Recent content by sparky1

because so many posts on here have to do with electrical problems and people cant react soon enough to burning wires and run away starters.i have a very low cost solution.make a dummy connector that could be plugged into the the jump start receptacle on the passenger side of the grill thus...

working on a 1984 m009.for some unknown reason the top fuse in the fuse panel decided to melt and weld itself to the plastic fuse housing.now have no blower fan and the front battery in not charging.the blower fan is no big deal,but the charging is.i believe from what i have read here the...

a word of caution here.any repair to stripped threads in the block for the starter bolts will require opening up the diameter of the clearance hole.although the threads will be fixed the bolts will be a sloppy fit causing the starter to move around slightly.this could spell trouble.sleeving the...

i have a 1984 m009.does the front axle snubber have any function?it appears to be a good distance from the pumpkin.its also in the way big time when working on the starter.i'd like to remove it permanently.

when your right hand fenderwell becomes so rotted what are the options 1 repair the original 2 replace with aftermarket (will it support the batterys ?) 3 replace with aftermarket and weld in factory battery bracing 4 look for good used original

yes like ken said slid the trans/transfer case back.dont remove its to much work.you need to disconnect the the cooler lines and maybe the rear drive shaft.also unbolt the cross member from the frame.support the trans/transfer with a floor jack and roll the assembly to the rear a few inches.you...

i'm here to tell all of you people out there to asap go and get a 3/4 wrench and keep it in the glove box of your vehicle.was headed to the city yesterday to get some diesel and the tank was low.had to travel down a steep hill and i think all the remaining fuel ran to the front of the tank.yup...

this install procedure is easy and works every time.first determine where the pin slot is.dont have to turn engine. use mirror.compare to clock.is it at 6 oclock,12oclock?remember location.turn the hub on the pump so it simulates the gear.set pump into valley and leave one inch of the mounting...

the 2 trucks we have at the highway garage have newly rebuilt pumps in them.both have manual push buttons for the glow plugs.if you let them sit more than an hour they wont start,until you hit the button,then bang there running.my moo8 also has a new pump in it with the stock system except the...

i unplugged the switch in the left rear of the engine.now the glow plugs cycle all the time.this makes hot starts better.

getting to that flex ring is labor intensive.first you need to build a fixture to hold the the pump kike the same way its bolted in the engine.maybe some special tools for dismantling.then all the adjustments on re-assembly.by the add on e-bay(the second one)these guys seem to know there stuff...

problem found so i finally got to work on the m008 tonight.went right into the ip and found the govennor ring broke.these plastic rings from what i've read came in all 82-85 motors.you can tell if its failed by simply pulling the cover of the top of the ip and look down in the bowl towards the...

went to the city today in the m008.been running good up until a month ago. starts instantly cold,but then promptly stalls. takes some cranking then fires and surges for 10 seconds all ok after that.but today coming up the mountain truck began to lose power.barly made it to the top.then pulled...

my old stand by is is your standard plastic milk crate.you know the one that flips over if you lean to far in the engine compartment.

well it happened,one of the guys took our m009 from the highway garage this morning and the starter relay blew and stuck on.this made the starter crank out of control.trying to get battery cables with fingers is not fun.starter fried.going to put some kind of disconnect switch on the batteries...