Recent content by jpg

Cancer got me. I can't wrench the way I used to, and the way the truck needs. Time to find it a new home. Check out my postings for pictures and details. They're all about this truck. 24,525 miles. New batteries. Cranks but won't start. Spent ~$7K on it last summer at Hillbilly Wizards...

The M1010 is back on the road thanks to Hillbilly Wizards. My wife avoids it like the plague, but when it was time to pick up her Mini from getting new brakes, the CUCV was the only vehicle in the driveway. She's a 5'2" sr. citizen with bionic hips, and boy did she cuss me out when struggling...

Thanks Guys. It's en route to Hillbilly Wizard. I KNOW he likes doing this kind of work and will fix it right. I reached out to Mike Morin on FB re parts. I think I got the right guy. His cover photo below:

So the good news is the cancer is no longer detectable. The bad news is the cancer treatments left me unable to wrench on my CUCV. I need someone who can replace my IP, and solve some electrical problems. I was working on this when they found the cancer. My son found a local mechanic with a...

Thanks. If you look at Page 31, post 306, you'll see the kludge I have in place. I tried a bunch of combinations of trimming and torturing the cucv hose. My alternator belt eventually eats through them. I spoke to a radiator shop who was willing to build me a custom hose. I haven't gotten...

Thanks WARWAG. Fuse block is my next stop. I don't have the DUVAC. I have an original 24V alternator below, and a leece 12V above. That 12V bolted right in and used the same pulley, but it won't move left far enough that I can get a belt on it. If I use a belt I can install, I don't have...

I'm back at it, after some health setbacks. Current project is an electrical issue. I seem to have lost many of the 12v systems. I get power from the battery, through the fusable link, through the first to components on the firewall. When I turn the key, I get lights associated with 24V...

I don't even own ether. My problems were several bad IPs, then loose fuel connections that either allowed air into the fuel lines or fuel out of the fuel lines or both. Once we installed a good IP with tight lines, all was well. My problem was inadequate experience. When I installed a brand...

The truck is running now. New shocks fixed the death wobble. The original shock bushings were shot. I finally found a shop that handles heavy diesels. I pulled into the lot and it was full of big dump trucks etc. They got my IP working properly, with no fuel or air leaks. I know the 6.2...

You might consider stripping the foam and vinyl from your dash and painting the steel that remains. There are threads on this. It can come out better than some of the available replacement dashes out there. That's what we plan to do with ours, once that makes the priority cut. We use ours as...

No, the truck is still dead. I'm going back to square 1. Work has left me no time of late to work on the truck.

Glow plugs are Bosch with 2,000 miles on them. Yes, I know they need to work. I got fuel mist before I tightened the lines on the injectors. It caught twice today. Once I eased up on the throttle too quickly and it died. Once I got off the starter too quickly and it died. I think I'm...

AntennaClimber responded from his Rt66 Convoy, and told me to check my pico fuse and the temp sensor behind the intake manifold on the driver's side. The pico fuse was blown, so I swapped in my spare GlowPlug Controller and shipped the blown one back to AntennaClimber for TLC. I found a point...

The mechanical pump is the one that came with the truck. I bought a replacement, but I didn't want to change too many things at once, so I haven't installed it yet. I put the electric pump in line with the mechanical one so I could get the air out of the fuel system before cranking the engine...

I have an electric pump between the metal fuel line under the intake manifold, and the fuel filter. It's the kind of pump that stops when it reaches 10PSI. When I disconnect the fuel filter outlet and turn that pump on, I have a steady stream of fuel coming out of the fuel filter toward the...