Recent content by CUCV VZ

Doors look pretty good, or is the paint disguising the actual conditions?

I am not sure what plugs are currently in, I received a bunch of parts alongside the truck when I bought it, including boxes for glow-plugs. I will give them a gander at some point this week to see if the old ones or new ones are in there and compare to the ones already in. I may be mistaken...

For clarification, the truck has unfortunately already undergone the 12V conversion by one of the previous owners. I am looking into 3D printing blocks to better secure the batteries in the trays. I have to keep everything on a budget as I am still in college trying to scrape by on pennies...

Rewired a new marker socket in - the replacement one above by Dorman was junk: bulb wouldn't seat and grounding wire fell out. ID no. 85830. Heater blower switch has poor wiring and requires a lil finessing in order to keep running. Dash was removed by previous owner and left behind a rats nest...

Jealous of how nice your tailgate and bed floor is, I'm scared one day my tailgate will decide to jump ship.

The first thing I had to replace were my U-joints, just make sure you don't put the drive shaft in backwards like me. A good item to invest in would be serviceable diff covers, my bet with it being in Alaska the drain plugs are going to be stuck. I would also second looking into a new harmonic...

Found the root cause of my blinker failure to be the cheap replacement socket I bought from Advance Auto, built out of Chinesium. Can't even find the unit on their website. Also just discovered the courtesy light below under the dash by accident, was fiddling around with loose wires.

Hello all, I have been on this site for quite some time and have found it very helpful for locating part numbers and guides but it becomes very time consuming digging through forums. I am creating this thread to hopefully get valuable feedback and advice, while tracking my own trucks progress...