Recent content by CARC686

Here I thought people were crazy for installing full side roller glass in squarebodies, but I guess I see now why they do it. What type of critter is that, @cucvrus ?

My experience with an open element filter on the 6.2: Blowby flows right through the tuna can, out the intake, gets sucked in the windows or the HVAC, and blows directly in my face. My dog doesn't like to get in the truck anymore because he knows it's a gas chamber. The airbox strangling the...

Alright, folks. Talk to me like I'm a fool because I am. I got into my wheel wells for the first time, and the only 4x4 I ever owned before was a Suzuki Samurai. I did put some new brake pads and slide pins on my M1009 yesterday and it made all the difference, but it looks like the rotors are...

Palloid gears are sort of like twin perpendicular, helical-cut sprockets instead of a ring and worm? I never heard the word before now and Google image searches weren't particularly instructive.

This sounds like a sponsored post or a promotion, but it isn't. I was all business for years and for all the times I've been on RockAuto's website, I never clicked the "Show Closeouts Only" button at the bottom of the Year/Make/Model/Engine menu, because it was extraneous to whatever task I was...

Doesn't the NP205 run gear oil? I know the NP208 runs ATF, which is the only reason I haven't been in a rush to replace the rear seal on my TH400, but if a transmission can leak ATF into a transfer case that's supposed to run gear oil, that sounds like it could be a rapidly developing problem.

You know, I actually had a 1980 C10 with the factory Olds block, but the guts and top end had been swapped for gas stuff from a Delta 88 or something back when it was a utility service vehicle. I guess they figured cutting the compression more than half would stop the heads blowing off. Real...

I've got another OE filter housing you can have. It's likely to sit in the cooler that seals in all the diesel stink from my fuel system junk for the rest of my life if I don't give it away.

I was just going to put a little heat shrink on them, but this sounds like a much better idea.

Makes sense they'd have boots on them. Wonder why mine are all naked. I'll sort this out after I get moved. Just about done buying a house.

I don't think it'll come to that, but that's a pretty decent price in the x25 bracket where we can do three entire engines for less than three bucks apiece.

Always good to hear from you. You might be the only one who doesn't know you're the patron saint of M1009s. I actually put Bosch plugs in bank one. Giving the spades a twist to help them engage is exactly the kind of thing I was hoping to hear. There really is no replacement for stuff made 40...

So what's the deal with replacements for the glow plug wire ends? Because money's tight, I R&R'd the plugs only on the bank that was belching smoke in the cold, but the terminals are so loose, I don't trust them to stay in place. It's more wire tension holding them than a positive connection to...

Might need a new gasket for the governor cover. I just ordered a full Roosamaster rebuild kit to get it. It was something like $26 from a tractor parts supplier.

In order to remove the fasteners from the HMMWV pump, I had to slot them with a Dremel. I thought they were security Torx. They were actually a thing called pentatonix for which retail tools are not available.