Recent content by snakepliskin

rebuilt the turbo myself, was pretty easy really except for one snap ring flying across garage

Goose creek

is it usable with like an aftermarket tach from the parts store? whats so rare about it?

do you know how you would hook it up?

i know this drives the oil pump but what is the electronical part on top do?

today at wally world i found this can and thought it might fit on top of the intake manifold it said stainless steel on the label but i figured i would just silver braze on a 2" outlet. for $7 i figured if it wouldnt fit i would just say oh look honey i bought you this great new kitchen junk. it...

spent some time this morning busting up the turbo in anticipation of the rebuild kit i got coming in for it

got some junk yard stuff over the weekend, the backing plate/timing cover for a reverse rotation water pump is also reverse. the one i found was bent so i dont know if it will be ok

yeah maybe. im absolutely sure that this thing has turned into a money hole for sure. but i do enjoy driving it. im headed back to the pull apart tomorrow to fish out some more parts

i managed to paint the valve covers last night and got the crankshaft to the machinist today

here is some of the rebuild kit stuff, i bought a kit from someone on ebay advertising as a kit from the military. i dont know about the validity of that but it does seem like a very thorough kit as any engine kit should be of course. the only thing that really wasnt there was valve seals so i...

you are correct np241 it is my bad for the typo

couple reasons for the nv4500 leaving my wife drives manual just fine but cannot drive the truck with that trans ( i have no idea why) most of my driving is in city so lots of clutch work required i used the hydraulic setup with the advance adapters bellhousing and slave cylinder mount...

the precombustion cups in the cucv heads are the older style and the humvee heads have the newer ones can you just knock these out with a punch and swap them?

here is some more