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My coworker had a similar situation on his front signals on his civilian k5 blazer. I think his is a '79 and a gas burner if that matters... It was a bad turn signal socket.

12.5ish V to the relay

Finally got a chance to work on the blazer today! Replaced the glow plug relay with one from Napa and it fired right up!!! I am only getting 12.3 on one battery so I'll need to check the alternator output. It's nice to be able to enjoy driving a bit now while chasing details again! Thanks for...

Thanks guys! I just plugged in the block heater. If it quits raining/drizzling this afternoon I hope to be able to get some work done

Thanks - I should add that the large dark gray wire going to the top of the relay comes straight from the battery.

Hello All, I got an '84 M1009 a few months ago and have been tinkering on it and trying to make it more reliable. It had a fuel leak from the lift pump to the fuel filter. I cut that hard line and used fuel hose to replace the section the 16" ~ish section from where the line was leaking to the...

Thanks for your help, I got it replaced with some Gates 30r9 fuel hose for now and the proper sized crimp clamp. Couldn't find any 30r10 locally and the local diesel truck shop said they don't stock any fuel hose and just use whatever CarQuest has in stock. Hope that can last me for awhile. Now...

Awesome! I will go with the hose and band clamps, thanks for the tips, should save quite a bit of work.

I don't think I'll be in a big hurry if I can get by with the crimp and flexible hose for awhile. I think it would be something I will want to fix in the future though. I want to get the fuel leak fixed so I can give it a better shakedown, put some miles on it, and see how far down the rabbit...

I don't think it rusted out, although it could have, I thought it may have been rubbing/vibrating against the head or valve cover for quite a few years and eventually worn through. I had thought about using hose and that way I could be lazy and not have to remove the intake. Would cutting the...

Hello All, New to the diesel and CUCV world here but have been reading a lot and learning a lot too! I purchased the Blazer about a month ago. I knew it was hard to start and had a fuel leak among other things that a 40 year old snow plow truck would have, but I thought it was a good deal so I...