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Looks like your truck was done up by these guys for extreme temperature operation. https://www.irv2.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=127915&d=1464019316 Looks basic enough, I see nothing that would make it unreliable. Maybe get a spare voltage regulator if you can. Everything else is off...

I know Benjamin-Moore can color match the FS 595 paint codes. Tell them to search under "US Government". I can't confirm the durability or their Aura exterior paint. I tried their interior because I heard it was harder so it could tolerate scrubbing. I think the opposite is true. It's a...

As an avid motorcycle rider clutch masters and rear brake masters often suddenly don't work one day. Very annoying. European bikes or worse because they use mineral oil in the clutch circuit for whatever reason. Use a volunteer or your phone camera and observe proper movement of the components.

If you cut one of the box filters open you'll see that it has both primary and secondary elements inside as well as a chamber to trap water. They're quite the neat design.

If I have room I just lift the cylinder from one end. Choke the rod and lift to take the load off the top, push the top pin out, lift until the cylinder is nearly vertical and load is off the bottom and push the other pin out. If you need to remove the cylinder in any position but vertical use...

I don't understand the benefit of the FM 100 filters. They eliminate the keys? John Deere uses this type of filter with keyed bases on their current 4045 and 6068 engines. We're not fans because the filters are difficult to install and there is confusion as to which is primary and secondary. The...

You want this to be a an upgrade. The stock filter housing has a bleed screw, it has a primary 10 micron water filtering element and a secondary 6? micron polishing element. It has a water in fuel indicator. Make sure you're new filter has at least these things. The bleeder is a must. I don't...

Be mindful that most of those drain plug kits use a plastic washer which can cold flow from under the bolt head. Look for a kit that uses a metallic washer, dowty washer, or has some type of retaining washer/feature.

When you have hoses adjacent to each other like that you often have to start from one side and remove hoses until you get to the one you need access to. Also, it appears you have hoses with braided reinforcement. Those are for constant pressure applications. A backhoe is an impulse application...

$300 for parts isn't too far off if you're getting Viton o-rings and gaskets.

We used to hear this about the DB2 pumps on the 6.2 diesels used in Desert Storm. They were run on JP fuel instead of diesel. That was assumed to be the cause of the failures. Sandia National Labs got their hands on some failed pumps and sectioned them for analysis. Every single failure was...

Not much to go wrong on the TH400. There is a piston that fails in the valve body but means no engine braking. The NP208 transfer case shift forks wear out. They have a nylon bushing on them and once that goes the aluminum forks are toast slightly after. Neutrals everywhere. Put it in low range...

You can roll the engine any time. No need to remove glow plugs. You can lever it around with a screwdriver in the flywheel teeth or with a wrench on the crankshaft front bolt/pulley lugs depending on engine.

Have you not tried to push the gear back with a screwdriver or something? Have you tried to rotate the engine? It might be seized.

I just bought a running center mount 6.5 on eBay with full accessory rack for $2k. I was mad when I opened it to find valve recession and a worn top deck. Now I feel a lot better about the purchase.

Usually you need to support the weight of whatever the cylinder is holding and then push the pins out. If the arm is not supported the pins won't push out freely.

I just got my new to me 6.5 started today. I had a questionable injection pump and it smoked and knocked terribly. I put a known good pump on it and it still had a knock that I isolated to cylinder 5 by cracking injector lines. By the time I isolated it,.the injector started firing correctly and...

Don't forget the throttle shaft seal. This really is the only part that actually wears out on the current generation Stanadyne pumps. Your engine will start right away but die as soon as you drive 50 feet down the road.

I just bought the tool to do the inner axle seals on the front. I had to disassemble the right side of the axle to get my engine in and out and figure the diff needs some seals too. I did have a kingpin fail some time back and it damaged the lockout on the hub. If anybody has Spicer lockouts I...

Power steering return line exploded. Still going to need to figure that one out.