What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

[SgtHaas]

Ok.
I had to ask. Glad you got it figured out.

Do you know if it's an easy fix. Also they can't seem to find a new alternator in stack they can't find a part number either.

 

[CUCVLOVER]

Do you know if it's an easy fix. Also they can't seem to find a new alternator in stack they can't find a part number either.

Sorry I don't know.
I would just buy a new alternator and have that one rebuilt.

 

[CUCVLOVER]

I pulled this from the wiki.
"An Autozone part number for the DRIVER side alternator is DL7157 (also found in a 1975 Cady with a V8 engine). This alternator is 78 amps and works just fine."

You could do that until you get your other one going.
Hope this helps somehow

 

[joshuak]

I installed striker bolt bushings, less rattle and easier to close, I'm a happy.

Well my alternator went out today on Gen 1 (drivers side) none of the parts store has them or carries them..... any ideas ?

Another option is rebuilding yourself. It is not difficult to do, there are detailed instructions in the TM's, helpful threads in the stickies and proven rebuild kits are available through an SS vendor.

 

[RobM36A2]

Well, went to the circuit today and had a lot of fun.

Rescued a modified Dodge W200 out of the bog hole.
It has K30 axles under there, because they break the Dodge axles.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoLrkkggiHI

And had my buddy make a movie of me going uphill.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lPmQ1VWdlMM

 

[joshuak]

Got good U joints?

I'd like to share these pic's of a u joint cap and needle bearing dust and debris, from my rear propeller shaft. I thought I was doing preventive maintenance here, not corrective. I drive it quite a bit and had not noticed excessive vibration or grinding.




New u joints all around .

 

[bimbly]

I replaced all the joints in my driveshafts without a single swear word. Yay!

 

[Another Ahab]

I replaced all the joints in my driveshafts without a single swear word. Yay!

Congratulations! And yet:

- Patience, Grasshopper; the day will come.

(And PS: You look kind of new around here, bimbly; so Welcome from here in Virginia)

 

[CUCVLOVER]

Cool vids Rob.

Today I tightened up the driver side alt belt, now it maybe no more squealing.

The other day I hauled off a load of scrap it totaled about 2400lbs. I know it should have been much farther forward but it slid around and I didn't want the guy hitting my truck with the fork lift and the scrap place is less than 3 miles and me.

 

[gottaluvit]

Cool vids Rob.

Today I tightened up the driver side alt belt, now it maybe no more squealing.

The other day I hauled off a load of scrap it totaled about 2400lbs. I know it should have been much farther forward but it slid around and I didn't want the guy hitting my truck with the fork lift and the scrap place is less than 3 miles and me.

Nice looking bed there. Truck looks great too.

 

[CUCVLOVER]

Nice looking bed there. Truck looks great too.

Thank you.
Its a C&M bed, I think an early version of these http://cmtruckbeds.com/truck-beds/ss-truck-bed/.

 

[Recovry4x4]

Thank you.
Its a C&M bed, I think an early version of these http://cmtruckbeds.com/truck-beds/ss-truck-bed/.

Did you purchase the truck with that bed? Anything you would have done or do differently?

 

[german m1008]

This weekend, i changed motor oil, lubricated the CV joint at the end of the front drive shaft and sprayed twelve cans Fluid Film AS/R under my truck.
With my two new batteries

and my new wiper motor

..... Winter may come

 

[german m1008]

.... and by the way, with the Fluid Film on the leaf springs, it's a new ( smooth and quiet) driving experience!

 

[kkcshipp]

Trying to change glow plugs and believe I may have the wrong ones. Electric tip is wider.

 

[Another Ahab]

This weekend, i changed motor oil, lubricated the CV joint at the end of the front drive shaft and sprayed twelve cans Fluid Film AS/R under my truck.
..... Winter may come.

Winter WILL come, right? You can bank on that, but hard winter or a soft one, that's always the question.

I am wondering about the Fluid Film AS/R product; is that a rust inhibitor or what?

And a "soft" film (as in flexible), or does it cure up hard?

 

[CUCVLOVER]

Did you purchase the truck with that bed? Anything you would have done or do differently?

Yes the bed was on the truck when I got it. Arkansas state forest service put it on.

I really like the bed, I would have liked the band around sides like some have. Some rear flood light in the back of the bed, that's about it.
I'm going to add some more lights facing back and I'm going to build my own out of military boxs. Two of these http://www.sportsmansguide.com/prod...-xl-medical-storage-chest-olive-drab?a=529484 (i dont know how to shrink a link) on passenger side under the bed behind the cab on slids, then on the other side some tall ammo cans in a rack with a locker bar on the driver side by the tank.

 

[tim292stro]

Trying to change glow plugs and believe I may have the wrong ones. Electric tip is wider.

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The military plugs have the narrow tip - you can do one of two things, get the military plugs with the 3/16" tips, or replace the spades on the wires so that it can accept the more common .25" (1/4") tip. If you have not done a 12V modification for the glow plugs, I would not recommend the AC60G plugs - they are dual-coil self regulating which is not ideal for the ballast resistor configuration from GM.

 

[MakersTeleMark]

Trying to change glow plugs and believe I may have the wrong ones. Electric tip is wider.

View attachment 585848

Those are the ones you want. You have to do a one time spade terminal swap on your GP wires to fit, but after that you are good to go.

 

[german m1008]

Winter WILL come, right? You can bank on that, but hard winter or a soft one, that's always the question.

I am wondering about the Fluid Film AS/R product; is that a rust inhibitor or what?

And a "soft" film (as in flexible), or does it cure up hard?

Fluid Film is wool grease with additives, it draws into rust, repressed oxygen and humidity and forms a non-permanent protective film.
It stays greasy.