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I'm one week ahead of you and have not gotten my SF97 yet either. Hoping to have it in the next ~3 weeks based on recent update from GP

congrats on the new truck. Unless you are a car dealer looking to sell/flip it, it's worth whatever it's worth to you. If you made it through the auction process without any big expensive surprises, it should be all good. I bought in September also and I think auction prices have gone up a...

Congrats on the new truck. If the blue seat makes the top 10 list of surprises, you'll be doing OK. I've had my truck a little over a month and I've got it mostly sorted out. No big surprises on mine, just lots of little stuff you'd expect for a 20 year old vehicle. Go through your truck...

If I had to put $ on a theory for the overfill, that's the horse I'd bet on. Bench fill is possible also, but seems less likely. The vent lines are probably a long shot if the fluid doesn't look thin and the transmission fluid level hasn't changed.

If oil levels are significantly above the fill plugs, it seems very likely that additional fluid came via in the the vent lines. Does the fluid seem thinner than normal gear oil? It looks thin with the bubbles on the surface in those cups, not typical of gear oil. Maybe contaminated by ATF...

I get it to a point and I fundamentally agree with what you are saying, but "negative ground" is pretty standard automotive vernacular even in systems that have dedicated negative runs to everything. Also, the hmmwv (and many modern vehicles) still have a negative "ground" at the engine. The...

In some cases, that's true. In good electrical design, I believe it's best practice to have a single path back to ground where possible. There are multiple reasons for this. Multiple ground paths can create ground loops, which can create electrical problems and interference. It's probably...

Thanks. Any thoughts/experience on resealing a pump that is working well? Exercise in futility or worth a shot? Also - one strange thing is that the leak isn't constant. Some days it will be bone dry and others it almost forms a drip (more than just seeping). I have not seen it actually...

Yep, I totally get that now, but why are people buying kits and running a supplemental ground wire from that point to the back of the motor? I see posts about these ground kits being needed because of the hmmwv's aluminum body. Which makes zero sense me, espcially when you say there are not...

You are probably right on that and 3" probably would have been perfect with OEM setup. The TSC washers are much thicker than the oem washers (x2) and I was using a lock washer instead of a lock nut.

Thanks, I was suspect that they were actually ground points (particuarly on the PCB), but I see folks adding a ground to these points with the kits. So where is the breakdown in the ground path that is pushing folks to use these kits (with positive results it seems)? If the motor is well...

Yeah, I thought I was being real smart by looking up the diagram and part descriptions to get the "right" bolts. I just wasted my time and an extra trip to TSC to swap bolts trying to overthink it..... You still need the 4.25's to connnect the brackets to the frame if you are not re-using...

It was bring you kid to work day and they gave the kids some spray paint

I recently went through and cleaned up all my grounds. That spot on the firewall near the heater controls was the only one where I added a supplemental ground back to the engine. It had paint on both sides of the firewall and I did my best to get down to bare metal, it's a tough spot. I'm...

I agree with the "people" variable, but this manual box is a good system for anyone that knows how a diesel works and what the behavior of their engine is at startup at different temps. I'd argue that my OEM "smart" box doesn't really seem all that smart. It seems to work the same whether the...

Yeah, the trade off of not buying $1k boxes and frying glow plugs seems like a fair trade off vs. the possible marginal gains from cycling the glow plugs after starting. I'm no diesel expert, but I did a quick search and it sounds like the post start GP cycling is pretty common on modern...

This looks like a well executed solution to the standard boxes and eliminates a bunch of complexity. One comment/question - the stock box will cycle the glow plugs on and off for a minute or so after starting. I've read that it helps clean them. Is that BS or does the post-start glow plug...

Ignore those bolt sizes. I thought I had it right from the TM diagrams, but the 3" bolts were too short. You can get them to work barely, just not fully threaded. I don't know if I was looking at the diagram wrong or the TM was just wrong. All you really need is 16 x 3.25" 1/2" bolts to...

Do you remove these little plugs on the rear of the frame rails before installing the bumper? I'm not even sure what they are for, they look similar to the fuel tank plug. The top one sticks out from the frame and is going to get really compressed (maybe destroyed?) if I tighten down the...

My bumper and brackets were supposed to arrive today (from 2 different sources). Fedex and UPS both failed to deliver, pretty much the new normal for deliveries lately. I pulled most of the existing brackets/hardware off, so it should be a quick install once they arrive (hopefully tomorrow)...