wow... forgot this thread... five years ago... I need to read through it just to see what I have done to the truck before, as I have forgotten a lot of it now.
just so I don't
continue to leave this thread hanging... I did end up replacing the heads with reman 6.5 heads, can't remember now how much they cost at the time. But I think it was about $600 or so. Also got a bunch of other parts, including new head bolts, reman injectors, glow plugs, and other stuff I can't remember. Heads and etc have all worked thus far, hope they continue to for a
long time.
The "new" fuel return hoses that I installed at that time, went bad about a year after this. Thought my head gasket blew again the way the truck started chugging and such, and it was enough diesel on the engine to look like antifreeze. After that mishap, I replaced the oem rubber return hoses with silicone fuel line, and its worked perfect ever since.
Got issues with the temp light and coolant light AGAIN
. This is the second time since this thread. Just replaced both sensors again a couple months ago, seems like it is a different issue this time.
Also just recently had to replace the glow plugs again, this is the 2nd time since this thread if I remember right. Found 3 bad plugs in jan, was going to just replace the three with some other "old good" plugs I still had. But ended up finding a whole set of brand new AC Delco plugs that I had forgot about buying. Installed those. Although the previous plugs were also AC Delcos too... not sure why they are burning out so quickly. I think I read one time that there was something that could "go bad" and send 24v to the plugs instead of 12v. I was thinking about this earlier today, will use a meter to test for that just in case.
can't remember if the starter was in this thread, but I just had to replace the starter again. Instead of getting another parts store reman special.. I got a Wilson gear reduction starter this time. Starts quick and easier to install. Just remember to change the starter bracket to one specifically made for the gear reduction starter. If not you can damage the block, see FAQ's and many other threads concerning that.
Did a
whole bunch of other work in the last 2.5 months. but that is on other threads. here is two if anyone is interested.
Hey everyone, working on my 1986 M1008. I just finished putting in a new fuel tank, sending unit, instrument panel flexiable circuit board, and other to finally get my fuel gauge working, as I had in another thread which I will be updating maybe later tonight. In any case, when I was under the...
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hijacked an older thread here concerning fuel gauge and sending unit, my posts start at #15
My Vehicle: 1985 CUCV M1009 I’m fairly certain the gas tank is the stock/original size (that’s a 25 gallon right?) My Fuel Gauge has started to occasionally stop working. I checked the fuses, etc. From what I understand it can often be a bad connection at the fuel gauge in the dash end or at...
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