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Progress moving forward one step at a time gets to the finish whether you are tortoise or hare. Running the engine with new fluids and frequently will get the machine back into a mechanical rhythm, and keep a vigilant eye on the fluids for any changes until your confidence in that area meets...

Pulling and reading plugs helps with looking at condition of each cylinder. Leakdown always helped me with ring sealing, broken rings, broken piston lands from overheating or over revving. If the air is leaking into the intake when intake valve closed, worn, bent, burned valve. Same with...

Visit again for tool fab, great idea.

Yep looked up an older thread and Sharecropper did all the heavy lifting. Thanks the information is still good but a little increase for time, 8.5 years. :) Having an existing account helps also. Great place for what I am always looking for.

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Glad you are making excellent progress on your pickup. Having prior mechanical experience helps bigley on anything that has been sitting a spell or old, like when things were simple. The carburetor may need to be cleaned several times before you can get all the passages clean. I always use...

That small of a crack can be easily fixed by welding. I have repaired bellhousing cracks that were fully separated in 2. I have another military case separated at the rear adapter flange that lost the upper bolts and left the bottom 2 that broke out. It is beyond repair but hopefully all the...

Ummm, WOW! If I was only 3K miles closer.

Enter your pickup into the vehicle of the month, everyone would love to see her. :love:

Welcome aboard Jake! You do not get to see em like that very often just resting in a field of dreams. :) Yes indeed its a great pickup. And looks like someone took great care of the pickup. Must be on the dry side of the State. I just want to add a word of caution. Newer old gasoline is not...

A wordsmith, people looking at your thread and giving suggestions to a probable cause become the badguy. I will say what works for me may not work for you. You decide to pick words instead of observing the content of the post. I quote said that I prefer Delco glowplugs, never said that was...

Yes they can be intermittent as they begin to wear from non greasing issues. They can open up clearance one or both sides and as the propeller spins it will spin balance to the center and will act normal. I see it more on stock non greaseable u joints front axle shafts and as the front...

Have you done a wet test on the trouble cylinder. The same with the adjacent cylinder with the low 280 reading? Wet test and dry can narrow down the symptoms to specific causes. What I see as troubling as the glow plug is "melting" many glow plugs and the piston is not having any damage as...

Square tires from sitting over the winter? How much use does the truck get. Age of tires become a hazard also after many years in the weather. Could also be death wobble from many things from one thing or combination of several. Do you think it is engine related; motor mounts check out ok...

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Have you been able to correct your fuel problem? There is one section of rubber fuel line that never gets the attention that it requires. Behind the passenger fender well there is a 6 inch section that is hidden and to get to it you need to remove the fender well. If you are getting air...

I like how you have blacked out your grill, gives it more definition, contrast. Fine looking 1009, Chevrolet's GMC always look good lifted with larger rubber.

What an adventure Ken! Its been a year since I looked into the thread, and I believe I missed allot of interesting things as they happened. Having a good specimen to start really helped with the transformation from abandoned to Gertrude being a useful Beauty. And that choice of rubber really...

Hello Finnegan, can you do most of the mods or will they be farmed out? Long term project or immediate build with a modest budget? Do you propose on being comfortable or go spartan while traveling to your camping, offroad adventures? CUCV's are not luxury vehicles for sure but are very capable...

Also check to see if your shift lever grommets are in place, one ay steering column and one at transmission connection. It may not be going into drive on the transmission selector at transmission. Rubber grommets will eventually break and disappear.