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    What is up with this site?

    I was an enthusiastic user and contributor on Steel Soldiers for several years when I was buying and fixing CUCVs and gen sets. I've tried to get back into it lately, but it is kind of a pain. Pop up every couple minutes telling me to disable add blocker, & I really don't know how to do that...
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    Source of M1009 starters?... and mounting hole issues

    The teeth on your ring gear/flex plate look better than some I've seen that still work. The minor damage on them looks recent, it would be good fix it, if it sounds bad, it is bad. I don't like the look of crack in the nose cone of the starter, if that is allowing gear shaft movement, that...
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    Wont go over 50mph

    I was not having any problems, was giving advice to OP.
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    Willys F Motor Oil?

    I has several Willys jeeps when I was younger, always used 10W-40 in them. 10W-30 would work fine too. 0W-20 is too light (low viscosity) for any older engine, though I doubt any damage was done in 25 miles. The 0W-XX oils are for modern engines with very tight clearness. These are...
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    Whale oil

    That was a while ago, hehe,
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    CUCV Flexplate Replacement: Step-by-Step Guide

    Nice write up. You noted the top bell housing bolts are hard to get to, so you accessed from top, these can be challenging. I've found the easiest way to get at them is to use several extensions, two and a half feet or three feet worth, and get at bolts from further back reaching over...
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    Neat or other things you found when you purchased your truck

    There were a couple of nice tools in one of the 1031s I got, a big ball peen hammer, a good hacksaw, many packets of small fasteners, brake line bending tool, some other small items. They were all on a upper shelf, maybe the guy who cleaned truck out before sale was short & could not see them.
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    Speedometer & Fuel gauge troubleshooting

    Ground on sending unit usually cause of fuel gauge problems. A slightly kinked or un lubed speedometer cable could cause the speedo bounce. Try disconnecting at dash and spraying some light lube down cable housing. It could be the speedometer itself, but would check cable first.
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    Parasitic battery draw

    I'd try to find the draw, there is no reason for it to be there. Truck does not normally have any systems that take current when key is in off position. If you have an aftermarket stereo or something, sometimes they draw a bit. A common thing to cause draw is faulty alternator diode, but...
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    Is this load bank suitable?

    I use a 240V 30A heat element in a homebrew vessel for normal run exercise, makes hot water too!
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    Runaway Starter Question

    Three weeks ago I installed a new gear reduction starter I had sitting new on shelf in one of my CUCV work trucks. It was one of the cheap imports. It got stuck on after working for about a week. Fortunately, one of my employees in the truck had the presence of mind to take off battery...
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    Tooele Army Depot Warranty Sticker

    These are pictures of one of my CUCV engines, hope it helps.
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    MEP002a bosch psu vs ambac pump, how to ID? And conversion info

    Possibly, but I've had them both apart & I don't recall any difference. They certainly look the same from outside & are interchangeable, if different at all.
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