No real progress to report.
The wife has me working on the Honey-Do list. Since the weather has cooled off I cant use the excuse of it being too hot.
I did manage to take the beast to the carwash again for some additional cleaning. $15 later and "most" of the West Texas mud/dirt is gone from the under side. I even was able to remove most of the West Texas Rat Coloney that was living under the intake manifold.
The previous owner had said that the engine had been replaced with a Humvee take out. It may beem replace but with a civvy "C-code" with all the EGR crap that is attached but not hooked up.
It appears that the swap was started but not finished as the battery cables are missing, the starter lead cable was cut and the last foot is still attached to the starter.
The rats decided to feast on the glowplug controller wires. The civvy version has the controller on the left rear cylinder head instead of under the dash like the CUCV.
Contacted BARRMAN to send me some battery cables and wiring off of a parts truck he is storing for me.
Hopefully this week the wife will give me a pass from the Honey-Dos, the wiring parts will arrive and I will at least be able to test fire the engine. If it is dead, then I have a couple of can engines to install.
The wife has me working on the Honey-Do list. Since the weather has cooled off I cant use the excuse of it being too hot.
I did manage to take the beast to the carwash again for some additional cleaning. $15 later and "most" of the West Texas mud/dirt is gone from the under side. I even was able to remove most of the West Texas Rat Coloney that was living under the intake manifold.
The previous owner had said that the engine had been replaced with a Humvee take out. It may beem replace but with a civvy "C-code" with all the EGR crap that is attached but not hooked up.
It appears that the swap was started but not finished as the battery cables are missing, the starter lead cable was cut and the last foot is still attached to the starter.
The rats decided to feast on the glowplug controller wires. The civvy version has the controller on the left rear cylinder head instead of under the dash like the CUCV.
Contacted BARRMAN to send me some battery cables and wiring off of a parts truck he is storing for me.
Hopefully this week the wife will give me a pass from the Honey-Dos, the wiring parts will arrive and I will at least be able to test fire the engine. If it is dead, then I have a couple of can engines to install.
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