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The sun isn’t up yet and only Mike and I are awake that I can tell. Another great time visiting and seeing everyone along with some new faces. Here are my videos of my perspective of the event: If you make it 10-15 minutes into the 3rd video you can see the result of stupid people among...

Snap-On…..MMMMMMMM. Glad I didn’t read this last night. I wouldn’t have gotten any sleep. I think I am set on precision tools.

M715 is on the trailer, Trailer is hooked to the Cowdog and the Cowdog is packed with everything but food. I should be at least halfway there this time tomorrow. Everyone travel smart.

You don’t have to have a bleed screw. There are work around as posted above. However, a bleed screw sure is nice on the side of the road.

Physically verify front battery voltage. One of my CUCV’s last week did nothing when I moved the key to start. I jumped in another one and drove away. I finally had a chance to check the other truck and found 7.5 volts at the front battery. 6 years old. I charged it up and the vehicle has...

I’m still planning to make it Friday evening.

First start of the day no matter the temperature with good glow plugs should be 10-15 seconds minimum. Below 60° and figure 15-20 seconds if you have 60G glow plugs. If you have anything else then for sure don’t go more than 20 seconds. Below 40° and figure 20-25 seconds. 20-25 seconds...

I don’t try to start or continue online arguments. Way too many ways to interpret the written word wrong and get a feud started when none was intended. With that written, this is an observation. Not an argument. You are very correct that an all stock CUCV glow plug and starting system works...

The 60G plugs are what they tried to sell you probably. Those are self regulating glow plugs. They shouldn’t explode or swell like other models. To make them work you either have to trim or cut the blade on the glow plug or replace the wiring plug on the truck side. The 13 G plugs while a...

The pictured fore stock mount shouldn’t be a problem. However, since the Suburban floor is different than the truck floor. The butt stock mount might take some imagination.

I don’t know where the truck rifle mounts go. The m1009 rifle mounts will fit the suburban though I didn’t use them because the rear speakers are in the way. I kept the speakers.

The picture I posted was while I was driving it. 1st low at 450 rpm idle.

You have to drive it as a bare frame too! This is my ‘53 REO after I pulled the cab:

The IP mounted regulator is adjustable and it really should make a difference you can feel when you move it around. Have you changed the vacuum part on the transmission? One of my trucks wouldn’t shift at all with the IP valve hooked up and was in 3rd by 10 mph if I bypassed it. Turns out the...

OK Carnac. The last time you were at the Rally 4 years ago I bought several of your Snap-On impact socket sets. Since I am a Snap-On snob, I always need more. Specifically metric combination wrenches are my current need. Maybe a 3/8 and or 1/4 torque wrench too. I don’t need cases, boxes or...

I put a 1993 6BT with the stock fan and fan clutch attached into a M715. I moved the radiator which looked just like yours forward about 1/2 inch. I notched the front valence to do this. There was a guy on the M715 zone from your part of the country that did several 6BT conversions to...

Yep, white smoke usually means a bad head gasket. Blue is oil past the valve seals and black is too much fuel. Kind of unique to indirect injection diesels is oily white smoke which mean bad glow plugs.

It reads like you are turning it off when you let go of the starter position on the key. If that is the case then ignition switch alignment might be the cure. Just to be sure there are a couple of work around you can do to test. The pink wire on the top of the injection pump is the power lead...

Looks Like a fun project. Did you also add a 4L80E?

Glad you got it out. Sorry you had to pull the head. I would suggest replacing the plastic rocker arm buttons while you have it apart.