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I noticed the other day that when I was out driving with shorts on the heat off the transmission hump was almost burning my calf. I touched the floor and almost burned my hand. I'm not getting any overheating idiot light and all my fluids are topped off and don't look like any of them are...

It's happening right at the transfer case. The little square bit is fine, but the wire coils up and snaps just on top of the square bit. There looks like there's plenty of grease in there, and there aren't any tight turns. I might pick up a new plastic gear (44 teeth?) with the next cable.

I've replaced 2 speedometer cables on my truck, and soon to be a third. They keep getting blown up at the connection with the transmission. Any idea on what may be causing this?

In my infinite wisdom I remembered I had 2 spare alternators from an old engine I picked up to rebuild and swap. I replaced the drivers side and the Gen 1 light came on right away and the battery it charging fine. However, I apparently didn't tighten the belt correctly and on my test drive I...

So I switched the bulb out and I'm still not getting a Gen 1 light. Where to next?

Update: The GEN 1 light does not light up, so hopefully it's just a bulb. I need to figure out what size as I didn't have any tools to take apart my dash at the time I checked. Also, for the large electrical connector at the firewall, how do you pull that thing off? I'd like to clean that...

Just when you turn the key one click, or when it's running?

Bit of an update. I tested the voltage of the alternators. On the passenger side, I put the positive to the red wire and ground to the alternator case, and got 26.7V. I did the same on the driver side and got only 11.9V. So it looks like I need to replace the drives side.

This past weekend I hooked up a 12V winch to just the front battery. I left the truck running and after pulling one small shrub out of the ground, the winch stopped winding. I turn the truck off and unplugged the winch wondering if something had gone wrong with it. Then I went to restart the...

I had a chance to dive into this a little more. After pulling the air filter and letting it run to work up pressure, I noticed the valley was wet. It took some digging, but it turned out it wasn't coolant. One of my fuel lines was loose coming out of the pump. Luckily it was one I could...

I started looking around and nothing really sticks out. I'm going to spray some de-greaser back there and hose it down. Then I'll dry everything off real good and let it sit in the driveway and warm up to see if I can track it down better.

Only when the truck is hot, I'll get a puddle of coolant dripping off the bellhousing. I can't tell where it's coming from, so I'd like some suggestions on where to look. This engine has less than 2000 miles on a top end rebuild with new head gaskets so I'm grasping at straws here.

I've had trouble starting my 1008 the last few times and I'm trying to figure out what's going on. Today I tested both batteries after it wouldn't start and the back battery was 12.5 and the front 11.9. The way these batteries are set up, shouldn't they both read the same? Also, thinking...

I ordered the pump from Amazon, and a new regulator. I don't think the valve is the problem, but I've also got a vacuum tester on the way. It might be a bit overkill, but I'd rather do it all at once than have to spend multiple weekends tinkering at it.

Does anyone have a part number for a new modulator? What about the seals for the modulator and pump?

The biggest question, do I have enough room to pull the vacuum pump straight out with the engine in the truck, or do I have to pull the manifold/fuel lines or anything else? Or do I need to pull the whole engine out of the engine bay?

I had to send my truck to the shop when the transmission decided not to go into drive/reverse. They dropped the pan and and found out pretty quickly with all the metal that I needed a rebuild. I also had them do a few other small fixes that I didn't want to deal with myself and that completely...

I had a chance to look at it again today. Whatever I put in a few weeks ago is now on the floor. I put another gallon in and let it run for awhile to warm up. It looks like the leak is somewhere around the vacuum modulator or above it where the oil lines to the radiator are. Either way, when...

It's still leaking after adding more fluid, so a seal must have either dried out or given out. I'm not outfitted to drop a transmission and replace seals, so this will likely go in to a professional. For the time being I'm going to add some stop leak/seal conditioner and hope is slows the...

It's a little puzzling at the moment. I put almost a gallon of fluid in and the line on the dipstick barely moved. If I try to drive it cold, it doesn't want to grab reverse, but if I let it warm up and idle for 15 minutes, it will grab and go in reverse.