the truck was parked 3 years ago, the individual who sold it to me had no idea what he had i felt bad b.c i paid next to nothing for the truck... more or less scrap metal pricing... it was his daughter ex BF truck, and he had passed away 3yrs ago and it sat since. i picked it up few weeks back, drained all the fuel, put a new wix fuel fliter in it, changed the oil with some rotella and a nice wix filter (as per forum suggestives) checked the glow plugs (pulled all of them and made sure they were in good cond.) disconnected the return line from the IP, and pulled one of the wires off the GP solinoid. put 20L of diesel fuel with some 2stoke oil. and cranked her over intermittantly, until we got some fresh fuel coming from the return line on the IP. than connected everythign back up, and 3 revolutions and she fires right up! im having some problems with the timing advance system it was knocking and high idle for about 5min b4 she kicked down. so i disconnected the t.a. but now shes running smooth nd starts up perfectly! previous owner took care of the truck, which i could thank him and hoping he will know im gonna take good care of the truck for him!
the plan for the truck is to get her running and get it dependable. than this december i want to give her a paint job im gonna paint her red. i found out she was a base queen her life as a military truck. and seen all her service as a fire rescue. in that respect i wanna return her to her "fire service days", paint her red. get some Kenab Utah fire decals stenciled up. get some nice 33's and just driver her! i told myself i wouldnt get into the truck to much... the addiction of the CUCV has hit me hard already... haha
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