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Black smoke would be excess fuel at start up. Mine had white smoke intermittingly after I got it on the road, ended up being a partially blown head gasket and a cracked head but when it started smoking it realllllllly smoked. Also would hydro lock if shut down when warm, I was lucky nothing got...

My th400 trans slips also on the first two stop and go's, I have to tickle the throttle. After that it has plenty of get up and go, no slippage. It has new filter and oil it just needs to warm up, signs of a 25 year old trans that will need a freshening up down the road.

My sister in law's car was wrecked up here in R.I. just before she moved to FL and the insurance co got the car to her, And a month later flew down a service tec from up here to find out and repair the trans after a bunch of parts were laying on the ground.

My 6.2 would hydrolock after shutting it down after a run. She was also smoking out the left ex pipe. Luckly nothing got bent. I replaced the left head due to a severe crack. I had the right head checked and resurfaced and the valves recut and seated as needed. Ex manifolds resurfaced, new fuel...

I use Pledge furniture polish on the black plastic.Cleans up nice. I have also used it on vinyl trim in my cars.

I don't have the $ on the panels yet, the dash was $75.00

Cyclejay, google, hydrographic, I having mine done in this process using a tobacco brown color.

If they are the same as the M1008 there is a philips head screw in the armrest, the rest are push in clips that you carefully pry out. Use an interior trim removal tool if available. I think HF has a cheap set.

I am having my dash, door panels and arm rests done in a process called hydrographic [google it]. I'm picking up the dash tomorrow the rest should be ready in another week, everything should look better than new I hope.

Wouldn't scuffed up carc be a better base than primer. Just that i've never seen carc peeling.

I have sprayed rustoleum rusty metal primer and sprayed sherman williams 383 carc with no ill effects. I also used the same primer on the under carriage and frame and used rustoleum black. Its been on about 14 months. I chose the rustoleum black so that I could touch up the frame if need be with...

Wallew, you can repair the gearshift indicator by taking a piece of wire [paper clip]heating it up and putting it threw the plastic to hold the indicator wire. Adjust the length of the paper clip to center indicator in desired position.

Read the doghead starter relay post.

Glow plugs and glow plug circuit.

I let member pwrwagonfire borrow my socket to remove the front bearings on his M37 a few months ago, I was no rush to get it back, and today I recieved it back in the mail. Just letting you know he is a good troop.[thumbzup]

A quick way to check what is steel and what is not, is to use a magnet.

Thanks guys , if anyone can get this moved off the GL lot, a SS member has offered to store it, he is about 30 miles from FT Riley, Running out of time needs to be moved by thursday 8/19/10.

I would use a 2 part epoxy.

Congratulations. Do the doghead starter relay modification soon.

Thats the way the CUCV's are designed. Two isolated grounds for parts interchangibility.