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Hey guys, just wanted to let everyone know that I was not able to get the headlights working or the fuel cut off switch. I put her up for the winter and I'll goof around with her in another 2-3 months when I return to Michigan in the spring.
We pulled trees out with her, made a few videos...
Okay we now have 12v and 24v!
Had some cables mixed up.
Does anyone know which relay runs the fuel cutoff solenoid? I went to NAPA here in town and they did not have any of the relays or breakers that the truck needs, so I'll have to source them from another store.
Thanks!
Thank you, yeah that's the one we were following tonight. For some reason I had a ground running to battery #3's negative post. All of the other wires appear to be correct with the exception of that.
I also was unsure with the cutoff switch -- is that the in-cab switch? or is there a switch...
yeah, unfortunately not so much with mine. There is no diagram on mine. Mine was one of the trucks repainted from woodland to desert and with that all of the labels were painted over, removed or weathered.
They're wired up to the diagram specs as best as we could translate, but it does not...
So I went through everything again today. I used a multimeter on the terminal posts on the electric panel....which may be the source of my issues. Both the headlights and the fuel shutoff solenoid.
Both register at 24v, I hooked up the batteries based on a picture posted somewhere on the forum...
All lights, including dash lights, work fine with the exception of the head lights. The head lights worked for around 2 seconds when I turned on the high beams.
Do you happen to know which relay that it will activate?
The light switch has power no problem.
I'll check with a multimeter to see...
Oh for sure, I took it up to 55 earlier today after I got the lights working. Just don't have head lights.
It runs & drives like a charm, just won't start without the jumper lead.
Here is a link to the photo of my distro panel: http://i.imgur.com/exNwJDs.jpg
As you can see it's very very...
Will do first thing in the morning. I noticed a lot of sand when I was checking them. I'm guessing my truck has been either deployed or someone took it into some dirty water.
Verified them earlier -- everything looks good there. Spent about an hour reading the diagram and confirming each individual relay and breaker. I considered going to NAPA to see if they had the proper relays and breakers to just replace all of them.
I also looked through the TM's and searched...
I mistakenly said fuel pump when I meant fuel shut off solenoid. The only way it will run is if I run the jumper to the solenoid, not the fuel pump. Hopefully that clears it up.
Additionally another issue I just recently discovered tonight is sometimes it hesitates to go into D from neutral. It will go into R without hesitation though.
I feel like the more this truck sits the more things mysteriously appear :(
Hey Guys!
It's been a while since I posted, sadly that's due to the distance between the truck and I.
We've been able to start the LMTV (1995), but the fuel pump does not get power with the switch flipped. The only way to get it started was by running a jump wire from the batteries directly...
Think I'll be able to tap into the plug to mount some LED lights?
My project next month is to mount these guys:
52" LED 300w light bar -- forward facing
4x 6 LED 18w spot lights -- likely 2 down on the bed, and 2 off to the side
I also plan on putting some strobes in the front bumper and under...
I went through a broker on Veritread for my LMTV out of North Carolina to Michigan. Name was Allen Lau. He screwed me around for 3 weeks and I had to do a charge back on my credit card (per Veritread's suggestion), and then spent a month trying to get my deposit back from Veritread.
Ended up...
If y'all have any extra and want to sell me one...I'm happy to pick it up if reasonably close to Austin. I would love to put a strobe on mine when I get back home.
Be sure to email them, they don't automatically send it out. They'll send you an SR97 or a Florida title.
I requested they send me a Florida RV Title, waiting for that to arrive in the mail now from my purchase back in June.
Great read, makes me even more excited to see mine (still waiting to...
Thanks NDT, which company makes high speed gears? I was wondering about that. Do you how badly would that impact off road performance? I'm planning to take this off the beaten path.