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Swap out the fuel filter first. Symptoms describe exactly what mine does when the filter's going bad. All it takes is one bad tank. The little box type Stanadyne filters don't take much junk to get restricted. When they start to go bad it'll show up on Highway, but not city driving (flow...

I've been reading around on adjusting pump timing and saw somewhere that the mil-spec 6.2's supposedly run less static advance than the civvy 6.2's. Any truth to that, or just a rumor? There's no witness line stamped across my pump/timing cover which I thought was really strange. Anybody else...

One note to add: The stuff you'll find in the plumbing aisle at a store like Lowes or Home Depot is probably 95/5 "lead free" (95%tin, 5% antimony) or one of the other lead free alloys. You can try to use it, but lead free solder doesn't really work well for radiator repair and is generally a...

I've seen punched dots, paintpen marks, and nothing at all. Which is supposed to be factory applied?

Not on many I've worked on.

If the gears aren't pitted and the bearings aren't making any bad noises (and backlash checks OK), I'd just flush out the pumpkin with diesel, blow with compressed air, replace gear oil and call it good. If the inner axle seals aren't leaking oil into the tubes, they're doing their job - leave...

Before you go any further, are you sure you know what you're getting into? Why are you pulling the carrier? Are you just replacing the inner seals or are you doing a full gear swap? The pinion yoke has nothing to do with carrier removal. If you are doing a complete gear swap, you want to...

Best bet is to get a slip yoke eliminator kit and have a custom rear driveshaft built. If you really wanted to go all-out, you could hunt down an older Blazer/Jimmy with a fixed yoke output NP205 and swap out everything from the T-case back into your '09. Not the cheapest route, but works much...

I don't remember any of our National Guard unit's trucks actually having the welder. Don't know whether it was because we had so few qualified welders or because they took the welders out for some other reason. I did catch a glimpse of one active duty 1031 that was equipped with an XMT 304...

Pull the battery, charge (again) and load test. Could be a bad cell. 12.1v is only about 50% state of charge. It's not even testable. See chart about 1/2 way down page here Also while it's out look for a approx 1" round white sticker on the battery that reads something like A-9 or G-01...

After reading that "trick" I completely agree that your mechanic has no idea what he is talking about. If you want to pay some shadetree to work on your vehicle and take his mechanical "advice", that's your business. However, don't expect everyone else to agree with the fool. Additionally, If...

Block spacers on front springs are both unsafe and illegal - even if they are only 1" tall. 1" Zero rates are OK because they are part of the actual spring pack. Be advised that zero rates are still supposedly illegal in NJ even though they are technically different from a lift block. Check your...

The lower kingpin cap (technically trunnion) isn't stamped sheet metal like the upper kingpin cap. Looks like this: http://mad4wd.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=69&products_id=161&zenid=97c86d7b3ee1a7bff6af1003d207efb0

You misread my earlier reply. To clarify: The hydroboost is powered by the PS pump and they share the same fluid. However, the brake master cylinder and the Hydroboost unit are two completely separate components and two completely separate hyd systems. The only thing connecting them together...

Two completely separate systems. No brake bleeding required.

Take a page from Dodge's playbook- The early Dodge Cummins pickups from 89-90ish with the 727 did not have overdrive. That's why they had to put 3.07 gears (the infamous Dana 61 front) under the early automatics just for them to be highway speed capable. Stock Cummins governed rpm is something...

Any style 6 1/2 ton shackle (1" pin) will work but..... bad news is that you will probably have to grind a small amount off the inside surface of the ears for them to fit without binding up over the 1 1/2" tube used in the mounts. If you beat them on, it "springs" the shackle or tries to spread...

Pirate 4x4 has a pretty rude and crude forum so visit at your own risk, but if you want a *perfect* comparison picture of some 14 bolt carrier/locker visual differences go to 14 bolt gov lock - Pirate4x4.Com Bulletin Board and skip down to post 12.

The simplest answer for a your original question is still "pull the cover and look if you want to know 100% for sure what you have". If it's impractical to remove the cover for whatever reason, here are some quick checks to get a general idea what's in your axle without the need for...

It could have anything under it once it's in civvy hands. Mine no longer has original gears. Not everyone changes out the lockers/carriers when they change gears. Most of the confusion comes from the fact the 1009's use a Gov-lok which is a totally different animal than a Detroit locker, and the...