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And so the saga begins..... This is a first for many things for me - first military vehicle, first diesel, first time working on automatic transmissions. I picked up the vehicle from a fellow SS member and it test drove okay but the trip home through the mountains brought on the below...

Did the Doghead Starter Relay Mod :beer: Starts nicely with it! I think glow plugs may be next! Little by little!

This is done with batteries disconnected - correct?

Changed my glow plug relay and battery terminal connectors to marine type with wingnut. Still diagnosing my intermittent starting issue where it does not like to start when I have run it and let it sit for about an hour. Transmission shuddering and non-shift to 3rd will be after that. Oh boy!

Hope you start a thread on your trans rebuild with LOTS of pics! Will be following along!

Drove mine to home depot and walked home when it would not start. Ordered new glow plug and starter relays from cucvelectric.com

Having a similar issue and was looking for the correct area in the TM. I think I found it in TM TM9-2320-289-20 Unit maintenance manual for all variants CUCV.pdf starting on page 2-62 of manual (page 111 of .pdf). I went ahead and ordered replacement glow plug and starter relays from CUCV...

Well I just bought mine and spent a bunch of time looking between auctions and classified. I would guess around $4,500 asking if all is in good working order above what I can see from pics. I wouldn't sell it though!

ReidC - I am just a couple steps along the trail that you are getting ready to take. I went through the same thought process and I ended up finding a good deal from the Classified Ads on this forum. I got a good deal and met a really good guy in the process! I purposely was not looking for...

Started it just to hear it run and smile