Recent content by markgjsquires

Got the starter back on yesterday morning and she popped right off. Have cycled it a few times and took it for a drive. Seemed to work fine. Charged well. All the lights etc still work fine. Ran through the gears as it always has. Starter repair shop said faulty solenoid was to...

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Nothing at the moment until I get the starter back and installed.

Yes the batteries were removed completely since I had the starter removed. I needed to get new batteries for it anyways. The ctis unit has never worked since I’ve owned the truck and I have never dived into that system to get it working again. After the intial restart and when the starter...

My starter does not have a plug for the thermal cutout switch. I do have the two wires that would’ve gone to it bugged together. The solenoid that was replaced did say it was 24v. Only thing I can think of is that it worked great to start the truck Initially. Then when the truck started I...

before I removed the starter I went through the hints and tricks I’ve read here. I bypassed the in dash relay and wired a button so I could bypass all the fun safety sensors associated with the vim. No change. Went through and cleaned all the terminals/studs on the polarity box with a...

Yes. One goes to the frame (coated/braided) cable. One to the rear

When I was checking for 24v I had checked on the positive and negative posts on the starter and got 24v there. Assume that would mean it’s getting proper voltage to start. Tried crossing frame rail solenoid. No action. Tried crossing solenoid on starter. No action. Just a little...

Take that back. She started up great. Went to fire it up again after and completely dead action on the starter no clicking no trying. Cross the frame solenoid nothing. Cross the starter solenoid. Nothing. 24+v at all the right spots when I check. Looks like taking the starter...

Am back to let everyone know what I ended up doing…. I used flux core wire going through my mig and welded the cracks as best I could. Doing little blips the whole way down from top to bottom. I’d post pictures but it isn’t pretty but it seemed to work well. I ground the crack to bare cast...

Fair enough general. And I wasn’t trying to compare my M1078 to M35a2’s. Just merely the deuce and a half was something I fell in love with as a kid and having never owned anything other than those I got the chance to purchase my lmtv for the right price and have been learning about them as I...

Interesting point. All of the mathematics and theories involved in driveshaft angles that I’d have never thought about. So regardless of driveshaft balance the angles the early M1078’s driveshafts run at is more so the culprit to the vibration issues. Granted I seldom ever held the truck...

Thanks everyone for all of the insight. By the sounds of it there are some good fixes that can be done with some time and patience that don’t include a new/replacement engine which is what I was afraid of. I’ll get the driveshafts removed and sent to a local driveline facility and have them...

Was under my m1078 today getting ready to reinstall my oil pan when cleaning up the surface to ensure no gasket material was left and noticed two. Identically placed cracks on both sides of the engine in matching locations. I have never had any mechanical trouble with the truck the engine...

hello all. I have a 1970 M813 it is in good shape and has served me well for the last 10 years I’ve had it. But about two years after I started using it on my farm when in low range it slips. It sounds similar to either a shaft is worn down grinding or its not fully engaging and has...