Recent content by beetleswamp

I had the bright idea of proving everybody wrong and patching up my rusted out CUCV with crappy welds and marine epoxy. Today I was chasing down some wiring gremlins and getting it ready for safety inspection and noticed a brand new crack running halfway down the windshield on the side where I...

I thought you guys would enjoy that. Only one fits the torque converter cover holes (also same size/thread as exhaust manifold fyi). Will send pictures soon. Great news though. When I opened up the oil pump the little plastic shaft collar broke in two. None on island so have to order one from...

Oops. Just about to install the oil pump and put the pan back on but looked to my left and there's three extra bolts sitting on the ground and have no idea where they go. Is there a list somewhere of fastener sizes so I can reverse look them up? Trying to do things the right way for once.

You could try hooking up send/return lines to a jerry can and drive it around a to see if it's before vs after IP issue. I also put a clear in-line filter just before IP to watch for bubbles/air leaks.

Finally got the cap back on and torqued. Now have to to around and re-torque the rest of the caps and try to remember where the pan bolts go but the man battle is over. Sent the old munged up seal through several times as recommended and turned the crank to try and help. Seemed to be sliding...

Got it all cleaned up and tried install again but no go, only halfway. Shoot. There were some serious chunks still up in there even after running the 4ga wire through a couple times. Using the Sneaky Pete corkscrew as a pipe cleaner I kept pulling out more and more little chunks. Then try the...

Agreed. I'm a big fan of Gloveworks HD and also keep the costco ones near by for light duty stuff. Well turns out I celebrated too soon. Got everything cleaned up and went to install the new seal but it got stuck. Turns out there's lots more gunk left up in there so had to run the #6 wire...

Success! Picked up some 4 and 6 awg grounding wire at the store and went slow and methodical as recommended. Needed the 4 to break it loose and the 6 to get it around the corner without shaving pieces of copper on the lip. Turned out to be a little chunk about 3/4 inch but man was it stubborn...

https://www.amazon.com/Lisle-27000-Sneaky-Pete-Tool/dp/B0002SRCJW It's a seal puller/installer and some people swear by it. Unfortunately for me it only took out chunks since my seal was disintegrating and when I ran out of chunks it left a whole solid section behind way up in there. @mule...

Thanks guys. No I did not unbolt the torque converter. Didn't recall seeing that in the TM procedure. Hopefully it's not to difficult to get back together again, because that very well might be the next step. I'm definitely certain there is a chunk up there blocking the way. Can see it but...

I'm following along in the procedure to change rear main seal as per 3-34 in TM 9-2320-289-34. Rope seal disintegrated and there's a couple inches stuck up in there. Sneaky Pete has gone as far as he can go and no luck pushing it out with trimmer line/plastic push rods, so I loosened all the...

I kept reading this thread looking for a light at the end of the tunnel. Nope. Just more tunnel. I'm going with the Mobil 1 Red suggestion for now.

That's one of the drawbacks of living on a city island. Just about everywhere worth exploring is fenced off. At least mine carries compost like a champ.

I've searched but can't find the part numbers for stock m1008. I called auto parts stores and asked if they had spicer 1350 and they don't have a way to cross reference it. Plus they refer to 1350 as a 'series' so it may have different sizes? At this point I just want to drive around again...

big plus: rear end collision with a guy who fell asleep on his pain medication and stomped the gas. Nissan truck was demolished but you could just barely make out the paint marks where he hit me. My friend was riding along that day and he still loves to tell the story. minus: road taxes here...