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I need a bit more info, as I see two possibilities. One is that the truck is started, run for a short while (not up to full operating temperature), you come back, and the glow plugs need to cycle on to start the truck- most of the time they do, and sometimes they don't and you can't start the...

Yeesh, for $100+, I'll be selling mine off soon.

The first thing I'd do is test the voltage that the alternators are putting out with an actual voltmeter, the 20+ year old idiot lights/gauges aren't the most reliable. If the voltage is satisfactory, the warnings can be safely ignored/dealt with when you feel like it. If the voltage is...

Swapping the guts of a TH400 would be a waste of time. Just put in a trans with better ratios. The 700's ratios are better, so that comes to mind. Let me know if you need one. There are gear-splitting units that give both low and overdrive, or just 1:1 and overdrive (Ranger units are the ones...

The biggest problem won't be the tires (although if you go too big they will be, but people regularly run 36s, and some run 38s, without issue), but the craptastic ratios of the TH400 trans. 4.56 is plenty deep, the NP208's low range is plenty deep, the only thing missing is a decent gear ratio...

AutoZone cheapy starters are 12v. You are whacking them with 24v. That is your problem. It seems quite unrelated to the rest of the discussion here. The 12v is "heavier duty" in the sense that it carries more amperage to make up the same power to start the engine with the lower voltage. It's...

I've done it. Yeah, the lights are dim, but hey, the lights on the trailer I was using were so small and sunk into the metal that they're hard to see anyway, and I was just pulling around town, so I just didn't sweat it. The trailer wasn't even tagged, because a) the lights don't meet the...

If the flywheel was all he destroyed, he was extremely lucky. The hydrolock damage that I've seen was mostly internal, including things like bent rods, or rods tossed through the side of the block. Yeah, my truck is doing something similar. The grinding on mine is infrequent enough (like once...

You could wait until more of the CUCVIIs come out. They're all around better than the CUCV. I mean, go figure, they're newer, but they have 4.10s, which give a good compromise between pulling and hauling, better trans, 6.5 turbodiesel, radio, etc. Harder to find, at the moment, but since you're...

I personally would rather not go through GL, ever. I'd rather find a vehicle for sale privately (which is what I did) so I can poke around with it, test drive it, etc. to my satisfaction, and negotiate normally. For some reason, the GL sales have been ridiculously pricey lately. There are a...

+1 on the roommate being an idiot and deserving a punch in the face. Vapor lock is mostly an issue with carburetors, and aircraft. It also wouldn't cause much in the way of permanent damage, if it would cause any damage at all. And it's something that happens when fuel boils. Even in Georgia, I...

Larger exhaust should help turbo spool if nothing else. For a non-turbo engine, the solution for more power is a turbo. If equipped with a turbo and power is still insufficient, a bigger, better turbo can be substituted, in which case the freer exhaust to improve spool is greatly necessary to...

For photos, drawings, etc. of the Detroit, go to Eaton's website. They're the ones that make it.

The 12v starter will draw more amperage than the 24v unit, and this likely fried the starter relay, welding it shut. The relay crosses to part number AC40. Pick up two, toss the spare in the glove box. It's not uncommon for them to fail in the stock configuration. I'd also check all the wiring...

I considered 15" wheels- man the tires would have been a TON cheaper, but I would have had to either downgrade the brakes to 3/4 ton units or attack the stock brakes with an angle grinder- neither is a big deal for a dedicated off-road rig, but for a truck that I'll be using to haul fairly heavy...

I got a 60-amp pushbutton switch at Pep Boys for $6 or something. It's the same one we use on all the race cars we build. It's not big.

No way in hell I'd plunk down money for a vehicle that I couldn't test drive/inspect/etc. beforehand, ESPECIALLY with the GL "fill out this form and we'll send you a title when we feel like it" game. Just look into buying a truck secondhand, from a private seller. They're not exactly uncommon...

Actually, I LOVE the deuce. I'd LOVE to be able to justify owning one (thought I made that clear, several times over), but I'm already up to my ears in projects and don't need more. I know that this is a deuce section, and therefore the responses will be pretty much pro-deuce (although not all...

The glow plug relay is bolted to the firewall. The starter relay (crosses to part number AC40, and no, I don't remember what part number that is, but any parts store can cross it) is under the dash. It's, um, the one that looks like the AC40 relay. Yeah, that's about $10-$20 depending on...

As far as I know, the relay is only needed to switch the 24v on to the starter from the 12v in the cab. A 12v conversion could eliminate the relay. Or, just eliminate the relay again and use a push button switch available from any auto parts store for the starter, like people use for the glow...