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So from the rough measurements it looks like I can cram two 20mm cans side-by-side between the two front seats. Gotta find some local cans - time to go surplus shopping again [thumbzup]

If you don't have any 12V taps at all (simple single wire jumper from high negative post to low positive post), it's likely one battery has bad cells. Separate them and measure the voltage - if either is under 11Volts it has a bad cell(s). You can try charging it but use a load tester on it...

Always wore plugs and cans in those days, others didn't and now in their late 30's they say "eh?" a lot - like the old guys in the movies who've lived a long and exciting life. So I guess, no it's more of a critique :beer: Thanks for the ammo can dimensions, now if I could find a tape measure...

A 12V tap can yes. Do you have any 12V items in your truck?

Also paid Kubotaman last week for some radio mounts (dash/rear-rack). Those should come sometime and I'll get the LCD monitor mounted up on the dash so I can get cracking on the tunes... Need to find an ammo can that's big enough for a good center console and in good shape. Also need to start...

Gotta learn to be smooth before you can be fast, my mom had more verbal insight than my dad (who spent a lot of time trying to stomp a hole in the floorboard) - I learned to drive stick by being given the keys when he was tired one day. He said (and this is a direct quote), "Get us home, don't...

Just got the rearview mirror button attached to the windshield, need to wait until the adhesive bonds before mounting the mirror - that gave me time to remember that I almost got rear ended Friday evening. I want to look into the brake light switch adjustment, I had noticed that I get about...

Yes, search for "Burco 3031", many places have it, around $25 (that's US Dollars).

Notes from first day of daily-driving. Shifts well after running for a while, I'm going to replace all of the vacuum lines to start with. Low/no smoke when running, a little puff off the line, not much to complain about. Looks like I need a little more attention on the right (passenger) side...

My grandfather who was an engineer for PG&E at one of the Hydroelectric plants told me of guys who were not careful around HV switchgear and nothing more than char and burnt leather boots were left. HV is not funny. Anything over 72V will pass through the insulation value of skin into the...

The military plugs have the narrow tip - you can do one of two things, get the military plugs with the 3/16" tips, or replace the spades on the wires so that it can accept the more common .25" (1/4") tip. If you have not done a 12V modification for the glow plugs, I would not recommend the...

Perhaps a soft pocket inside the lid (can be fabric with velcro, and/or the wet-suit neoprene foam)? That way you can keep the console padded a bit... Hope the weather is not getting you too much.

Important to know is that the insulation that protects the wire from corrosion by resisting the passage or oxygen and moisture has a design life of only 20-50 years. For a mid-80's GM now in 2015, it's past half way to the "ideal" life-span, or 11-years overdue for failure, depending on care...

A bandana works too for getting the snap ring of the window regulator crank. 2cents

Try a screw into sheetmetal to see if that works - the blue wire you spliced into may in fact be the problem from the original glow system - bad grounds abound on these old trucks.

I would recommend looking at non-GM specific potential solutions for RF suppression, once you broaded your view to things other than what the CUCV came with you will find many more options and sources. The most common method for reducing noise across (radiated energy) a fast "switching" device...

I have several projects like this and I think it helps one to be honest with the time and money they could commit to each project. Yes a detailed plan is good to get down and share, not just for yourself, but also so that others can check your plan and comment some of the "gotchas" they may have...

If you read the lengthy explanation, you'll see that in a 24V system the resistor draws the upper 12V and the glow plugs draw the lower 12V, so doing a resistor bypass on a 12V only truck actually results in the exact same draw on that lower battery's power.

Good man, make sure the foundation is solid before building the house... Yes, you should put in a ground return wire for heavy continuous loads, steel has about 20% the conductivity of copper (or 5x the resistance), and the frame is an imperfect conductor already, rivets bonding components...

It's needed for 24V, not 12V. Lengthy explanation here. If it's still installed on a 12V system, your plugs will never burn out - of course they will be running at around 6V instead of 12V, so they'll never get to temperature either...