep steering shaft. It's currently in the mail. I figure I'll document that install in this thread as bonus material. With as tight as the new springs with poly bushings feel, I'm afraid the...

Thank you. The fender gap differential is off by almost five inches, but the difference in body seam height is only 2.75". We'll see how it goes when I get around to doing new OE-style rears with poly bushings, but not anytime too soon. I'm beat.

Post install reference image: Rick is right. I wouldn't want it much taller. Was considering zero rates before, but I like not having to climb into the thing. Gained approximately 1.75" of fender clearance. I expect running 33x12.5 would be a nonissue with these springs: Gained...

I'll cross my fingers for you that the clutch packs are healthy.

I have a hard time imagining a bone-dry undercarriage on a CUCV, but that's great news. I overfill mine a little from time to time when I'm topping it off, and it causes hard and late shifting. It's a self-solving problem in my case, but unless you've got an evacuation pump with a long tube, it...

Man, I haven't seen a rear window gun rack since my grandfather was alive. All your truck's missing is one of those "REDNECK" windshield banners they sold at AutoZone in the '90s. Anyway, my truck pushes the ATF out through the transfer case while it's running and the propeller shaft slings it...

You might check your ATF level again. My transmission has the undercarriage corrosion prevention feature, so I have to top it up periodically. It starts behaving like what you described when it's low.

Turns out I am way too impatient to wait for a response from Energy Suspension. I tried two garages and two gunsmiths this morning and none of them wanted my money. That being the case, I went home and hogged them out with vice grips and my wrist snapper: Ran the 7/16" bit through them first...

Referred to extant online information and found that the M1009 front shackle bolt shanks are 7/16", which according to this chart, is five thou smaller than 11mm. I reckon I got my calipers buried in the threads with my 10.9mm measurement, and it's a good thing I looked it up. Saves me having to...

OE front spring bushing: Learn from my mistake and do not use "thin metal" blades. I am the proud new owner of four butter knives after not managing to cut all the way through one bushing sleeve: Contemplated my lack of 10 ton presses, ball joint presses, compressors, air hammers, and...