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Welcome, Joshua. We're practically neighbors, probably less than 450 miles apart.

Haven't got around to it yet, but some day I'll cut a hole next to the pintle hook and inset a piece of receiver tube. It'll obviously be a bit offset, but that's better than having it low and dragging in the dirt when the backhoe is deployed.

As I recall, they're normal 5/20W bulbs with bayonet, as in most earlier vehicles. Except 24 Volt, of course.

I wear ear protection when running the snowblower. 2,200 rpm and the 'blower makes for a lot of noise. The back up alarm isn't a problem for me as it's extremely rare that I put the dash switches "in the wrong position", making it work. I wouldn't mind having the low air pressure alarm hooked...

That should be as simple as using the wire for the alarm to trigger a relay for the lights. In the process, it'd be the perfect opportunity to "forget" to hook that miserable alarm up afterwards.

I knew you wood come up with some good ideas.

Yeah, I still think it could be air shifter related. If it were me, I'd make it work in low range and leave it there. I never mess with that splitter anyway. Of course, I don't usually drive the FLUs on the road.

If shopping for a bead seater, avoid the temptation to get a cheap one, with a ball valve. There has been several instances when people have been unable to seat tricky beads...until we used my Astra. A ball valve type just won't release the air fast enough to be useful in many cases.

You did it right. But, you could've seated the bead with the wheel still on the SEE, using either an Astra bead seater, or starting fluid. That corrosion is unfortunately right where a tires seals, so getting that area as smooth as possible is the key.

Peakbagger, you can get to the reservoir and fill it without raising the backhoe. At least I can. Also, don't forget that it's just plastic tubing that connects the reservoir to the regulator, so thread matching should be relatively simple. I've been meaning to put some sort of reservoir on the...

Well, the odd thing is that it wasn't overly cold. And the test bottle, left in about -2 degrees over night, didn't seem to be all that affected. Yes, the AW-32 was noticeably thicker afterwards, but nothing like what came out of the tank. Also, right or wrong, I have never treated the Winter...

I'm no expert since my FLUs are always in Low on the splitter, but if it works like a splitter in a truck trans, it can leave you between gears. From what you've described, it's feasible that it's splitter related, I'd think.

Welcome, Falcondriver. If your alky system is clean and works, you might as well use it, I think. I'm running one with (when I remember to fill it) and one without, but in a dry climate. I'd think that like most older diesels, an OM 352 will run on almost anything. Well, except for whatever my...

I think the cab gasket would be quite popular. At least I have yet to get my butt in gear and make something myself. If it has built in rodent repellent, it'd be better yet.

It does seem to work that way, thankfully.

Yeah, with enough hard digging I've had them come on during 70-degree days. The surefire way to make them run is with the snowblower, even though it's obviously only used when it's cold. Which makes sense since the system is working full bore.

Hey, it may be something simple. Not that simple is all that easy when working on the ground in snow, but it still beats working on complicated stuff, on the ground and in the snow.

They're envious.

Glad to hear that you, too, got use and some fun (I hope) out of your SEE. Like with most older vehicles, there will be some tinkering along the way, but now it sounds like you're in for some more serious work. Looking forward to learning from your experiences with the drive train.

I think tennmogger is onto something with the plugged filter. Not that I think that the filter is necessarily plugged, but the viscosity of the fluid was surprisingly thick. It flowed like very cold 90W. My suspicion is that I caused it. Right after starting the SEE, I lifted the blade to...