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Removing the ground on the forward battery breaks the 24V circuit. Do that and you are good to go. As stated above, no harm in removing all of the battery leads either I grew up doing autobody collision and restoration work and every welding certification I got I was told to disconnect the...

Is a leak free CUCV a possibility? Has anyone stopped all drips? If so what did it take? Before I go too crazy ripping stuff apart and re gasketing at great time and expense should I adjust my expectations? My truck doesn’t leak a crazy amount but if I park for an hour she will definitely leave...

Great thanks, will I need to come to them with the specific alternator model? Or can I simply tell them I’m rebuilding a CUCV piece?

Where can I find a good rebuild kit? Seems like the links for rebuild kits shared in former posts are all dead and now I’m only seeing kits on ebay. Are the ebay kits good quality and complete?

Very cool, looks like a great truck.

I like to hit any blind holes with a little compressed air after chasing the threads.

Do all Optimizers work NA? Or is it a specific model?

I’ve got a good fit on my belts all of the accessories are in the middle of the adjustment range. I think my alternator pulleys have been spread out over years of abuse. I plan to change them with solid steel units.

So if I ID a bad injector does that mean replace just the one? Or do I need a set?

Crap… just did a cold start this morning, pulled the radiator cap off and sure enough it’s bubbling. I assume this is a head gasket problem? What are the odds this will be fixed with just a R&R of head gaskets?

Batteries have tested healthy, I will try a little more tension I noticed one could probably use it. Is the GEN2 light staying on at startup normal? It clears with a little throttle, the gauge goes to green and then stays off. This weekend I want to start cleaning electrical connections in...

I’ll check, not seeing any coolant smoke from the exhaust. If I give it even a hair more throttle she smooths out.

If I give it just a hair more idle from the throttle pedal it smooths out. Zero smoke

If my truck is in gear and warmed up my idle starts to chop. It’s a fairly consistent and rhythmic lope. Like a brap-brap-brap-brap and it rocks the truck slightly. The previous owner supposedly installed a very low mileage engine out of another CUCV. Other than that I have no idea what the...

Based on the advice from another thread, I just went through the exercise of aligning all of my pulleys. Along with this, I replaced my wobbly crank pulley, replaced my harmonic balancer and put all new belts from hillbilly wizard. This eliminated my best squeal for about a week. Since then...

Glad you found it! You’ll love the way she drives with all new hardware in the front suspension. Also check your king pins

That doesn’t sound right, is the truck lifted? I’m wondering if your driveline angles are off and it’s causing everything to wear out prematurely. I bet if you go through all of those joints and replace with qualify hardware you would make a big improvement

I would also ask if it could be coming from the front aka death wobble. What about your drive shaft? Is it bent? Or maybe the U joints are majorly worn out?

That red keyed style switch is pretty much the standard for road race cars. We would set cars up with that key exposed on the cowl so the electrical system could be easily shut down by track support in case of emergency. I’ve never seen one go bad.

If it were me, I would make something that plugs into the hitch. And I would try to keep the weight centered over the receiver. Or if I had to have the tire offset I would make a whole rear bumper out of plate and have lots of mounting surface area on the frame rails