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Endure through the trials and tribulations and good will come from it. Look at all the experience and confidence, and the feeling of accomplishment you are acquiring. These mechanical repairs are a good teaching lesson. You have the ability to accomplish most of your own repairs. You seem to be...
If you have a stock CUCV then everything on the vehicle should be 12 volt except for the starter which is 24 volt. I believe with the M1010 there are some differences with the electrical to run the rear equipment, but I believe the main engines electrical system is the same.
Check and clean all your grounds on all of your external lights. Check to see if your front side lights blink and come on when your headlights are on. Check all your bulbs while your at it. Most likely a corroded or loose ground. Start there first and see what happens. If it does not solve your...
From the looks of your pigtail wires that plug into the alternator, you appear to have a good size nick in the wire. You also appear to have a lot of build up of old grease. I would pull the pigtails off the alternators and replace them with new ones. AC Delco PT2288 Alternator Pigtail $8.46 at...
You're doing great making a good effort to diagnose your problems. Don't get down just continue to persevere. You will succeed. I doubt your mechanic stripped the bolt. He told you about it, and that was the right thing to do.
Anything electrical needs to be done 100% correctly. There is no room for good enough when it comes to electrical. Your cables are the most important part of your system. If it is stripped then of course it has to be fixed. If you are working on anything electrical, disconnect the batteries so...
That is a good deal on your radiator, I hope it turns out great for you and others that might be looking for a radiator to fit their vehicles. The CU850 radiators fit the cucv vehicles. It is the same one I have in my vehicle.
It might be your left turn signal bulb or a bad ground to your left turn signal. The ribbon circuit is probably fine. Check your left turn sidelight and see if it lights up with the lights on.
The leaking coolant is blowing all over the motor and washing any build up of oil, and grease to appear to be leaking oil. Figure out your leaking coolant and you will have a better reference to figuring out your oil leaks. I'm not saying you don't have an oil leak, but the coolant would be my...
Reference the TM Page that Keith_J sent you, reply #16, there are 5 or 6 pages on the water pump on those pages. It will show you the bolts that require thread sealant. Check all of your oil pan bolts and torque to specs. You might find a not to difficult fix to your issues. You can do it.
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