Recent content by Buck69

Great to hear you have it mobile again. If replacing the washer fluid reservoir, you may want to look at one with the built in pump? Pretty easy to extend the wires and hose and it would open up more options for replacing the wiper motor when that time comes. I would be dropping the pan on the...

Does anything happen? blown bulbs and bad grounds can quickly cause signal issues on these old trucks.

I run the M55's on my '08 2500. They are the (33") 285/75/16's and are snug. Awesome tires. Same bolt pattern as on the '86. Will use them for clearance checks on the M1008. Would like to be able to go to a 35" to help with rpm's at highway speeds. Should give me a good idea of what I may need...

Nice! Mine is actually a 300hp Mercruiser I built a couple years ago for the ocean boat. Was just sitting on a stand. It has their Thunderbolt 5 ignition system with full knock control. Will just be for break in and to get the truck inspected and registered. Should give me a good idea of what I...

I have power to everything now in my '86 M1008. The diesel stuff is removed. When I initially key on, the fasten belt and low coolant lights come on along with the buzzer for 3-4 seconds and all go out and return to normal. Unplugging the coolant sensor trips it's light but not buzzer. Have not...

Wow. Looks more than that with those tires. Thanks Spent a couple hours going through your build link last night. Will finish tonight. Nice work. Will be using some of your ideas when I get to that chapter with mine.

@Sharecropper how far forward did you move your front axel?

A few small bugs to work out yet, but have fire under the hood again after a 19 year powerplant void sitting in storage. Feels like it just wants to go when the shifter is dropped.

Registration No's do match. It is clearly a 1 and not an I on the stamped door post tag. Looking closer at the TP number, it appears TP45 was painted over TP-45. Thanks guys!

As most may already know, I picked up my project truck a year ago, which a previous owner had removed the engine and radiator from. Having invested several hundred hours to date, it has really started to grow into part of the family with me. My question is, does any of the numbers I am coming...

I don't think adding warm air from the engine compartment will gain you anything more than dB's. Cool air is required for better combustion.

Sorry, but I have no idea what you are talking about with a dog head mod and lawn mower solenoid?

That looks to be the start relay. The 2 smaller ones that were mounted next to it were gen 2 and volt gauge. The small black wire (16ga) is the ground first referenced by WWRD99 and the one I am interrupting along with the ground for a fuel pump relay (w/ same switch) which I added. My truck now...

Bulbs are cheap. I just replaced them all when going through mine. Any pigtails with a rough looking pin as well. The only place I ran into mismatched bulbs was in the gauge cluster. It had a 24v bulb for the gen 2 light.

I replaced the both the drag link ends with Moog just because the rubber boots were badly cracked and they had lost their sealing capability. Our local parts store had them complete in stock for not much more than just the boots themselves. You can also look almost everything up and order online...