Recent content by Shooter308

Independence day parade with the local v.f.w

After getting the call about a week ago to be the truck for the local VFW in a 4th of July parade I had to scramble with a couple late nights to early mornings to get some benches done for the vets to sit on. I know it's not historically accurate but had to rush to get them done with some help...

Checked compression?

After a long 5 months of winter and warmer weather on the way I finally got the truck out of storage. Still only mid 30's out but a few times on the starter it came to life. Will be on to my list of maintenance items and will also be deleting the flame heater this spring.

I haven't done anything timing the injection pump before, but if you want to know what stroke, should be able to just check valve overlap on #1. If you are tdc #1, should have no pressure on valves.

My locking door handles are from those military guys. Seems to be of good construction. Has held up to kids pulling on them anyway. Visited the deuce in storage over the weekend, checked for signs of mice and made sure there was plenty of repellent on site.

Steady at idle

Installed a 80 amp alternator from Boyce not very long ago and everything seemed to work out good. Have not had any issue since

I may go overboard and do all versions of rodent prevention. At least it's only over winter. I've seen what 10 years of storage on another vehicle does.

My worry is mice also. Storage will be northern winter, indoor but not climate controlled. As of now just planning on the basics unless there should be something else done. Mouse prevention, put a battery tender on the batteries, and fuel preservation.

For those of you who put your trucks away for an extended period of time what do you like to do for storage? I will be looking at a 6 month winter storage. I will have the ability to visit it if needed. I keep debating if I should leave batteries in and start the truck routinely or just have it...

New alternator is in. Looks to be charging. Went for a ride to get the batteries recharged.

Testing seemed to go pretty good. I had a good suspicion it was the alternator. I am still wondering why the TM said change the output wire if the output voltage was low? That part didn't make sense to me, unless I just didn't read it properly.

Wish I knew more. It'll be 80 amp, and should bolt right up.

As it turns out, when I had the truck outfitted, the needed alternator did not get put on. So it's on its way here. Just gotta put it on and should be back in business.