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Your exciter wire has to work for the screwdriver to the back trick to work. If you are comfortable working with electrical stuff. Just jump from the hot wire bolted to the back of the alternator to the exciter wire with it plugged in. Do this with the engine running and you should hear the...

REO actually made a 4x4 Duece truck. XM247 I think. So, registering a bobed Duece is still in the spirit of the law. With the FMV registration, you pay for 5 years at once, need no plates and no inspection. Just the bumper numbers. If you are driving it to work everyday, local law...

What did the exciter wire do with the key on and off? There shouldn't be anything in the wiring that would cause you to get 25 volts at the drivers side alternator. Since it was working fine before and all your 12 volt truck components aren't leaking magic smoke out, lets just ignore the high...

Are there shackles and pins on the bumpers? That makes tie downs a lot more easy to hook on and not break something on the truck. Railroad has been suggested and talked about before. Mostly it comes down to vandalism and the fact that you might get a tagged up frame when you go to pick up...

He called again at 1000 my time this morning. Sounded like they were rolling down the highway. They made Flaggstaff last night and hopes for central NM today. Truck is running great. Headlight problems though. Low beams working good on one side and high beams bleeding over to dim low beams the...

Warthog called around 1700 my time with an update. They were in the truck and crossing Hoover Dam. It runs fine and seems to be happy around 55-60 mph. More than that and the front end feels not so nice and a few shakes and rattles show up. The clutch has to be all the way to the floor and...

You are correct. The tie rods can stay on when just getting to the boots. However, for somebody doing this the first time and needing to probably walk the knuckle somewhere to clean all the dried up old grease out. It is a lot easier to remove the tie rod when the knuckle is holding itself on...

Clean both surfaces and duct tape the thing on there for a few hours before you try to hang the mirror has worked better for me than holding it and then letting go.

That is the best way to do it. Unplug the plug from the side of the alternator. Use your volt meter to check voltage at the red wire on the back of the alaternator, then check voltage on the red wire in the plug you un did. Both should be battery voltage with the key off. the brown wire on...

It is a Delco 27MT or the gear reduction unit is a 28MT. Lots of parts available for them.

Yes, to get a title you need to pay them for the SF-97, wait for it to show up and then go pay the state for a title. If there is no assistance, a come along winch hooked to the lunette ring will pull and or drag a non rolling trailer. They are light, around 1300 pounds. So, a come along...

A swivel socket, the ones that look like u joints, and enough extentions to let you lay back behind the transfer case will also work on the upper bellhousing to engine bolts.

As mentioned above. Something that looks good might not be road ready until you take it apart and make sure. I bought my 101 for the then minimum bid of $50 because it was ugly, rusty, no paint and 1 flat tire while the other tire had a huge chunk out of it but still held air. It got to ride...

Check your voltage at your battery for each alternator. As in + and - of the front battery and then + and - of the rear battery. Move both leads to the battery you are testing and let us know what you get. If you get below 14.4 at the front battery with the engine running, then you need to...

Before this turns into a bigger arguement. Think of it this way. What was your Unimog designed to do? Does it do that well? When asked to something it wasn't designed to do, does it do that something in a not so great way or not at all? Every vehicle was design to do something well. The...

I am sure you realize that is why diesel vehicles have the Hyrdoboost system. Which is the best way to do it. If you don't want to do the hydroboost. Your next option is an electric or belt driven vacuum pump. Some RV's had them and I really don't have a source for you to go looking at...

There is an OBD II app and cable for the iPhone. I guess we need the STE/ICE app next?

Back when all I had was my M715 and a pair of Gasser M35's. I had the same wonder as the original post in this thread. "Why do people want a CUCV for anything other than the axles out of a 1008 to put under a M715?" I had seen a few 6.2 powered M715's. They did great off road, but couldn't do...

You know how it sound like a clothes dryer full of lawn mower parts for about 10 seconds when starting for the first time in the cold? If that is the only time you have white smoke, don't worry about it. It just didn't want to wake up. We are all a little grumpy in the mornings. Now, white...

If in doubt about what is going to the glow plugs. Put a meter on the double orange wire coming off the glow plug relay. Those two orange wires turn into the 8 green wires at the plugs. Running the wire you ran, you probably for sure have 12 volts going out. Just pointing out how to make sure.