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Happy to help. There are lots of books out there that talk about things like how to maintain steel ships that live in salt water. Rust is a cancer that you must eliminate or it will spread. Once you eliminate it, you protect the steel from rusting. Sounds simple, right? The tough parts with...

In a nutshell, you have to remove whatever is protecting the rust, including paint, grease, and sometimes poor welds. Then you mechanically remove as much rust as you can. Then you chemically remove what's left. Then you protect your rust-free metal. Naval Jelly eats rust. Soak time depends on...

I imagine he had a mixture of air and fuel. Imagine the fuel pickup near the edge of the fuel in a steeply inclined tank with fuel sloshing around vigorously as he negotiates a steep off-road trail. Sometimes it sucks air, sometimes fuel. So the fuel lines would have a mixture of fuel and...

The CUCV fuel tank has no significant sump. It may have baffles, but they only slow the rate at which fuel moves in a tank. They can't keep fuel from flowing downhill. Aerobatic aircraft fuel tanks use a "flop tube", a flexible fuel pickup with a weighted tip. When all the fuel goes to one...

I had a strange vibration that went away when I tightened loose belts. It would come in at some speeds, and fade away when I sped up or slowed down. I didn't know it was the belts. I just tightened them because they were loose, and the vibration disappeared.

Needle scalers are pretty good at getting awkward spots. Then Naval Jelly will soak into the rust that the needle scaler can't get. Then water to flush out the naval jelly, WD40 to flush out the water, brake cleaner to flush out the WD40, and Rust Reformer to get any remaining corrosion. If...

I have had AAA Premier for decades, for all drivers in my family. In 2010, I had to move 2 vehicles 400 miles with 1 driver, so I put the S10 on a trailer and towed it with the C3500 crew cab dually. Half way there, I had a problem with the C3500. I called AAA and, after sending several tow...

My alignment guys also used the wrong spec. They were completely confident they had it right. In the future, I'll bring this, from the -30 TM: I don't think alignment shops are capable of looking up the alignment specs for our trucks.

Update: The chalk test confirmed that 65 PSI front and 80 PSI rear are appropriate tire pressures for my truck, as Goodyear recommended. I installed the Crane Axle Dana 60 King Pin Spring Eliminator Kit on the driver side, and that fixed my death wobble. I'll install it on the passenger...

No, I'm not sure. My M1010 replaced a C3500 crew cab dually that was about 3' longer and 18" wider than the M1010. AAA wouldn't touch that C3500, so I had to go to the StateFarm RV service. I just kept it when I switched to the M1010.

Spare tire storage, and changing a tire Since I needed to take off the front wheels to replace the kingpin springs to fix my death wobble, I figured this would be a good time to rotate the tires, and test out the gear and process for changing a flat -- massive failures on several levels...

Yes. I was careful to protect the tapered side when double-nutting.

Yes, driver side installation went well. Passenger side tomorrow. I used the double nut trick to remove and install the studs. I couldn't find a torque spec for the studs, so I used the same as the nuts (80 lbs). Does anyone know the proper torque for the Kingpin Cap Studs? #21 in this...

Mine was too tight to do that. Perhaps it would have worked if I'd used more force, but I have a long history of breaking things when I use too much force.

paint your Lisle 12400 If you get the Lisle 12400, I recommend painting it a very bright color. I end up doing much of my work at night, outdoors with a work light, and a black tool can be hard to spot among the black belts and the black engine parts. It would be very easy to leave that tool...

Thanks guys. I'll use the double-nut approach and pull the studs. Update: The double-nut approach worked like a charm. It's a bit tedious, but I didn't damage my hard-to-replace tie rod end seals. I still need to replace the 30-year-old rubber boots, they're failing due to age, but that's...

The TM says I should replace the rubber "tie-rod socket seals" on my tie rod ends while I have them apart for installation of new kingpin springs. I can't find anyone who sells the seals. I can see that the seal comes in the box if I buy a new tie rod. Where can I get the seals? I just spend...

Rosanna Danna Danna? Gilda? as in Radner it's always something!

Loose belts My belts were loose. To measure belt tension, I got a Dayco Krikit https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=168&v=z11wfc-0-hY Amazon sells it as "Gates 91107 Belt Tension Tester" To help with tensioning belts, I got a Lisle 12400, and used it with a 24" breaker bar. Table E-2 in...

CUCV alignment specs I found the CUCV alignment specs! 1/16" is 0.065", which is close enough to the 0.07" +/- 0.07" spec. Caster and Camber are not adjustable, though you could shim them. TM9-2320-289-34 Table G-1