Recent content by Gastrap

Iowa is friendly. Most counties won't transfer from an SF97, but a bonded title is easy if you don't have a state title.

Added park parts to my 3 speed transmission and modified a 4 speed shifter to work with it. With the "1" notch welded up on the 4 speed detent, and the next notch ramped to push into drive, everything moves up a notch and lines up with the transmission detents perfectly. The 3 speed indicator...

The Wellman plugs I buy from Mac come in the same packaging and work great. If they are .375" hex they should be genuine. I've been scammed into buying the china junk from a well known dealer. 10mm hex, packaged in old Delco boxes with fake Wellman cage codes. He did refund, but it was not...

Sounds like some "good" mechanic was trying to fill a gap :ROFLMAO: If you're going to try to salvage it with 680 Loctite just put a little on the nut too and skip the lock washer. It will require 400° of heat to get it apart next time anyway. It'll work without the primer, note that if do use...

Keyway is knocked out from a loose pulley hammering on it, not modified. If you put that new pulley on with some 680 Loctite and primer, it's not moving again, key or no key. Welding that mess up may warp the shaft, and milling a new one 180° off may weaken it too much. I often salvage wasted...

Wow, I think he'd have a hard time in court over trying to impound a legally licensed and insured vehicle from another state. Probably the same kind of cop who tries to give a ticket for having no front plate to someone who doesn't need one in their state. I saw a Texas plated Humvee in...

It would still be fun. I have a 1950 Chevy truck 12V swapped and it's a blast. Total weight is less than 4000 pounds and I get 25 MPG, but I would never tow more than a tiny trailer with it.

I made that mistake once too, but he refunded me after I complained about them (unused). Chinese Wellman cage coded fakes stuffed in a Delco 8 pack box, not individual Delco boxes.

I quit buying from them after my first purchase. They picture a genuine fuel tank plug on Ebay and shipped me a chinese junker. Never got back to me when I tried to contact them. They advertise both OEM and replacement, but apparently only ship the chinese ones. Got a real one from HPG and...

A lot of those place like to say " direct replacement for # xxxxxxxx " and will argue that they are genuine because of that. I'd send them back, not worth installing. Melton probably sells and installs Diesel RX / Wellman plugs, pretty sure they don't make them.

I use State Farm and didn't have any trouble. My 2006 M1097 is listed as an antique with an agreed value, told them It's driven for fun or work just like any other vehicle. They wanted a bunch of pictures, just like the rest of my old vehicles I have with them. No problems with licensing, I...

Don't know anything about hard doors, but I had good luck with Meguiars PlastX clear making my windows better. Also used a Speedy Stitcher to fix some rotten zipper stitching. The stitching takes time, but it works great.

I'll be changing this on mine soon with the pump in place, good to see the plunger isn't very long. This advance is a different design from the Deere spec DB2 pumps I usually work on, those don't have an external light-load advance lever and plunger. My valley was full of water when I got the...

MAC and HPG carry the real ones, the 10mm hex are always junk. I've even seen Chinese junk ones in Delco boxes that had fake Wellman cage codes.

Mine is also a 2006, serial number about 100 from yours. State Farm gave me full coverage with an agreed value. It's listed as an antique, less than 5000 miles per year, so I had to send a bunch of pictures in. They call it a sport wagon :ROFLMAO: