Recent content by Vet89

P.S. with the brush and roller it does have a textured finish - I actually like it. A neighbor called it a mobile deer stand... lol

I started painting my truck to get it back to OD green and read these posts: http://www.steelsoldiers.com/paint-bodywork/66973-exterior-latex-acrylic-house-paints.html http://www.steelsoldiers.com/paint-bodywork/65478-note-latex-house-paints.html Great Info! I used a Rustoleum spray paint...

I got my starter and solenoid at O'Reillys - it was about $200. With my M1008 I didn't even need a lift or jackstand - it was in and out in about 45 minutes.

Next chapter... turned truck off - checked fluids, tranny low, added tranny fluid, repeated process. This time some sparks came from the solenoid (can a solenoid work part time?) The other possibility is one of the wires is touching something on the frame, I will get mirror and look. Life...

***update*** I put the starter back in and made a bridge (correct term?) from the starter wire off the solenoid, hooked everything back up and touched that wire to the battery (first one), It started! It actually started better than it ever has. I think the next step is to pull that plug...

thank you and more! Thank you, 86m1028. Ok, that would make sense - sooo.. I had previously tested the Doghead relay (thanks to Doghead for this and credit to Realm for the photo - I want to make it my avatar lol)... the red wire had juice and the purple wire with the white stripe had juice...

Hello again and thank you in advance? I believe I have a fuseable link issue (reference http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/93453-if-not-when-occured-starter-relay.html) Thanks to Dependable, I researched fusable links through searches here and beyond. I pulled my starter (fun with no...

Let us know when they catch the jerks!

Do it sooner or later or you end up looking up the section for fusable links and taking your starter our and all kinds of other crap (like me lol) Best advice ---->:grd:

New territory for me, I don't even know what a fuseable link is. I will google this. Thank you!

Dependable - nothing turns over, starter does not fire and the Gen 1 light is off (hope this helps as a description) The smoke wisp came from a two wires crimped together. It was the wire from the alt to the junction box. I saw it melt while I cut the batt cables. Having removed it, the...

Hello all, I had all the parts for the Doghead Relay in my truck. Unfortunately, "when" happened. My starter relay got stuck. Fortunately, I had a pair of branch trimmers nearby and cut the battery cables. I saw a wisp of smoke come from Gen 1 (alternator on the driver's side) and from...

i filed mine down, they work great. I read about how to do it here.

I think part of it is knowing what to search for and how to search for it. I have made a, "my lights dont work post" in panic and frustration of not knowing how to articulate what the problem is. Thankfully, folks have been patient and given directions on the problem and links to other posts...

Found it! It is from my rite of passage post of my lights not working http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/78239-no-lights.html Credit to Terracoma for posting the diagram. Check his response. I hope that helps you.