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I just hope it's correct. We have experts here on SS. They provide reliable information. I'm just a newbie. Your local technical High School likely offers adult night classes that would teach you about this stuff, if you really want to learn it. They taught me to weld.

Sort of. My understanding of "parasitic load" is that it's designed into the device and intentional. Like if you turn your TV off, it isn't completely off. Part of it is powered up and "listening" for your remote to tell it to turn back on. I have the electrical equivalent of a plumbing...

battery drain I ran a few errands in the M1010 this morning, including picking up my Fluke 375. Now I have a real meter to use in understanding the wiring. When I returned, with the engine and all switches off including the Service Light, I measured about half an amp on each of the + wires...

cucvrus said he has several in inventory. Other M1010 owners said they removed theirs. I said I'd refinish mine and live with it for a while, then decide if it's an asset or a liability.

Got the Attendant's seat reassembled and installed. No rust and a fresh coat of paint. We'll see if it's an asset or a liability. At least it's not rusting. Installed the LMC headlight mod. They sent me the version for separate high and low beams. I cut out the extra socket. I needed to...

This dampened my enthusiasm for the GV unit. I had to dig around a bit to find the details on this, but I found them. Plethoraofguns blew an engine on the highway when his speedometer cable failed, causing his gear vendor unit to disengage, overreving his engine and breaking the crankshaft...

I generally keep the RPMs in the low-to-mid 2K range. The very high numbers I mentioned were a 1-time test on a long steep downhill, testing to see if the governor worked. (It didn't.) The whole point of the 700R4 mod is to keep the RPMs low. The turbo is for high altitude performance (so it...

I did look at the sprinters. They're very nice, expensive, and fundamentally designed for highway use. The M1010 is cheaper to purchase and to maintain, and it's mechanically *much* simpler. Fully built out, in my terms, an M1010 costs about the same as a semester in college. A sprinter...

M1010 gearing I have a well-used spreadsheet looking at all the options for making an M1010 capable of comfortable highway cruising. Bigger tires, re-gearing the differentials, Gear Vendor overdrive, 700R4, etc. A roof fairing is also an essential component. Re-gearing the differentials is...

Attendant seat bearings restored I never did find replacements for these, so I cleaned up the originals. A soak in Naval Jelly to remove the rust, hose off to remove the jelly, WD40 to remove the water, Brake Cleaner to remove the WD40, Rustoleum Rust Reformer and then Bumper paint, lubed with...

Thanks! I haven't started the high altitude adaptations yet. It still has the stock drive train, though a built 700R4 and a Banks Sidewinder are on the wish list. I figure we'll adjust the injector pump for altitude when we install the Banks. I hadn't thought about a trans cooler. I'll look...

Glowplug Indicator LED As the proud owner of one fried glowplug controller, I wanted to add Warthog's manual switch as a fall-back in case of another failure. I have read some discussion of using the manual switch even with a functioning glowplug controller. Evidently there are some...

Though the exact cause of the crash is not known, Kerns overheard one tourist say that a tire on the Duck blew, causing the vehicle to crash into the side of the bus.

Should M1010 fuse #17 be 20 or 30 amps? My M1010 came with a 30-amp fuse in #17, Engine Control. The TM and the SS thread below both say that should be a 20-amp fuse for non-M1010 CUCVs. They don't say what the M1010 should have. Is 30 amps correct for this fuse in an M1010, or do I have the...

Should M1010 fuse #17 be 20 or 30 amps? My M1010 came with a 30-amp fuse in #17, Engine Control. The TM and the SS thread below both say that should be a 20-amp fuse for non-M1010 CUCVs. They don't say what the M1010 should have. Is 30 amps correct for this fuse in an M1010, or do I have the...

Naval Jelly I got it at Lowe's http://www.loctiteproducts.com/p/s_trmt_naval/overview/Loctite-Naval-Jelly-Rust-Dissolver.htm Google shows multiple sources. Lowe's was most convenient for me.

I struck out finding replacement bearings for my attendant's seat. I tried the SS classified and various parts sources. So I soaked them for a day in Naval Jelly. 3 of the 4 came out clean and spinning freely. The fourth wouldn't turn until I used tools on it. Then it broke loose. I had...

Is no-ox-id A Special conductive? I don't think this is correct. As I understand it, no-ox-id A Special is dielectric grease with a corrosion-eating chemical added. That chemical destroys existing corrosion on your connector, leaving a cleaner connection buried under the grease. Some...

When my 30A headlight fuse melted, it damaged the fuse holder. The fuse holder wouldn't hold properly, and I had to re-seat the fuse regularly. Picture below. The charred remains in the photo above is a lump of melted fuse block. I chiseled that away. I needed a way to clean corrosion from...

I'd use a locking cap. M1010 has no fuel door, so can't lock that. I use whatever fill size is available. Some places only have the small, some only have the large, some have both. It's nice to be able to fill up even when they only have the large.