Recent content by dmc-4359

The wisconsin setup is also 12 volts, which is why I used a car battery. The only thing I applied from the cucv was the fuel system bleed procedure.

For what it's worth, the manual gives a curious initial startup / bleed procedure that I could not make work. After trying in vain for more than an hour to do it by the book, I backed up to relying on what I know works for the 6.2 in my m1009. I ended up just filling the tank as specified...

It is a Ford starter relay and it is most definitely grounded through the base to the firewall. I do know what they look like and how to test them. To an extent that I accidently shorted the relay pictured for several minutes with the glow plugs engaged and burned it up several months ago. I...

The picture I posted was my m1009 before I converted it to 12v and I know for certain that what is pictured is a generic ford starter relay. The truck started and ran just fine for some time as pictured.

You can also get away with a ford starter relay if you happen to have one laying around:

Are the links referenced in this thread not working for you?

With the engine off, pull the line and 'very' carefully slip it free of the seat on the injector. This is so you don't fatigue the line from bending, they don't take well to that but they aren't entirely fragile either. Slide the nut out of the way and wipe the end of the line clean. A small...

Likely just some trash on the mating surfaces of the injector and line. A common response to these manner of compression fitting is to over tighten and crack the mating surface of the tubing. 22 ft/lbs is just at 'wrench tight' so if you have gone much over that and are still leaking, you may...

Most of the effort in a decent paint job goes towards prep work. If you do all of the metal filling, sanding and even remove necessary trim pieces to make the masking job easier (or better yet, just mask it yourself and trailer it over) then you would stand to save a lot of money on the job...

My bad, I needed a URL to measure a few particular time intervals and that was the one I chose not realizing that i had used it for a lot of stuff. I put up a redirect but it won't redirect to where you were headed. I have updated the link. My apologies for the down time.

I've gotten a remanufactured one off ebay without any hassle.

I'd venture it fairly rare to find a crankshaft that doesn't have the bushing space machined out. Even most cadillac big block V8 engines (which never came with a manual transmission after the 30's) have the recess bored out. You've got a few things competing there. First, nobody likes to...

None, you'll need to separate your existing transmission from the engine to get a look at it. You can disconnect the front driveshaft, support the tranmission with a jack, unbolt the crossmember, rotate the flexplate and unbolt the torque converter, slide the torque converter back into the...

I think that depends on how much preventative maintenance is truly done to a vehicle versus reacting to something that has already broken and is making bad noises or simply doesn't work anymore. From what I've seen of my coworkers new cars (reaction maintenance, save for oil changes), they are...

If I were in your position and reliable transportation were my primary concern, I would replace the starter on this truck and then sell the truck for $2000-$2500 as a running V8 4x4 truck. I would take the money from the sale and purchase an early 90's honda accord with a 4 cylinder engine...