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Hot and humid this afternoon.

I thought the same when I walked outside this morning. Perfect painting weather. You two have fun.

Glow plugs, fuel and compression. You say it runs great once started, so lets say the compression is good. You didn't mention if this is on the first start of the day or every start of the engine hot or cold. If it is just the first start then glow plugs and fuel filter base should be...

Chris, a regular medium tow bar with the small feet is what "fits" both the 151 and the 715. If you want to buy, contact Sermis since he has all the pieces and a 151 to make sure everything really does fit. Borrowing is another story. Most of us with a tow bar don't like them to be...

Do the same to the drivers side. Calipers are cheap enough.

The speedometer working for the first few miles and then getting slower and slower until it doesn't move until it sits for a few hours is a sign your plastic gear inside the tcase is shot. It has a square drive for the speedometer cable. If your speedometer or cable are causing too much drag...

Just so people looking at this in the future will have a reference. The -20 manual has a trouble shooting section on the fuel gauge and it spells out what the gauge should do when you have the lead to the sender unhooked and grounded. The gauge that only goes to 1/2 when the tank is full is...

What gauges? Do you mean just the stock fuel gauge and volt meter?

The tab is supposed to face the alternator body. See if you can wiggle the connections inside the alternator around some. If you can, then you need to pull the alternator apart because that is the regulator and it is supposed to be solid mounted. That is the only thing I can think of...

It is a 50 gallon tank and is 15 inches tall. That means every 3 inches of tank is 10 gallons of fuel. My Gasser M35 needs about 6 gallons of fuel in the tank to run. I have a stick that stays under the seat with grooves cut in every 3 inches. When I get to the last groove, I have about...

Is it brake pedal applied related? The power steering pump supplies the power brakes. There are 3 bolts on the pump mount that will work their way loose into the pulley. They make an awfull racket until you figure out what it is. If you pump bearings are loose, it could just happen when you...

Check your motor mounts. If the noise only happens when a load is first put on the drive train and then only when the twisting of the drive train switches does the noise happen again? It has me thinking motor mounts, transmission mount, loose cross member, shifting linkage bound up or even the...

With the truck sitting still, what rpm will it wind up to when you floor it? It should jump to the governed rpm of 2750 and hold. If it doesn't, then you have more work to do. The resource secition at the top of the page has links to manuals. There is a great manual called "Trouble shooting...

$3.99 at the local O'Reilly's. While you have it unplugged to swap out, follow the wires as far as you can checking for breaks or open insulation.

Swap in the batteries, clean and check terminal wires along with the connections on the firewall bus. Then test again. Tell us what you have. It reads like a few loose connections or a bad voltage regulator on one or both alternators.

You can still slave start with the resistor by passed. CUCV electric has a great wiring manual John made up about the glow plug operation to go along with their glow plug card they sell. It brings up the other issue involved with a resistor bypass. The front battery gets worked very hard...

There is a pink wire at the top of the injection pump. Pull it off the IP and with your batteries charged and the key off, see if it has voltage. If it does, then your ignition switch on top of the steering column is either way out of alignment or broken. Either way, for a part that cost $12...

A/C, cruise control, radio and intermittent wipers are things you don't realize how nice they are until you get into a CUCV as your daily driver. The 6.2 was designed to have the same output as a 1980 2 barrel 305 V8 with twice the fuel mileage. If you can live with that, then power won't be...

I know this sounds like a lot of work, but reading the -20 manual on the front axle, pulling the hubs and putting in new boots is something that will have to be done sooner or later anyway. Do it now before you tear up more parts. Are you sure the noise is coming from the front and not just...

Yep, just buy a few dozen Packard fittings and the crimping tool. A roll of the correct wire and some blank wire number wraps will make any electrical problem on the truck a breeze for years to come. These things are super simple wiring. A few minutes with a diagram from the -20 manual and...