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Put the negative lead of your volt meter on the negative of the rear battery. Then check the power lead on the passenger alternator. Should be 12.6 volts or so with everything off and 14.4 volts with it running.
The wiring system really is pretty easy to figure out. Once the light bulb in...
The stud for the bracket on the direct drive 27MT starter is actually just the long end of the really long bolt holding the starter together. Make sure the other long bolt is there and tight. Then just unscrew it, go buy a new one and screw it in. Or, remove it and then weld it up.
The gear...
I know you were waiting for this. Read the -10 TM. It does a great job of telling you how to start, drive and stopthe truck and how to work everything on it along with everything that could have been on the truck.
Just to make something clear because you will be working on them soon if your truck follows the pattern most of our have. The truck has a pair of 12 volt alternators. They are both isolated ground 100 amp SI27 units. Drivers alternator charges the front battery and runs all the truck systems...
That really depends on what you want for comfort in your daily drive. No a/c, no tunes, no rear doors, manual windows and locks along with no cup holder. If you add a civilian K5 center console, or make your own the cup holder and storage issues are gone. Then it comes down to what fits you...
Forgot one. Finally got all 4 door hinge pin kits with bushings in. Just have to install them now. Having doors that open and close with ease will really be nice.
33 x12.50 BFG AT tires!
Spin on fuel filter is probably the next favorite. Civi center console, GEAR seat cover with a camel back and new wiper blades are probably next. Besides of course the mechanical stuff needed to make it run and drive like it should.
Glad you found what you were looking for. Read the CUCV sticky threads, the manuals and if you really want to know them. Open up the CUCV forum, go the the last thread from way back when and read every single one up to today. Starters, alternators, glow plugs and IP's will be the main topics...
Figure on buying 2 gallons of ATF if you are dropping the pan and replacing the filter. Button it back up, add a gallon, fire it up, let it get warm, put it in all the gears for a few seconds and then check. You will probably end up adding in another 2 quarts or real close to that amount...
Yes it is safe. In line fuses are a great idea as long as you make them in a location you can get to once everything is installed and the truck is going down the road. Putting the fuse up behind the lighter location is just asking for it to go out on a cold rainy night when your cell phone is...
Once you get it started, jack up the front wheel in question and see if you can move it in and out at the top. If you can, see if it is bearings or king pin related. Then adjust/fix/replace what is needed.
It probably wasn't melted. GM put some kind of tar/goo/di electric grease in there. They all have the black goo inside them.
If you look at the wiring drawings in appendix F of the -20. You will see that plug and what pin goes to what. I have used just that plug and some hot wires to start...
I thought I wanted them as well. Until I found a guy with 8 K5 civi blazers. 5 had the slider side windows. All the sliders themselves were broken in some way or another. I just wanted a matched set and couldn't find it. I also noticed all of the slider trucks had rusted out floors with...
No, just explaining what I am working on and why I am waiting for another harness instead of just starting over. Yes, you are also correct that the 1010 has to be done before I touch the 1009.
Factory is pump, filter, IP. That also keeps any pieces of the lift pump from getting into the IP if it decides to die on you.
A sealed up system won't really care either way. Just when you have air leaks and the stock filter is know to leak air, so keeping it pressurized is probably a good...
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