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Stuff I would bring.... Cash. Phone. Duct tape. Spare Belts. Coolant. Fuel. Oils. Fuel injector or two. Hoses (including the little injector return hose). Some spare wire and electrical tape. Spare tires. A real floor jack. Jumper cables. Tools, including a full set of sockets and end wrenches...

Another place it could be coming from is one of the drivers side rear injector return hoses. A leak there could find its way onto the oil filter and work its way down. Sometimes electric pumps can be the source of problems.

Awesome! I bet it made their day at the dealership. I had a 2014 duramax at work for about 2 years. A fantastic pickup on the road, gobs of horsepower, transmission must have been made out of magical pixie dust. Road handling was predictable and secure. Excellent traction control to try and...

Doh! Excellent carnage.

I run one of these strut rods, along with the lower cover ones, and a skid plate. I rebuilt my own 700R4 at home. I have to say after handling an empty transmission case and seeing how thin it is in parts I want every bit of added strength possible. I have personally held a cracked cast...

Pretty sure you could get away with a 39 tooth speedometer gear and keep the housing that came with your ride. It would be close... I think. I don't know for sure what color the drive gear is on the NP208 that is on the M1009. If you pull out the single 10mm head bolt that holds the housing...

Whatever it ends up being a good autopsy of the part would be interesting. Depending on the mood an autopsy via forklift, excavator or front end loader might help you feel better. I'm curious to see what you find once you pull the driveshafts and get to checking and removing parts.

Doh! How easy it it to spin the driveshaft with the transfer case in neutral? The NP208 is pretty easy to rebuild if you want to try it yourself. A seal and bearing kit can be had for less than $150, and a new chain for about $100.

The socket for the oddball nut is a Kent Moore J-29192. If I planned on doing more than one hydroboost a decade I'd probably buy one, but they are spendy. I used the open end wrench method last time I did one.

FWIW I swapped yokes and went to one of the u-bolt style ones that use a common Spicer u-bolt. 3 years of abuse and it has been great. Got mine from WFO. Was able to press the old shield off and reuse it on the new yoke.

Got my spare transfer case back together (finally got the right bushing). Got a little bit done on the bracket for my power steering filter. Going to put a Peterson 100 micron filter on it to filter out any big chunks and act as a bit of a cooler.

Honestly I have never thought of repop sheetmetal for my square box. There are so many in the scrapyards and on Craigslist that I would just find good used metal. The pick-n-pull self service wrecking yard that is 100 miles away from me always has between 5 and 20 73-87 rigs with reasonably...

2nd on what cucvrus said. The stub shafts up front are supported by a roller bearing on the inside of the spindle. The seal for this isn't that great. Water and mud can enter there and destroy that bearing, the wheel bearings and the axle stub shaft where the roller bearing rides. The...

I'd try to make the connection between the two batteries as low impedance as possible (within reason). That way they would be seeing the same voltage across the terminals when charging, to not favor one battery over the other.

My mistake. Looks like all 2nd, 3rd and 4th gen dodge ram with a Cummins had dual batteries, not the 1st gen ones (89-93).

Every pickup that has ever rolled off the assembly line with a 6bt had dual batteries. Between the giant starter and the grid heater you may want to keep dual batteries, for certain in a cold climate. Look under the hood of any dodge ram with a Cummins and you will see one alternator and dual...

You use a BIG breaker bar... and a good way to hold the yoke. Should also get a beam or dial type inch pound torque wrench for measuring preload. There are other ways to change the pinion seal, but a before and after with a dial type inch pound is best, especially if you are swapping parts...

Kingpin bushings and springs are not a fix all solution. Also consider an opinion from a second alignment shop, and make sure your tire pressure is equal. #1 guess) Your kingpin bushing key did not get clocked correctly and the plastic kingpin bushing is bound, not allowing it to make contact...

Pull the cover and post some pics of what you broke.

Put a sleeve on the front output flange of my transfer case. I was going to fix the leak by swapping cases but plans to do that were foiled by the lack of one bushing to install in my spare transfer case. At least this way I won't be dripping oil everywhere I go, and I will have more time to...