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What do you do to remove the old floor pan, prior to replacement:View attachment 669595
going to say F it and just replace both floor pans, thats a future project this should be good enough for now and heres the new weatherstripping and sillplates re installed
The easiest would probably be to drive it one winter where they use salt or other evil chemicals on the roads.What do you do to remove the old floor pan, prior to replacement
What do you do to remove the old floor pan, prior to replacement:
- is there a defined 'seam" to follow for taking them out?
- And would you cut it (like a Sawmill), or burn it out (or other)?
It just MIGHT be the best approach!The easiest would probably be to drive it one winter where they use salt or other evil chemicals on the roads.
It just MIGHT be the best approach!
thanks for the heads up, got a set ordered just now from a facebook marketplace contact that i ordered the blackout light switches from. hopefully they work lolI found black out lights on eBay of all places for front and rear (same lights used on CUCVs and CUCV IIs),
Sounds to me like you're running a 24 Volt system, but have the batteries hooked up for 12 Volt. You're having 16 Volts on an Optima at rest which is one too many for when it's charging.so im working on starting to look into the electrical gremlins on this truck but i am uncertain if its still set up 24 v or if its been converted to 12 v
so heres the situation
Wired + to + and - to - with the engine off both batts read at about 16v (seperate) the glow plug resistors have been removed and wiring was jumpered straigt across where they used to be.
with the engine running batts and top bus bar read 19v from + to Gd
Well with the glow plug resistor is pulled shouldn't I just complete the 12 volt conversion at this point, but then I would have to replace the starter and other components as wellSounds to me like you're running a 24 Volt system, but have the batteries hooked up for 12 Volt. You're having 16 Volts on an Optima at rest which is one too many for when it's charging.
If my guess is correct, wire those batteries in series before they're cooked.
No doubt but I don't know how the truck has been rewired now I'm hoping the PO just didn't realize what he did and everything else is still setup at 24v then yes switching the Batts is an easy fix but if like 50% has been converted to 12 and the other 50% is still 24 I don't want to fry everything... what needs to be done for conversion so I can run through it to be sure it's still all setup for 24 before moving the battsIt'd be quicker to hook the batteries up in series, wouldn't it? Then, if they have indeed survived intact, you can buy a 12 Volt starter and begin the conversion process.
And if you do change the battery wiring, do make sure that all the leads are where they're supposed to be. Otherwise you can end up with 24 Volts in the entire system.
However if the resistor pack is removed won't 24v cause all of my glow plugs to fry?It'd be quicker to hook the batteries up in series, wouldn't it? Then, if they have indeed survived intact, you can buy a 12 Volt starter and begin the conversion process.
And if you do change the battery wiring, do make sure that all the leads are where they're supposed to be. Otherwise you can end up with 24 Volts in the entire system.