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Air on the suction side of the lift pump would be where it just doesn't run. Air between the lift pump and IP is where it gets tricky. Since air molecules are smaller than diesel molecules. You can't see a small leak that lets air in. Most people have issues with this kind of leak if they...

Sounds like you have several problems. Diesels are very simple. If they have oil in the pan, just add air and fuel. Then spin to around 150 rpm to make run. As long as the air and fuel flow, they will continue to run. So, make sure you have a clean air filter. Clean fuel filter with no air...

If you ever have the opportunity to drive a M35 with the bed removed. You will be amazed at how much the axles move side to side while just going straight. They move a lot. The dog bones keep them all connected. They are basically made just like the ball joints on modern cars. Metal stud in...

RED went to college this morning. I never would have thought that when this project started almost 7 years ago. We followed in the Cowdog to help him move into the Texas A&M Corps of Cadets. Then came on home.

Glad to help. Thanks for the compliments.

Fastenal has 30° wedge washers. I bought a pack of 20 or so for around $10 if I remember correctly a year later. I am pretty sure mine were the 5/8" hole ones. I used 2 wedge washers for the end holes and cut the taller middle holes down so they were flat. No washers needed. I had 1974...

The M1009 will follow along just fine if the tires are aired up. I would suggest pulling the rear drive shaft. I know the TM says just put the transfer case in neutral. However, for maybe 5 minutes with a 7/16" wrench and a bit of bailing wire to hold the still in the transfer case shaft up...

My first thought is pilot bearing aligned? my second thought is if this is with the parts in the truck. Did you beat the firewall back some on the passenger side?

It is all part of owning a fleet of vehicles no newer than 30 years old Kenny. Sometimes you can schedule the maintenance and sometimes it schedules itself. I'm just glad I can finally point to a specific part and say "this was the problem, it is fixed now so all is well." I don't like the...

Thanks Rich. He is actually over in Palestine at fish Camp until Sunday. I will email you where the truck is. I got home and started cleaning the removed redux off. As soon as I wiped the solenoid clean enough to see it wasn't a Delco and has a little "made in Brazil" stamping. I stopped...

There are also the captured nuts on the firewall for the generator regulator box mount. That only dates it to before 1967 though. I thought the hinged mud flaps ended in 1958? A bed swap is easy too.

I got RED from McKoen in December of 2010 as a parts truck for my M1009. Soon after my son Colton convinced me it would be a great project for him to build and become his truck. He was 12 at the time. There is a thread on here somewhere about the RED build. September of 2011 my direct...

Thanks to you posting this today, I have to buy a set myself. RED cranked slow for Colton this morning. 4.5 year old O'Reilly's group 31's. He is taking RED to start college next week. I don't want to risk him getting stranded with no 24 volt slave source nearby. I will take the old ones, run...

GEN 2 is the back battery. However, normal battery life is around 3-4 years. Consider yourself fortunate and get a new set before you burn up the starter motor through the under volt condition you are forcing it to work in.

There is an old saying that I believe came from the RAF during the early days of the Battle of Britain: "Reduce the revs and boost the boost. You'll make it home to roost." Kind of a simple diddy to help young pilots stretch their fuel to get back alive. I was reminded of that the other day...

I had a 1989 700R4 truck sitting next to a TH400 truck all stock. I unhooked both shift linkage rods because I had read the same thing about no difference. Then I tried to measure or figure out some difference. The 700R4 column shifter moved further down. Once I had them both out of the...

Anything below around 160° coolant temperature on a diesel engine is considered cold. The first start of the day has the cold start advance and fast idle involved even though you have manual glow plugs. A hot start needs nothing. Trouble for all of us starts with the 30 minute to 2 hour...

All the CUCV trucks have the same pedestal/transmission mount. You are asking 2 different questions. 1) How to put a 4L80E where a TH400 used to live? 2) How to mount a NP205 to a 4L80E? To answer the 4L80E question first. It will bolt up to the stock CUCV flywheel and engine with no...

So, you are getting no fuel into or out of the injection pump? If that is correct, start at the filter. Verify you have fuel under pressure leaving the filter with the engine spinning. Pulling the pink wire off the IP and opening the fuel filter bleeder valve while cranking is the way to do...

There is also the advance arm method: Warm up the engine. Use a screwdriver to push the rod on the bottom passenger side of the pump in. If the engine dies, too far retarded. If the engine misses a bit, but doesn't die then pretty close to right on. If nothing changes except maybe a slight...