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today at wally world i found this can and thought it might fit on top of the intake manifold it said stainless steel on the label but i figured i would just silver braze on a 2" outlet. for $7 i figured if it wouldnt fit i would just say oh look honey i bought you this great new kitchen junk. it...
got some junk yard stuff over the weekend, the backing plate/timing cover for a reverse rotation water pump is also reverse. the one i found was bent so i dont know if it will be ok
yeah maybe. im absolutely sure that this thing has turned into a money hole for sure. but i do enjoy driving it. im headed back to the pull apart tomorrow to fish out some more parts
here is some of the rebuild kit stuff, i bought a kit from someone on ebay advertising as a kit from the military. i dont know about the validity of that but it does seem like a very thorough kit as any engine kit should be of course. the only thing that really wasnt there was valve seals so i...
couple reasons for the nv4500 leaving
my wife drives manual just fine but cannot drive the truck with that trans ( i have no idea why)
most of my driving is in city so lots of clutch work required
i used the hydraulic setup with the advance adapters bellhousing and slave cylinder mount...
the precombustion cups in the cucv heads are the older style and the humvee heads have the newer ones can you just knock these out with a punch and swap them?
after not getting to drive my cucv for almost six months mostly because busy at work and other broke downs in the way have finally gotten started on fixin it up and i have bitten off a lot to chew
the engine and trans are out of the truck now and the engine is already apart with block and heads...
somebody PMed me about this thread i think so i figured id hit back about it again. ive had the nv4500 in there for about 10 months now.
some of the good stuff!
having an OD is awesome, gets almost 24 mpg now going down the highway
can hit 80mph now
got a super low gear for some of the...
o no sorry not running divorced case
got all the stuff to make it 4wd and stick it on the np208
yeah the 2 outer tubes of the column slid apart and wouldnt get back together i have no idea what happened but in my aggravated state i ended up destroying the bearing that supports the end of the...
puttin an nv 4500 in my 86 1009
havent even gotten started real good and its quickly becoming a pita
heres where i ended up having to take the steering column out to put the clutch/brake pedals in
crap thing is i accidentally pulled the steering column apart when removing it and cant get it...
more pics
heres some pics of some of the work so far
theres the instrument panel i fixed all up
the wheels and tires i took from my toyota put on there which turned out to suck
and the extra cool liscense plate illuminator and total crap arangement trailer hitch
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