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If you like this truck and plan on keeping it, real metal work is the only way to fly. Anything else is just temporary and will create water leaks along with allow rust to hide/spread while covered up. Water leaks in the dash area create electrical and floorboard issues. Fix it right once unless...

I am going to swap a DB4 into my Cuck Vee that way when the PMD develops PMS it sends a TXT via BT ;) BTW, just registered my M1031 in New Hampshire yesterday. Whoever took CUCV for a vanity plate...I'm watching you!!!!! I had to go with CUCKV instead :(

Be sure to post up install specs, different tach installs are nice when comparing what to buy. Tim, you should be ashamed of yourself for suggesting a CAN Bus installation for gauges in a Cuck Vee. What next, a DB4 injection pump swap on a NA 6.2??? The TM's mention nothing of a code reader...

Thinking it is leaking on the IP supply line down the valley of the engine or you have an IP leak.

I originally wanted to do a full gauge set up using either military gauges (M998 style) or aircraft. Of course we all know how accurate military gauges are and the aircraft ones can be pricey. I'm thinking back to basics with a simple oil pressure and temp down by the diagnostic port to keep it...

Great...I now have to buy an HO scale of my dream fleet. There goes $100!!! The only thing better than military trucks are toy versions you can bring in the house ;)

I think the TH400 could be built to take a 6BT's power and the GV OD would help with RPM's but at the end of the day you are stuck with a non-lockup trans which is great at burning fuel to make torque converter heat and not put power to the ground. It sounds like you are comfortable with the...

It sounds like you are trying to create something that doesn't exist off the shelf so it will either be almost impossible or take lots of green. A cummins swap (with a good trans, not bolted to a TH400) is a huge chunk, rooftop A/C and generators starts to take up space and becomes expensive...

What do you want to do? They are equally stout rigs and very capable, just for different things. The M1008 will be better at four wheeling and towing due to less weight but you won't be as comfy camping out back. Then again if you throw money at it, a shelter would slide right in when you need...

I agree, anything without particulate cats can run on various blends. May not be good for the IP or legal...but atleast you can. That is not true for the ULSD diesel rigs out. Old school rules!!!

I think that will cut down IP service life drastically even if properly filtered unless you are doing very limited mixtures with straight diesel.

Come on, a Detroit 6.2 is as just as much of a multifuel as any ther light duty Diesel engine. None of them are really made for bio fuels.

Buy a high pressure hydraulic gauge and do the proper checks as suggested. The TH400 is a big dumb transmission. If the governor or throttle pressures are spot on, you either have a sticky shift valve (easily fixable on the truck without too much experience), or clutch/brake issues (requiring...

That is a sweet work rig but trying to move that kind of GVW at high speed with a 6.2 could be borderline dangerous. You will have fully freighted 80k lb trucks passing you. For that kind of money, you could buy a mint 1st Gen Cummins Dodge, a Deuce + M1008 + M1009, or a 5 Ton + a 90's Honda...

If you don't want to shell out money for a pressure tester some dye and a black light work awesome for finding leaks. Drop some in the coolant, run for a bit, then shut down and have a groovy time finding the snail trail ;)

Sounds like a Deuce may be a better fit but a non-09 M truck would fit the bill with what you describe.

Looks solid in the photo...hopefully it works out. As a rule of thumb, most of these rigs will need $1-2k worth of work right out of the gate to be reliable. Of course you may get one that has had the big ticket items taken care of. Receipts are good proof of that. Most notably are IP, batts...

I think you would be ok. Highway stuff may keep you in the slow lane, you would want to invest in a better tans and some more power. Then you decide if investing the money to change a CUCV is worth it or better off with another truck with a better suited driveline. Sticking a Cummins in gives...

Any other M truck can handle that...as Adam Sandler says...at a medium pace. How fast do you need to go or is this just around town?

I agree, doubtful. The only other place those two circuits connect would be in the master cylinder.