Recent content by dependable

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...

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...

I was not having any problems, was giving advice to OP.

Count me in please.

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...

That was a while ago, hehe,

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...

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.

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.

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...

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

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...

I'm in, thanks.

These are pictures of one of my CUCV engines, hope it helps.

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.