Recent content by Sharecropper

Make sure you clean the rust off the brake frame prior to installing the new ground buss, thereby allowing additional grounding capability through the back side of the new buss bracket. It's a bear to get to, so I recommend pulling out the instrument panel for easy access. While you have it...

I've owned, worked on, and enjoyed square-body trucks for as long as there have been square-body trucks. But I have never cared for GM's design of the ground buss under the dash attached to the emergency brake frame. Today I am finishing up the cab wiring in preparation of dash & seat...

Am interested to see what others have done for an interior dome light. Would like to stay "military-looking", but not opposed to installing a normal civilian light if necessary. Would be nice to have individual map lights so my navigator can read her book while I'm driving at night. Thanks in...

Here you go. Add a momentary switch to temporarily ground the light blue wire coming out of the glow plug module. Guyfang, see if you can translate this for him/her. Poly view fraun say.

Hmmmm...... It seems you have replied to my post from July 2010. A lot has happened in the 15 years since. I designed, engineered, fabricated, installed, and hooked-up my custom gauge panel. Thanks for your reply, however I am miles ahead of you on my rebuild. I hope you will read through...

I strongly suggest that you postpone that off-road trip until you get this issue fixed. Ask me how I know.

Thanks for the replies from everybody. Y'all may find this hard to believe, but an old painting contractor told me to clean the glass using Windex and newspaper. Plain old newspaper from last week. I had my doubts, but man, this method absolutely cleans glass and removes all haze and other...

Thanks for your reply. The haze is indeed on the exterior surface and appears to be some slight discoloration from something which may have dripped on the windshield while the truck was in the motor pool. Windex & 0000 steel wool will not budge it. It's only slight, so you can't see it unless...

Has anybody used any of the windshield polishing kits? My M1028 has the original windshield, which is in excellent condition without any cracks or scratches, however it does have a few areas of haze here & there. I am considering a kit from Eastwood but would like to have comments from...

Got the Sherpa 24v 17,000 lb winch mounted and the bumper & grille guard back on. The Sherpa came with the wireless remote so I mounted the transmitter on the core support immediately behind the control box so the cable can stay plugged in. More details in my rebuild thread.

Made a little more progress. Got the Sherpa 24v 17,000 lb winch mounted and the bumper & grille guard back on. Had to fabricate a couple steel brackets for the grille guard to mount the control box. The winch came with the wireless remote so I mounted the transmitter immediately behind the...

Don't be surprised. I actually considered converting to AN fittings and lines but discovered the fittings for the R12T filter were male ORB fittings which I did not have in my inventory. In addition I needed to cut the 3/8" fuel hard line forward of the filter and install a 3/8" compression x...

Mounted a Carter P4600HP 12v electric fuel pump on the frame at the rear of the cab. The pump will flow 50 gallons per hour at 4.5-8 psi. It will be ignition/relay wired. Also installed a HENKYO R12T 10 micron filter between the dual tank valve and the pump. The R12T also has a water trap in...

Decided to finish installing & plumbing the electric fuel pump. I used a Carter P4600HP which is a 12v, 50 gallon/hour 4.5-8 psi frame-mounted pump. I wanted to use a 24v but the P4603HD was nowhere to be found. The 12v model pulls 10 amps and will be ignition/relay-wired. Not knowing how...

The fuel return system starts at each injector in those small flexible hoses that jump from one injector to the next. All these are routed to a hard line on each side of the engine which runs over the water pump and exits the engine just above the fuel pump on the passenger side at the front...