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This Topic is TL - DR material. Please read if you're able to assist with a new Mog owner who is probably in over his head.
This is all still new to me so please go easy on me. As I am not a formally trained mechanic, I need to dive in deep here.
I just ordered a bunch of spare parts from Expedition Imports to address various issues in the cab and around the truck. However there are bigger things that concern me. Here are 10 of them.
Item #1: Knocking noise coming from engine. I shot a video of my 404s running and it makes this noise which appears to be the air filter (?). I have the shop manual and I am reading it, yet this noise still is concerning me, or should it?
https://youtu.be/qmWDQHJy7o8
Item #2: Look closely at the pipe in the middle towards the back there appears to be crack that was mended at some point. With the engine running nothing was coming out, however this appears to be an exhaust pipe that is also rusting very heavily. Recommendations on what to do here? Does it need replacing?
Item #3: The rear axle, picture speaks for itself. How far out am I from restoring or replacing the rusting metal?
Item #4: Inside Wheel Wells are corroded, suggestions?
Item #5: The hinge on the driver side door was busted at some previous point, spot welded, painted over and broke again. I ordered a replacement door from a surplus provider in upstate NY. Will get it later this week. The old door will be available for sale if someone has the tools to pop the rivets and replace the plate (Expedition-Imports has them for $31 I think). The cost of the tools to replace the rivet was about the cost of the door so I just went for the easy route.
I still need to pass inspection (which here in Louisiana is pretty basic), the door hinge would have been an apparent fail.
Item #6: The electrical seems to be all working and in tact.
A colleague of mine who works on rat rods was asking if the distributor cap could be upgraded to an after market that would help with setting the timing, which might make replacing the spark plugs an easier task. Anyone have experience with this or should I just leave it alone?
Item #7: Burning Oil?
I have a video that (is still uploading at the time of this post) it's an 8min of startup, warmup, idle, throttling and engine view and truck walk around (It's my 2nd YouTube video ever) so go easy on me. Should be up by 12:30pm CST. (I'll edit this post to remove this comment later).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyMgIwZg0XM
You'll see when the truck starts up it puffs out some smoke. But then when it gets running it's ok. I checked the oil its low and I will be replacing it this week. Should I use 10w30 real, half or synthetic? Truck has 9KM on it. Previous owner didn't change oil much, manual says to do it twice a year.
Item #8: The other issue is the paint on the windshield is bubbling, peeling and cracking. The weather seal is also cracking. It looks like it was just painted over (to preserve it?) the weather strip is also cracking on the rear of the radio box. Any suggestions here?
Item #9: Building a shop to work on my Mog (and future Mogs).
I know this going to be a challenge. I knew what I was getting into. I'm currently planning to build a work shop next to my house just to work on the mog, what equipment / tools would you guys recommend I invest in? Engine Lift? etc?
Item #10: I think at some point I will need to take the box off the back of the 404, what apparatus do I need to construct to do this, and /or can someone tell me where to find this info and if you've done it, what did you do?
I still love the fact that I own a Mog. I really appreciate any feedback y'all can provide.
This is all still new to me so please go easy on me. As I am not a formally trained mechanic, I need to dive in deep here.
I just ordered a bunch of spare parts from Expedition Imports to address various issues in the cab and around the truck. However there are bigger things that concern me. Here are 10 of them.
Item #1: Knocking noise coming from engine. I shot a video of my 404s running and it makes this noise which appears to be the air filter (?). I have the shop manual and I am reading it, yet this noise still is concerning me, or should it?
https://youtu.be/qmWDQHJy7o8
Item #2: Look closely at the pipe in the middle towards the back there appears to be crack that was mended at some point. With the engine running nothing was coming out, however this appears to be an exhaust pipe that is also rusting very heavily. Recommendations on what to do here? Does it need replacing?
Item #3: The rear axle, picture speaks for itself. How far out am I from restoring or replacing the rusting metal?
Item #4: Inside Wheel Wells are corroded, suggestions?
Item #5: The hinge on the driver side door was busted at some previous point, spot welded, painted over and broke again. I ordered a replacement door from a surplus provider in upstate NY. Will get it later this week. The old door will be available for sale if someone has the tools to pop the rivets and replace the plate (Expedition-Imports has them for $31 I think). The cost of the tools to replace the rivet was about the cost of the door so I just went for the easy route.
I still need to pass inspection (which here in Louisiana is pretty basic), the door hinge would have been an apparent fail.
Item #6: The electrical seems to be all working and in tact.
A colleague of mine who works on rat rods was asking if the distributor cap could be upgraded to an after market that would help with setting the timing, which might make replacing the spark plugs an easier task. Anyone have experience with this or should I just leave it alone?
Item #7: Burning Oil?
I have a video that (is still uploading at the time of this post) it's an 8min of startup, warmup, idle, throttling and engine view and truck walk around (It's my 2nd YouTube video ever) so go easy on me. Should be up by 12:30pm CST. (I'll edit this post to remove this comment later).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zyMgIwZg0XM
You'll see when the truck starts up it puffs out some smoke. But then when it gets running it's ok. I checked the oil its low and I will be replacing it this week. Should I use 10w30 real, half or synthetic? Truck has 9KM on it. Previous owner didn't change oil much, manual says to do it twice a year.
Item #8: The other issue is the paint on the windshield is bubbling, peeling and cracking. The weather seal is also cracking. It looks like it was just painted over (to preserve it?) the weather strip is also cracking on the rear of the radio box. Any suggestions here?
Item #9: Building a shop to work on my Mog (and future Mogs).
I know this going to be a challenge. I knew what I was getting into. I'm currently planning to build a work shop next to my house just to work on the mog, what equipment / tools would you guys recommend I invest in? Engine Lift? etc?
Item #10: I think at some point I will need to take the box off the back of the 404, what apparatus do I need to construct to do this, and /or can someone tell me where to find this info and if you've done it, what did you do?
I still love the fact that I own a Mog. I really appreciate any feedback y'all can provide.
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