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I'm glad your starting problem was an easy fix.
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Looks like I'll have to do that. The ignition fuse isn't making reliable contact. I have to wiggle it a few times/week to get the truck to start.Have you pulled the fuse box and checked it out? They get hot and corroded in there.
Where did you uncover those?
SS Classifieds. Where else? jasonjc had them on offer.Where did you uncover those?
FYI: Member Jasonjc is the same source from whom I recently acquired a Medium Tow Bar with all the Pins. Check out his other classified postings.Found a pair of CUCV feet! Now I need a shorty tow bar.
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I've got a tow bar I want to unload:View attachment 631123I have one jpg. it's not a shorty but it is affordable.
This post here reads almost like a Sherlock Holmes story.Well, my starting problem had nothing to do with the fuses.
I got a click from the solenoid, and no crank. I went to the TM, and it said check the IGN fuse. I did that, and it fell apart in my hand. I replaced it, and the truck started right up. So I figured the problem was the fuse. I was wrong.
It happened again. I pulled the fuse, it was good, so I re-inserted it. It started right up. I noticed with the key ON, I could wiggle the fuse and hear relays under the dash opening and closing. So I figured my fuse socket was bad. Maybe, but that wasn't my problem.
I drove for a while, wiggling the fuse whenever it failed to start. Then that stopped working, so I crawled under the dash with my meter to try to find the fuse problem, but I found none.
Then I tried to start and I got a ringing noise like you get when you try to start a running engine. Clearly the starter gear was making the flex plate ring. Not good.
I crawled under the truck, and the starter bolts were loose. The rear 15mm bolts took 3/4 turn to get to torque. The front bracket was so loose I could move it around with my finger. The nuts and bolts are all there. I've yet to figure out how to get a torque wrench on the front bracket bolts, but at least the mystery is solved.
Might I suggest a IBIS TEC medium towbar or the light hunter towbar. They weigh about the same both are plenty strong for a CUCV and the only real difference is storage size the IBIS TEC is shorter but twice the diameter of the hunter lightweight.Found a pair of CUCV feet! Now I need a shorty tow bar.
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A IBIS TEC medium towbar is more than strong enough to handle a CUCV, it's rated at 44,000 lbs, they had a few problems early on with the light towbar not the medium, there is one story on here about a failed medium pulling a five ton. I can show and tell of many hunter medium towbars that failed but it wasn't pulling CUCV'S. The light hunter is a good match as is the medium IBIS TEC. I wouldn't recommend a towbar that I thought you might have a problem with, I have moved thousands of trucks with a towbar, may not be the most of anybody on here but probably top 5.I've read scary stories about IBIS Tec failures. I've not seen a Hunter for sale. I was looking at a medium tow bar, one of the 150-lb steel ones. I know they're overkill for a CUCV, but are the lighter ones safe? I've heard units cut them down for CUCVs, making "shorty" versions. I've never actually seen a tow bar, so I'm new to all this. All I know about them is what I've read here on SS.
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My recollection of life at that age was:My son is 21, and he and his friends use the truck for tailgating sometimes. He's scrupulous about having a designated driver, so I'm OK with this. I've found empties before, but never a full beer. Somebody must be slipping. My recollection of life at that age does not include full beers lying around after an event.
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