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CUCVRUS has cleaned his in box. Send to rengle523@comcast.net easier that way. Thank you.

I braze and get great results. But I was taught to braze with coat hangers so if you want to braze have at it. But on a roof it can be very tricky controlling the heat. Can be done but cautiously. The roof skin does have a piece of tar coated cardboard inside between the skins. Don't want to...

Turn the heat down low and trigger weld a small metal patch. Dime size. Flat washer. Tap it down and fill the area with filler. It can be made to be perfect again. Good Luck. Take you time and cover all plastic and glass to avoid spark damage.

Hot rodding and Modification department may be of help to you there.

Last night was more of the cleaning parts and cleaning the underside. It seems like I clean the underside a lot. I am trying to get it as perfect as possible. It has been sitting and I had cleaned it well 11 years ago. I wanted to check and recheck to make sure I am getting everything I can...

Weld them shut and do the finish work with filler. Never know they were there if you do it right. Use a Mig welder and they go thru to the inside skin do that also. Cover all the glass and interior trim with a fire blanket or heavy cardboard. have a fire watch while you are doing it. But it is...

The truck was in phenomenal shape. I drove it daily for 14 years and it was garage kept. It had a lot of road rash from hard service. But it was not rusty at all. It was getting tired as far as the engine goes for highway use. But running it 75mph on the interstate loaded day in and out for 235K...

We had the viewing for Big Red today. Everything else is going to the scrap yard. All is well. Out with the old in with the new. Opportunity knocks. I see a brand new plow truck in the future. Hard to imagine the damage that was done here. That Dana 60 is broken in half. And the transfer case...

I am still doing hand sanding on small parts. I cleaned and sanded the heat shields and 1/4 panel rear fillers. I am still cleaning up the underside. It seems to be less dirt every time I do it so that is a step in the right direction. In the next few days I plan on spraying DX330 wax and grease...

Making it 12 volt won't make it start easier. Fix the problem. A rebuilt injection pump cost about $400. US and it will retain it's value as a CUCV. But do as you wish. Many times people dance around the issue and do this and that trying to avoid fixing the real issue. It's a simple task. Do it...

If I am the Rick you are referring to. I hope to tell you man. I have a few and sold a few. I may have added a few lights but I kept the original harness and have not hacked one yet. Un hacked a many jacked up harnesses and saved a few CUCV's from inevitable doom. Now I am down to my last 3. I...

My Sons always like to harass me when they see me sanding odd parts. Oil pans are one of their favorites. They sneak videos of me sanding axles and driveshafts and post them on the web. But all in good fun. Today with more rain the forecast I moved back in the barn and worked on things I was...

Today was a very productive day. I recommend if you are going to paint your CUCV that you strip the doors out and clean the bottom of the doors and the seam sealer. That area may appear good but can harbor a cavity filled with rust that never sleeps. I can not stop the rust but if I wire brush...

Already being a CUCV organ donor. Not worth the effort to repair. Scrap it. It is not worth fixing. Broken transmission, bent frame, broken axle, transfer case, And I am sure it will not stop there. If it was a 2018 Chevrolet K3500 4 X 4 pick up it would be scrapped. Sometimes you just fold the...

The pictures tell the whole story. I was told a different story. Yes that is a Dana 60 in the front of Big Red. It is scrap. After 20 years of hard use.

That will be $800. till it gets to Texas.

Tis True. Supreme was bought by Wabash National last year. We still build Supreme Truck Bodies. That may change. But for now it continues. Have a Great Day. Stay productive.

Dura plate is a steel panel that has polyethylene between the 2 sheets. It is very useful and versatile. Just Google Wabash Duraplate. They manufacture it and that is the company I work for.

I always start with a strip of 1" and move up from there to the 2". I prefer to get precise in the corners and edges with the 1". A little hard to be accurate and precise with 2" tape. I like the plastic mask because it comes in 99" wide and is very handy when it comes to covering large open...

I thought 2 little boxes. One on the diagnosis wiring and one for the low coolant sensor. What do I know. I could be wrong. But the one with the glow plug card should be above the brake pedal bracket or if stock mounted to the brake pedal support upside down on the left side. Have fun getting it...