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Maybe I'm not following your layout. The only top vent port on the radiator should be to the surge tank hose (item 2). Do you have another vent line?

The 53 series Detroit engine is a wet-sleeve type, which tends to naturally cause cavitation and the buildup of coolant vapor in the cooling system. Without the top surge tank hose, or with the surge tank located in a different position, you will gradually build up gas in the top portion of the...

This struck me as kind of odd - since I had never heard of any Goat running ester-glycol (DOT-3) brake fluid - since it sucks water into the system, and can cause corrosion. I don't consider myself any kind of expert on Goat history though - especially since my oldest parts manual listing brake...

As an engineer working exclusively on military systems for the past 35+ years, I actually got quite a kick out of your custom solvent blend. I often combine solvents when working on antique hit-and-miss engines - and Marvel Mystery Oil / Coca Cola wouldn't be an unusual blend to consider. Keep...

Sounds like "good work" to me - but I would probably pull the diff and open it up to see if it can be brought back up to driveable condition. BTW - there are 2 steering boxes to check out. In my own experience, the front box causes the most trouble since rainwater and condensation is routed...

There are several points on the Goat that naturally collect water - but I've never heard of a diff vent pulling in H20 unless it had been submerged in deep water. Locking and thumping of the diff is usually a broken ring gear - I've gone through that routine with my front diff after having...

I have to admit I have given into temptation and swam mine across a local lake a couple of times. I cinched up an empty, sealed 55g steel drum onto the front to offset the weight of the winch. I found that the extreme maintenance needed after each swim was way more than the pucker factor of...