Recent content by jaytee

Got a part number for the secondary filter? I have a spare Stanadyne for the main filter, so I will swap that out. I have no smoke whatsoever coming out of the pipes (this truck has never smoked since I bought it), so I think it is a fuel problem. It seems to me that if it were getting fuel...

Am I on the right track? Is my IP probably shot?

ok so I finished the bolt repair, all was great, I took it for a couple of drives, no problems.....but today, I had just shut it off, then went to re-start so I could pull it into the garage, and.........crank, crank, crank, no start. It should have started without glow plugs because I had...

I thought those were resistors for the 12V/24V business......

Did you use JB weld to repair it?

yeah kickback could definitely be a problem if only they had a compression release like my old thumper 600 cc dirt bike, that was the only way to get that thing started

Yeah I concur, JB does NOT fix marriages

nah the bolts aren't grabbing, they kind of are in one hole, but the other is toast

yeah that makes sense, the different strengths and all, I will give that a whack. Now I just need a day off to try my hand at the helicoil job....

I want to fix it right and not have to do it again, that's why I am soliciting opinions, since my original bolt hole is already thrashed, I want it to be secure. I already bought new bolts, proper ones. CAN I USE LOCK TITE ON A HELI-COIL?

Thanks for the advice, It doesn't sound so bad, but I am still apprehensive about drilling on my block, were you able to re-use the stock starter bolts? The reason I ask is that to do this, I would have to put the heli-coil WAAAAY up in there, and it seems like it was designed to go just below...

well my passenger side starter bolt is loose again, it pulled itself out. back to the drawing board. suggestions? One of my buddies here told me to put a stud in it and be done with it. I think that I will try a heli-coil, but if I cannot get it in there far enough I will have to use a...

yeah I am not looking to make a profit, that's about what I have into it not counting registration and such, and anyone who buys it from here will know my history with it, namely the potential for starter bolt problems at some point later, but it's great now, no helicoils or anything in it, I...

yeah that's a good idea, pricing it too high. I might have to try that. Honestly, I would probably only want like a firm 1300 for it, that would pay for what I have into it, and I think that is a fair price for a running and driving CUCV that doesn't have basketball sized holes in the...

It's alive! I used a tap to clean the threads, installed the support bracket first, then the starter and used the support bracket to hold it in place so there was no odd tension on the starter, and the bolts threaded right in! I torqued them down, and she started right up! Woo-Hoo! This thing...