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The fuel gauge staying on full a long time is a product of the way GM made the system back then. 3/4 tank is normally around actually 1/2 tank or less fuel in the tank. I forget which way GM did theirs, but Ford did it the opposite way and their gauges at the time would drop to around 1/4 tank...

Does your new starter have the starter support bracket for that starter? If not, don’t start it again until you do. Here is a video I did about the starters and brackets: The transfer case is supposed to be able to go from 2 hi to 4 hi while moving. Every other shift is supposed to happen...

Good find.

I am writing this trying to be nice and not coming across as a mean jerk. Ok? Any 30 plus year old diesel vehicle you buy was built to be happy at 55 mph. If you have to have someone work on it then no matter what the vehicle is, you will run out of patience and money real fast. The M725 and...

The Duramax filter also has the handy hand prime pump. Very nice to have. Even with that hand prime, pull the pink wire and turn the engine over with the bleeder open to make sure you have it bled before trying to start.

The M35A2 multifuel engine doesn’t have glow plugs.

What engine are you working on? The Chevy CUCV 6.2 engines use 12 volt glow plugs. However, fully charged batteries should deliver 12.6 volts at first but will probably be down to 10.9 or so volts after all 8 pull voltage for 12-18 seconds. But, if slave starting from a running vehicle the...

The hardest part is getting the screws that hold the IP cover off without breaking them in my opinion. I will try and do a video about it soon.

Thanks for watching and subscribing! I had one of those solenoids that I could fix on the bench, install it on the engine and it would break in a different spot when I plugged in the wire. I ended up soldering it on the engine with the plug plugged. I worked the next 20,000 miles I owned that...

Are you talking about the solenoid that pushes against the throttle arm? If so, they are very hard to find and extremely expensive if you do find one. Peel back the rubber boot on the end with the screw head on it. You will see two really thin copper wires running from the plug to the coil...

Replacing the plug at the alternator is something I have done on all of my trucks. I didn’t even think about it in this thread. Sorry. I’m going to write it again. Trace every single wire in the diagram posted above and clean every single connection. You didn’t mention if your glow plug...

You didn’t mention the Double E thing earlier. That makes it easier to write you. Have you a way to measure the ALT 2 voltage while driving? Going on the something loose theory I wonder if what is loose is a contact blade at the big plug on the rear of the gauge cluster. Or, the main fuse for...

The Jag needs a box trailer! Then all your other problems are solved.

14.4 volts is considered max output for an alternator. You seeing closer to 15 volts to mean means resistance somewhere or since the light flashes intermittently. Something loose somewhere. Have you had a chance to remove, clean with sandpaper and or nail file and then re attach every single...

Do you have a way of measuring the actual coolant temperature? Besides pulling the radiator cap and looking for steam from the heater core return when it dumps into the radiator. My next thought is heater core condition. You wrote there was flow. But if it is just a single tube, heat won’t get...

A deck over trailer or a trailer with reinforced drive over fenders is pretty much the only thing that will work if you ever need up with a HMMWV as well. I would imagine your 1/2 ton truck is rated at 10K towing only with a weight distribution hitch. All of the military trailers use a pintle...

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That is something many of us have looked for. However, the military didn’t ever really use anything smaller than a semi truck to fully haul vehicles. Yes, there are some trailers that can be made to do the job and I am sure an owner of one of them will write something. The military used tow...

This thread needs an update. Colton has graduated, got married to an amazing woman and they live about 60 miles from me in the College Station area. He also got a job in his major! RED has been living here in semi retirement the past 5.5 years. I use it for trips to town enough that I have...

The Cowdog just keeps getting driven and driven like a regular vehicle. Over 300 miles during thanksgiving and another 300 yesterday for family visiting. 5 adults traveling in comfort at or above open highway speeds. Running 75-80 for hours on end used to get me 16.5-17.5 mpg. I guess the new...