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Does that mean you don't want to duplicate my (soon to be covered) Magic Marker scribblings?!?

That's how my SEE is, too. The tach (and other things) won't work until the alternator starts charging, which takes a bit more rpm on that one. Which happens to be the one with erratic charging. Volt meters only in my FLUs, too. Sounds like the originally planned to use that shunt - which I have...

Thanks, Bison, I'll try your version, too. Not much progress on anything since I screwed my back up, again, dismounting SEE tires and loading up the wheels. But it did give me time to fix the old fuel filter housing. The bleeder screws are not normal bolts like on the replacement setup I...

Tried Ahab's quotation procedure, and predictably failed. I'll practice later.

I happened across them in the "Parts for sale" section here on SS. They'd been posted for some time, and I got the last two sets at a very good price. Sorry. But there might well be others ones out there, I'll keep an eye out.

I don't remember twisting my wrist any more than 90 degrees, but you may be right. Need to look at the decal set I got recently...if that one is included. These days, knowing that the 4WD actuation is by air, I would suspect that 4WD may have disengaged when the low air pressure warning light...

Turn the lever one notch for 4WD, all the way to 90 degrees for diff lock. Apples and oranges, but I'm used to levers and feedback from the vehicle. My Jeep, in particular. Yes, if it's in 4WD it's very obvious. Did someone unlock a front hub? Usually quite easy to tell when in 4WD. Did someone...

Earlier today I tried an idea I got last night and basically "lapped" the leaky valve I have, much like when seating valves in a head. Used a drill motor chucked to the little "pin" and pulled down on it while running the drill motor at full speed. Did it work? Dunno yet, but will report back...

After getting a few O-rings at NAPA and getting the (formerly) parts SEE running again, I decided to remove and clean out that drain valve, again. And failed to get it to stop leaking, again. Wiggling the little "pin" around a bit can lessen the rate of the air loss, but it still leaks...

Those were supposed to be deterrents?!? Guess they failed to activate as I cautiously approached on all four. Finding the SEE was the hard part. I kept looking for a mountain in Oklahoma for days.

General Hood is conveniently located between us, so logistically one of his SEEs would make a better parts vehicle, don't you think? One other advantage with eliminating that tubing over the filter is that it allows sliding the hood from the left side, without getting hung up on the forward...

It couldn't hurt to close the valve, but in my case both the (known) leaks are/were between the valve and the engine, so fuel dripping out from the strainer would still drip out. Other than as an anti-theft device, and to frustrate the daylights out of yourself after forgetting to open that...

If it's that same hose I already found, yeah, I'll fix it. Not planning on any creek crossings with the HMMH, and the closest the SEE is likely to get is when I drop a wheel into the irrigation ditch. Of course, the SEE's 4WD works, but that and the potential water intrusion will be the least of...

I sprayed some JB-80 down the "key hole" on the SEE, and that one has behaved better since. Of course, it may also be that I dropped a washer in there, as a spacer of sorts. Just can't remember if I fished it back out or if it's still there.

Aha, another feature for me to delete. I'd rather have 4WD than pressurized axles. And one of the FLUs did have a loose piece of plastic tubing by the left front, which I just pushed back onto the nearby metal pipe. Looks like I should take a peek at that area again. The more I think about it...

Okay, after all the crap I gave you when your SEE wasn't running, I can understand why you wanted to rub it in that mine does not. Actually, it did run today. For a while. First I tried removing the bleeder screw, and failed again. Following peakbagger's advice (I'm stubborn, but not that...

Bison, not sure what the manual shows, but on all the FLUs I've seen there's a bolt "with a bent rod" on top holding the spare. They function like any bolt, except that it's not easy to use regular tools on them, so when they're balky, a piece of cheater pipe is about the only option. I don't...

Your cylinder is leaking through paint?? The only thing I can picture creating that scenario is a cracked cylinder. Are you sure it wasn't just ice on the exposed rod that took a seal out? I had to do a bit of ice removal before using the backhoe. Not sure what you mean by the spare being...

Ah, the infamous diagnostic system. Alright, that pesky thing will be gone before the day is over, and it does indeed look like regular NPT thread. I did pick up one of those filter assemblies some time back, from EI as I recall. As you say, it was no more than the two filters inside...

Peakbagger, I re-read lots of your useful advice in old posts last night, in an effort to learn about the common issues, and hopefully pin down more precisely what's going on in this case. Known is that this SEE ran just fine a few months ago (but it was warmer then, if that can factor in) and...