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Rapco/Gillespie seems to be the go to paint if you are willing to order online. If you just want to walk into a store, Home Depot has the Federal Supply color codes in their system and can tint paint to match. It doesn't look quite the same as the Rapco does, but still really good. Use Behr...

I just went out and looked at mine. Definitely looks like the wrong pulley. On mine the nut fits inside the center of the pulley (kind of cup shaped)

Yeah. I had my tank dropped and checked it all out when I first bought the rig, it was clean inside. I dropped it because of a hole someone drilled/manufactured in the top of the tank that leaked when it was full. Fuel comes from the same sources as my car (VW TDI) and it's never shown any...

the 1123s came with the 200 amp dual voltage generator. If it isn't lining up correctly check to make sure the mounting bracket is secure. Mine was at a little bit of an angle because the exhauststud it mounted toat the rear was sheared off, and 2 of the other 3 bolts were loose.

Lately it has seemed like my truck has been missing at high rpms/heavy load. Took the BEOD off the back (2500 lbs)and drove it again, still sounding like it's missing at high speed/load, and doesn't want to go over 60mph. Decided to check the fuel in the filter, so opened the valve by the...

split washers. The internal/external are just for bolts that need a good electrical connection as far as I've ever been told.

So you're saying the glow plugs aren't actually designed to see full battery voltage when operating?

yes, both ports are inside, on the side of the evaporator unit. If it broke and the R134A started leaking out, you'd know it. Oil all over the place, and high pressure gas (anywhere from 40-250psi depending on environmental and mechanical factors) would come hissing out. Now, if it failed...

I was kind of thinking the same thing. Only reason I could see for a glow plug to get more power when others fail is if there is a restriction/resistance in the wiring between the batteries and the glow plugs, in which case as the overall load decreases from failed plugs, that power is available...

My college diesel instructor was also against lock washers. He said he had never had a nut on a flat washer come loose where a lock washer would have done any better. Properly torquing the nuts was the important part.

1)I can't say anything about how it fits in a 4 door truck or slantback, but yeah, it does take up quite a bit of space. Personally without a rearview mirror having something in the back of the truck (back when I drove a 1025A1 in the military) anything back of my view out the rear passenger...

Also, if you use it as a PDF you can use the "find" function to narrow down the amount of pages you have to look through to find a part.

That is what happened with me, but your mileage may vary. I'd try to at least keep it reasonable for when it might have been originally produced, but that's just me. Lying on forms submitted to the government should not be undertaken by amateurs.

yeah, I know that but I use it as a work truck, so registering it as a classic vehicle would put too many restrictions on how I could use it here. If I had purchased it for use as a hobby then it might have been tempting to fudge the paperwork like that, but I seem to have an honest streak in...

mine was also a 183xxx serial number M1123 from Barstow, with a 09/10 rebuild tag. There was a mix up and I had to send them paperwork a couple months after I picked it up to start the process. Basically just a blank form with a bunch of lines to fill out with things like VIN#, Year, Color...

Military trucks tend to run the fewest number of different fluids as possible, so it's not usually what's the best fluid for an application, it's what fluid is already being used that can also be used elsewhere. To my understanding civi H1s used power steering fluid not atf. Not sure what they...

used is often a crapshoot as to whether it's any good or not. Rebuilt really depends on who is doing it. There are some decent places, and others that are selling "rebuilt" motors using crap imported parts at massively inflated pricing. Not my personal experience, but from seeing lots of...

if you're seeing battery voltage at the regulator, then yes, it is unlikely the regulator stopped because it thinks the batteries are fully charged. No, those voltages are not too low for the excitation circuit to work, so that shouldn't be the issue. For the field col resistance, did you...

So it has been a few months since I installed the hitch, thought I'd give an update. No pictures as I haven't done anything spectacular, but I've towed a car trailer a couple of times with small cars on it, along with some other trailers. No issues with the hitch itself, or the wiring or brake...

other than having a little more tongue weight I don't see it being an issue. Drilling holes in the top and bottom of the frame is usually frowned upon as it weakens it, especially as that's the point with the most stress on it for a trailer, so might not be a bad idea to weld on some...