Central FL M1031 project

[CARC686]

Kind of a long drive. Now that yours is done, you can do mine.

 

[deank]

Kind of a long drive. Now that yours is done, you can do mine.

 

[deank]

Today I found a new way to store my trailer hitches when my step is mounted in the receiver. I like having an M1031!

 

[deank]

To continue from my last post…

 

[deank]

Started building an obstacle course at work. It is nice to have portable power for sanding.

 

[bkueber]

Have you thought about soda blasting it?

 

[deank]

Have you thought about soda blasting it?

I did think about that. I ended up taking it to a local place and having it sandblasted. It was about $2600.00. It was by the hour… $100.00 per hour. I did not expect it to be that high. Live and learn.

Reading your post again, I think we are misunderstanding. I needed the power at our training area to sand down the sharp edges of wooden 4x4s being used to make obstacles for my students to navigate.

 

[deank]

Not too long ago I read a post in the CUCV forum asking why a radiator cap would spontaneously start leaking. I did not have an answer back then.

Now that I have encountered the same propblem on my truck, I have figured out why it happens and how to solve it.

1. The radiator caps are stamped steel.
2. The two ears that lock onto the radiator are part of the outer circle of the cap.
3. The ends of the ears are upturned and make destructive contact with the underside of the radiator neck and wears away the surface of the brass.
4. Two solutions
A. Straighten and rebend the ears to get a better grip.
B. Find a replacement radiator neck and have a radiator shop sweat out the old one and sweat in the new one.

I used solution A today.

 

[deank]

I did a quick internet search. Brass radiator necks are readily available.