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First I am not a lawyer, just that I am aware that government vehicles in Texas are tax exempt. Until I saw the comment from 'markg' I did not know they were exempt from diesel fuel taxes and looked it up because I wanted to know why. I am sure it would be a hard time fighting the ticket if...

Two plus year old post, OK... Well to answer this since this post was bumped, that is because they are tax exempt. So they legally can run non-taxed fuel as they are a government entity and are exempt from paying taxes on diesel fuel. This does not apply to gasoline, only diesel in Texas...

Or take the bottom bolt off from alternator and that will allow the clamp that holds the fuel line in place to be free up to move the fuel line around. You should already have the batteries disconnected as you should always do this when working on major repairs. Never know when a tool will fall...

Yes, I have bought almost a dozen of them from that seller. EDIT: I should clarify, that they have all been for different trucks. When ever I rebuild a CUCV I install a new GP relay from them.

What do you mean by this? What did it look like before you added the bracket?

If the place you took it to has to ask how to fix something (well anything), I would go some place else. It is no different that any 6.2L or 6.5L diesel engine in any GMC truck.

I need to correct you. It is a 1984 CUCV, not 1983 as there is no 1983 CUCV with model years being 1984 to 1987. Manufacture date is not always the year of a vehicle, and generally new model years start August to October.

I did not even know they had a buzzer as every CUCV I have ever had did not sound. So I guess the previous owners/operators removed it before me. Never gave it any thought that it should be there, but yeah that is a really annoying sound. OH, an nice looking dash to the OP!

I do not know yet, the roof rack original mounts are placed into rails along the roof that are really expensive. On another make of roof rack Defender they use hinges like you would see on a fence gate door. So I bought some of these hinges for like $8 each and will see about bending them, or...

Thanks Danger Ranger, glad to hear you got your horn system working and it really does come in handy. No new updates on the Suburban, but I will be having the inside floor Bullet lined in a few weeks. It is just so much better over the carpet and I do not have to worry about water soaking the...

Price seems high to me, I bought a used one for $600 and did not use it and I was lucky to get my $600 back. It was missing the cross over from the driver side exhaust and a few misc small parts like gaskets and clamps. But overall the turbo seems good and spun well. That is one thing to be...

Thank you Fred for doing another CUCV truck and putting it on your show. I love what you did to the truck even if you did not stick with a diesel. Additionally the last episode was great with the off-road Pace Arrow camper, LOL!. I just noticed that I did not post the last part of this series...

Let me try this again, did you click on the link and read through it? The front and rear shackles are not the same distance apart. So one cannot use a removable winch on the front and rear without two separate 2" receiver tubes. The front shackles are on the outside of the frame and the rear...

Did you search first? This has been covered many times in other posts. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?45839-Quick-and-Easy-Winch-Mount

:ditto: yes, that is a great idea.

My M1009 project had more work done on today and get everything done minutes before a thunder storm hit. It was a super cool day, so I did not let it go to waste. Started at about noon and got done at 6:00 and I got everything I needed on my parts run this time successfully. Most of the time I...

Exactly, the batteries were 6 years old and were completely bad, not dead. I have jump started many CUCV trucks with drained/dead batteries.

I can confirm that if there is a bad battery it will not even jump. Had that issue with a M1009 and did not start with the slave cable and after putting in new batteries it stated just fine.

Or this post. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?113472-10-gauge-ground-wire&p=1425950&viewfull=1#post1425950

Not sure why you ordered a 552 flasher from LMC when you can get them at Walmart or any parts store. Have you tried the solid state flashers, they are slight more but work better and needed when using a trailer with LED tail lights. If the ground is bad or broken that may be the issue, it will...