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My thought is file or grind out some of the crack and overlay with fiberglass cloth and resin.

I have recently picked up a 8.5 antenna for my hmmwv. The top section has 3 cracks that are a little crunchy and loose if you flex them. Can this be repaired with fiberglass? Or maybe another way?

Yes 5 gals

No update yet. Been busy with work and the family. Hopefully will get a look at it again this week. I still need batteries. Any recommendations? i don't want to get the 6tl yet.

I thank you all for the help.

hope so.

i will call you on monday. Thank you.

Ok update, i pulled all 8 glow plugs and they all came out surprisingly easy. All had water and white oil water sludge on them. I then filled with 5 gallons of diesel in the crankcase. I then took off the small cover by the starter and the motor spun easily. I turned it about 6 revolutions and...

I will be trying this tomorrow

Hopefully i can try to turn it tomorrow.

Time is a little tight right now but i am going to try tomorrow to see if i can turn it by hand and then go get some diesel to fill up the pan.

I don't have much hope. I am going to be looking for a engine now I guess

Ok so where I am at now is. 5 gal of clean water removed from pan. Now at almost 2 gal of milky white sludge. I am thinking about filling with diesel and pulling glow plugs next to see if I can get it to turn.

Thanks for all the input everyone. I apologize for not stating that the intake was on the vehicle and didnt apear to have been off . I am going to drain it, change the filter, check with bores borescope, put in diesel and oil. I may drop the pan and check.

Water was to te top of dip stick

I will check that first.

Albany

I picked up a 1045a2 from auction. It has water in the crankcase but isn't rusty. I haven't tried to start it yet. What are the odds I empty all the water and oil, add fresh oil, change filter and try to start it and everything be OK? I remember reading people successfully doing this but can't...