Hey everyone!
The girlfriend has just been offered a M1028 CUCV from a friend for quite cheap, the chassis is in good condition, bodywork is quite rusty (expected since it hasn't moved in 5 years!) but on the whole looks in good nick
It hasn't got a key, so we popped the door by going in through the little window vent at the front and a trusty coathanger, but I just can't quite seem to make it fire. I've been working on it the past couple of days
I've checked a lot of the threads in here, but am a bit stumped, so was hoping someone can assist me.
The way I see it, I have two options :
1) find a CUCV key somehow, and start it normally
2) Hotwire it and somehow remove the steering lock that's on
At the moment I've gone for option two, as I can't find any key for sale that'll fit (I understand they're all the same key, and it has original locks / barrels on)
I charged both batteries up, and went rumaging under the dash and found two bundles of cables that are interesting
the first bundle is the wires that come out of the ignition barrel, (pink / purple / black / blue/white/ black/white) (see photo)
![DSC_0110.jpg DSC_0110.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503208-4c70331394ddd0d895ef1e3705809a70.jpg)
I tried shorting these out in every possible combination, but had no joy, I checked them with my multimeter and couldn't get any power out of any of them. So I abandoned that idea and went for the starter relay instead. I shorted out the left/right pins on the connector and the engine cranked, but wouldn't start
I figured glow plugs / fuel was the problem, so I sorted the glow plugs (tested with meter / button works on dash with "wait" light on) and investigated fuel. From other threads I worked out I need to jump the fuel injector pump, on the pink wire to 12v. I did this, tried to start and still no joy. However the headlights started working and various other dash electricals too.
I can't hear the injector pump running, but it gets warm. so I checked out the diesel filter, turns out the pipe had split on the primer balloon bit (see photo below)
![37047423_10211493657249545_4812981351655407616_n.jpg 37047423_10211493657249545_4812981351655407616_n.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503209-eec50bd250f71a69c1d55ac557c48182.jpg)
I swapped this out with some spare pipe I had, but was unable to "prime" it because I hadn't got something I could use to pull the fuel through, but I figured that the fuel pump would at least start to pull something through, yet there is no noise whatsoever from it, no fuel even leaves the filter. I checked that diesel was flowing through it by undoing the little screw at the bottom of the filter, the diesel doesn't feel gummy at all, and smells quite fresh which is suprising to say the truck hasn't moved in about 5 years, (see filter / replaced pipe below)
![37065445_10211493655369498_4016088931962454016_n.jpg 37065445_10211493655369498_4016088931962454016_n.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503210-2299c5a0bff75776df983a35212a2c4b.jpg)
the only thing I can assume is that either the pump is gummed up and not pulling anything through, I'm missing another thing I need to short to the battery, or something is up with the other pump (the one that sits above the bell housing) so I'm not sure what to do, any advice would be appreciated.
I'm planning to go back tomorrow and investigate the other pump, and potentially remove the injection pump to see if it's all gummed up or not, also see if I can do a gravity fed fuel supply for now so it can get some fresh diesel into the pump,
The other thing is, does anyone have a CUCV key either for sale, or would be able to pop to a locksmiths, get one cut and post it over to the UK? the CUCV's are quite rare here and I'd love to get it running without having to smash the steering lock off / hack anymore wiring up than I have to, I'm quite happy to paypal some money over for the cost and some for your time, I'd love to get this truck running so I can give it to the girlfriend for her 30th birthday.
Oh, from what I've figured out it's a 1985 model, I have the chassis tag here :
![DSC_0109.jpg DSC_0109.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503211-db79ff61782e9ee39bec1c79adee2102.jpg)
Thanks everyone and hopefully I can get this running! I'll be sure to post pictures and do a restoration thread![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Cheers,
Ainsey
The girlfriend has just been offered a M1028 CUCV from a friend for quite cheap, the chassis is in good condition, bodywork is quite rusty (expected since it hasn't moved in 5 years!) but on the whole looks in good nick
It hasn't got a key, so we popped the door by going in through the little window vent at the front and a trusty coathanger, but I just can't quite seem to make it fire. I've been working on it the past couple of days
I've checked a lot of the threads in here, but am a bit stumped, so was hoping someone can assist me.
The way I see it, I have two options :
1) find a CUCV key somehow, and start it normally
2) Hotwire it and somehow remove the steering lock that's on
At the moment I've gone for option two, as I can't find any key for sale that'll fit (I understand they're all the same key, and it has original locks / barrels on)
I charged both batteries up, and went rumaging under the dash and found two bundles of cables that are interesting
the first bundle is the wires that come out of the ignition barrel, (pink / purple / black / blue/white/ black/white) (see photo)
![DSC_0110.jpg DSC_0110.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503208-4c70331394ddd0d895ef1e3705809a70.jpg)
I tried shorting these out in every possible combination, but had no joy, I checked them with my multimeter and couldn't get any power out of any of them. So I abandoned that idea and went for the starter relay instead. I shorted out the left/right pins on the connector and the engine cranked, but wouldn't start
I figured glow plugs / fuel was the problem, so I sorted the glow plugs (tested with meter / button works on dash with "wait" light on) and investigated fuel. From other threads I worked out I need to jump the fuel injector pump, on the pink wire to 12v. I did this, tried to start and still no joy. However the headlights started working and various other dash electricals too.
I can't hear the injector pump running, but it gets warm. so I checked out the diesel filter, turns out the pipe had split on the primer balloon bit (see photo below)
![37047423_10211493657249545_4812981351655407616_n.jpg 37047423_10211493657249545_4812981351655407616_n.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503209-eec50bd250f71a69c1d55ac557c48182.jpg)
I swapped this out with some spare pipe I had, but was unable to "prime" it because I hadn't got something I could use to pull the fuel through, but I figured that the fuel pump would at least start to pull something through, yet there is no noise whatsoever from it, no fuel even leaves the filter. I checked that diesel was flowing through it by undoing the little screw at the bottom of the filter, the diesel doesn't feel gummy at all, and smells quite fresh which is suprising to say the truck hasn't moved in about 5 years, (see filter / replaced pipe below)
![37065445_10211493655369498_4016088931962454016_n.jpg 37065445_10211493655369498_4016088931962454016_n.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503210-2299c5a0bff75776df983a35212a2c4b.jpg)
the only thing I can assume is that either the pump is gummed up and not pulling anything through, I'm missing another thing I need to short to the battery, or something is up with the other pump (the one that sits above the bell housing) so I'm not sure what to do, any advice would be appreciated.
I'm planning to go back tomorrow and investigate the other pump, and potentially remove the injection pump to see if it's all gummed up or not, also see if I can do a gravity fed fuel supply for now so it can get some fresh diesel into the pump,
The other thing is, does anyone have a CUCV key either for sale, or would be able to pop to a locksmiths, get one cut and post it over to the UK? the CUCV's are quite rare here and I'd love to get it running without having to smash the steering lock off / hack anymore wiring up than I have to, I'm quite happy to paypal some money over for the cost and some for your time, I'd love to get this truck running so I can give it to the girlfriend for her 30th birthday.
Oh, from what I've figured out it's a 1985 model, I have the chassis tag here :
![DSC_0109.jpg DSC_0109.jpg](https://www.steelsoldiers.com/data/attachments/503/503211-db79ff61782e9ee39bec1c79adee2102.jpg)
Thanks everyone and hopefully I can get this running! I'll be sure to post pictures and do a restoration thread
Cheers,
Ainsey
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