Recent content by Mogman

How many of the 6 pickup loops on that top did you use? I have the same top and it looks like just the 4 outer ones would be enough, if that is what you used did the top flex much?

You need to measure it and see if it is the 12V tap or the 24V side and how much drain there is before you can start to troubleshoot it

That smoke is coming out of the exhaust ports in the heads, They are a left over from the gasser engines to pre-heat the intake manifold. So much can go wrong by running an engine with the intake off I would never attempt it.

The loose wire should be 2A, dig all the silicone out (carefully) and look for the stud. It MIGHT be possible that an alt. for a different application did not come with the AC tap but that is just a guess, should run and gen without it.

I think Sparo2 might be on to something, maybe the last guy stuck two o rings on it because the hose end was defective.

UPDATE turned out to be a defective Chicom fuse panel, the input bus bar was making int. connection to the unswitched power control lead fuse clip (AGU fuses) o_O It holds 4 AGU fuses, powering the lights, transfer case, transmission and engine (ECM) I just moved over and doubled up with the...

What I did was give the DuraVee a ride of shame home today :( After 23K of relatively trouble free terrorizing S TX it came down to this. It started 3 days ago when a couple time it took a little longer than usual for her to fire off, that happened twice in the estimated 10 times it was started...

In any case if the start wire is hot all the time you likely toasted the starter/solenoid. Back in the day the wire that was only hot when the starter was engaged to was to by-pass the ign resistor on gasser motors to give a hotter spark while cranking, I have no idea what it would do on a diesel...

I keep meaning to look and see if there is a reason they did not include the ability to "jam" the pump rod like the SB and BB chevys.

Do you have good power to the rest of the truck, head lights etc?

Did the red fluid come out of the vent side or diesel side of the pump? You should check the transfer case first to see if it is over full, you should also check the diffs and hubs, it does sound like you are pumping trans fluid into the vent system, via an over full transfer case.

I almost always test circuits with everything connected, you can get "good" voltage on a circuit when disconnected from the load for it to simply go away when the load is connected. If all you are trying to trouble shoot is a single circuit from the IGN. switch to the starter with only one...

How are you coming with this conversion? I was wondering if you were able to make the late model fuel tank work, I bought one but ended up using the early tank for clearance issues.

That is definitely a hydraulic pump noise, could be the trans but most likely the steering pump, some are just noisier than others, if it were the Cadillac valve the noise would drastically change as the fan turned on and off.