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The firewall mounted electronic device is the voltage regulator for the alternator. The fender mounted device is the ignition module. I have seen many of these where the substance inside (potting) has run out sitting on a shelf, so that does not mean they have overheated, just gotten old...
Wow, did your truck suffer any damage like a scratch on the bumperette or a cracked tail light lens? Yup, sudden acceleration in an 809 has to be an unusual sensation.
Plenty of both battery and alternator capacity for those items. Get 12 volt power for the cab mounted items from the power pad to the left of the relays on the PDP in the cab.
Welcome to the forum. Probably best you park the truck and put the front axle up on jack stands. Next, inspect for loose wheel bearings, worn out tie rod ends, and disintegrated knuckle bearings.
Sweet! No surprise that GEP parts did not know about the vendor change on the blocks. Parts is way down on the manufacturing food chain. I'm in assembly and even then purchasing forgets to tell us they switched vendors. We usually find out when the line goes down because something no longer...
I would swap the 17 and 18 wire at the headlights. The highbeam indicator will still be sync'ed with the wrong filaments if you just swap the dimmer wires.
Get a caliper. Measure the diameter of the yoke sealing surface, and the inner diameter of the retainer where the seal presses into. With this info, go to your local bearing supply house. The 70 year old GM seals are leather which is fine, but that is a bit old technology.
Nice DUKW!
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