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The Wild Weasel has a repurposed rear bumper with matching patina. This is the rear bumper that was attached to my last build Decade Wrecked. It sat in the field for 10 years waiting for a future. I reconstructed it and it is in Germany now. I hope the current owner is happy with it.

Why not. Paint it pretty.

I have 2” in the transfer case. I am not feeling all fuzzy and warm about that. Any thoughts? Not my vehicle and asking just because I am in a pickle here. Have a Great Day.

Over the years I have seen people melting the nylon from the driveshaft. I am talking the nylon that holds the OEM u joints into place. I never melted them out. I use my trusty u joint press and a little grease and oil and press them on and out without any hammering and beating on the u joint or...

I pressed in the front ujoint after work. And of course I painted the driveshaft. Any job that requires removal and I am working on gets makeup put on before reassembly. Have a Great Weekend. I hope to get some work done this weekend after I put in another Saturday. If not I will another day. I...

Very helpful l post. Now I will learn how to get alternators charging the hard way. A hacked harness.

Check out this M1009 gate rebuild I done on Terminus M1009. Terminus M1009 | Page 4 | SteelSoldiers I welded, glued and riveted it back into shape and I even painted it to make it look pretty. While you are reading check out the entire thread. Terminus M1009 came from a junkyard crush pile to...

Last night I made good progress. I was able to get the gate reassembled and operational. As with most gates o work on without doing welding and adding a strip to the top outer flange this gate is structurally unsound. It works and opens and closes fine but the outer skin is corroded from the...

It could be the main clock spring in the air bag system I don’t know anything about transmission parts. I maintain things and try my best to duplicate the OEM fit and function. After that I open my wallet and let the dollar bills escape and untended. It is 40 years since I worked on GM vehicles...

All clamped up and hopefully no where to go. Speaking from experience a person could easily get $1500. to $2000. In a rear gate if the gate needs replaced and all the parts are worn out. I have repaired and rebuilt several gates and it gets costly to do it right and even doing it functional can...

I was out and pulled the transmission pan from the Wild Weasel. Pretty much uneventful. I did find clean red fluid and a bit of debris on the magnet. Not enough to get excited about in a 40-year-old vehicle that has been pushing a snowplow and being driven by several hundred different people in...

You only need a sending unit for the 28-gallon fuel tank diesel 1984 model. No 4 lines are available anymore. Use the sending unit they list for a civilian model. Check out my Wild Weasel build thread I just had the sending unit out and showed how I tested it manually. The 4-line sending unit...

The new aluminum ones work fine. I have used them since day 1. The old copper/brass stuff is obsolete. Like bias ply tires we have progressed to lighter better materials. I prefer the plastic aluminum radiators myself if I have a choice . They are easier to repair. And I have driven trucks with...

I got it. Not sure what the issue was but I was determined and knew I could do it. So now I have 3 completely functional rear window cranks with cylinders installed and everything works on them. 2 of the 3 are brand new. I had to take the Genine GM clutch into the basement and Dremel grind a few...

I am back on the OEM black crank. Maybe that got thrown in the truck on the line because they could not get the cylinder into it. I am going to keep trying but the LMC one went together like nothing.

And then just like that I got it. That spring has more tension than the stock spring and you must basically plunge it in tight against the other wall of the crank. Fell into place. I was really starting to wonder if I was losing my skills. Take Care.

I may end up taking these cranks to a lock smith. I cannot get the cylinders to stay in any of the cranks I have. Stock everything except the spring. I have spent a few hours on these 2 cranks and watched videos. I used to do this like brushing my teeth. Almost effortlessly. That was all stock...

I know that. I don’t have a spare CUCV lock cylinder for the gate. If I did I wouldn’t be in this conundrum. I am going to go out and dig up some more parts and get the new crank and cylinder out for your Wild Weasel. I hope I have better luck with that one. That is a complete LMC set up. I...

I am in the process of assembling 3 rear gate cranks and have hit a snag. The black OEM handle I found trapped / entombed under the seat of Little Red when I was disassembling it. With the radio rack in place from the factory the seat could never be folded forward so I assume it was entombed...