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I never change the oil pump. If I have good oil pressure before the seal change. I will have good oil pressure after the seal is changed. Oil pumps do NOT create oil pressure. The clearances and tolerances of the engine bearings is what creates oil pressure. But a strong oil pump will still...

At this point. I would remove the frame send it out and have it sand blasted. Have it hot dipped in a zinc rich primer and powder coated. You have opened up Pandora's box and all the creepy evil things are going to happen now. This K5 here I spilled a bottle of brake fluid on the frame. Poof...

Use the mighty vac and vacuum out the system till you have nice clean fluid. I resurrected these trucks from the grave and that is all I ever done. Unless you want to change all the steel lines, rubber lines and the proportioning valve. That is the only way I see it done. Don't introduce another...

If you have a delay between shifts from Drive to Reverse. That is a start of problems. But yes I would drop the pan and service the transmission and check the magnet inside the pan. Changing the fluid and filter would be a great place to start. After that I would just keep running it and keep...

I am thinking you may have some slippage in the transmission you are not aware of. I push snow and do the same dragging of an I beam on a 53 acre truck lot. I use a stock M1008 and it works hard but I have never overheated the truck in any way. What makes you aware of the transmission...

Welcome to the hobby. I would look under the dash on the left side at the fuse block. I am sure you have a bad 30 amp fuse on the right side of the fuse box midway up. It is a common problem. It can be fixed easily without any real difficulty. Go under there and you will see the slightly melted...

I would take a look at the fuel filter or the sock in the fuel tank. The above pictures show what I found in my filter. I had slight sluggish acceleration and that was the root cause. Simple fix. It runs like a totally different vehicle now.

Lets all hope he has his CUCV started by now and is out driving and enjoying the drive. That is what my goal was all along. I know that some people can read things and have no memory or complete understanding of what they read. Poor reading comprehension or lack of experience and self...

Not sure why it would be shooting out fuel with wire off. Unless it is that full of fuel from previous attempts to cold start without the aid of glow plugs. Hook the wire back up put the glow plugs back in and give it a whirl. report back. And on the note of reading the TM. That is fine you...

You bleed the air out of the top bleeder on the fuel filter base. NOT the bottom drain. And if you have the glow plugs out you may as well test them. Keep them out till you have fuel first out of the bleeder on the top of the fuel filter. The engine will crank over much easier. Then with the...

You might want to stay on your original post. Some people are posting to help you out. They all see the same posts. Adding to another post will not expedite an answer.

I am thinking the incorrect relay. You should be able to mount that on steel and it should work fine. They make many relays. Some must be isolated other not. You need one that is not isolated. I can't help you. I have all stock CUCV's and I know nothing of this conversion. Good Luck. Someone...

Where are they? I see nothing at all. I will send out my best Dog to look for them. Hunt them down and bring them back to us.

All I can say is at least you received an answer. And it is a reasonable explanation in their defense. I work at an assembly plant and I see some things that other workers do to brand new trucks during up fitting. It is hard to be every where at once from a management point of view. I see...

Very good point. cracked frame is not a nice thing. It is easily repaired. But still not a nice thing.

Is it just me? Or are these pictures just not viewable? I tried at work and at home. No see nothing.

Axle U joints is my opinion. They are seizing and you are having to over correct to get back in your lane of travel. Check them out. Please report back. Thank you.

Who is already to go wheeling again? I drove by Rausch Creek yesterday and I thought yea that will be soon. Lets all get some planning done. Or just one more person that wants to do some wheeling. You only need 2 vehicles to go out. I am getting ready. What am I talking about. I am ready...

After a day of plowing I smelled hot diesel fuel and discovered the useless pressure switch was leaking. Easy fix. I removed the leaking switch tapped the hole and put a set screw in. I vacuum tested the seal and screw and it held for an hour. I then applied some Permatex Right Stuff and left it...

I live in Pennsylvania. I use DOT 5 in all my CUCV's. It works why change it now? I vacuum out the fluid on occasion and just put fresh in. I changed all my brake parts when I bought the trucks and that was the last time I ever had to do anything to them as far as brakes are concerned.