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What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

cucvrus

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Actually, I had it sandblasted and primed by a coating company. It's been a while, I doubt they'd "warranty" it by now...
On a frame and axle I tend to lay heavy paint on. It can sag a bit and still look great. That was not put on heavy enough and could have been cold when the paint was applied from the sags on the crossmember. Good Luck. Scuff and sand yourself. Paint it with a self etching primer with a good rust inhibitor. I have 5 gallon pails of good primer I will never use anymore.
 

Rutjes

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On a frame and axle I tend to lay heavy paint on. It can sag a bit and still look great. That was not put on heavy enough and could have been cold when the paint was applied from the sags on the crossmember. Good Luck. Scuff and sand yourself. Paint it with a self etching primer with a good rust inhibitor. I have 5 gallon pails of good primer I will never use anymore.
It was during winter, but you'd expect a shop to have a curing room or whatever. Guess I haggled too much and got what I paid for.

The primer I have is from De Ijssel Coatings. Very well known in the marine world (at least, over here). It's called ZF Primer, and is a 2K epoxy primer. I guess the ZF stands for zinc phosphate (zink fosfaat in Dutch), because that's what's in there as a rust inhibitor. Supposed to be very good stuff. First thing to try it on will be the D60. I'll put it on thick (most likely in multiple thin layers) before applying 2K paint.

Leaning towards following Curtisje's example and strip the frame down completely and do it properly. Got this far, so why not...

Did some more wire wheeling on the D60 today, started taping it and put it on a "paint stand". Sneezing rust now btw.

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Curtisje

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It was during winter, but you'd expect a shop to have a curing room or whatever. Guess I haggled too much and got what I paid for.

The primer I have is from De Ijssel Coatings. Very well known in the marine world (at least, over here). It's called ZF Primer, and is a 2K epoxy primer. I guess the ZF stands for zinc phosphate (zink fosfaat in Dutch), because that's what's in there as a rust inhibitor. Supposed to be very good stuff. First thing to try it on will be the D60. I'll put it on thick (most likely in multiple thin layers) before applying 2K paint.

Leaning towards following Curtisje's example and strip the frame down completely and do it properly. Got this far, so why not...

Did some more wire wheeling on the D60 today, started taping it and put it on a "paint stand". Sneezing rust now btw.

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Thanks for the pat on the back. Unfortunately I haven't done any more work on mine. I hope to be back at it over the long weekend.
 

cucvrus

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Today I exchanged the starter with a new ACDelco.......

......... I also tensioned the V-belt of the steering pump, that was a pleasure.
No more dented and broken steering pump tanks

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genius idea. I have a bar I use on the pulley hub and with a helper get that thing tight. It is a royal PITA. I think the reservoir should be remote of the pump like the civilian models. Better yet. Electric power steering like it is on 2014 Silverado's and up. I just replaced a broken one on a crashed 2018 Silverado. $900. used for the electric rack unit. Looks good. Keep up the good work. Be Safe.
 

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Installed new high beam switch. Decided to pull apart the fuse block to clean that while I was working under the dash. I cleaned the cluster circuit board a while back but still don't have 4wd indicator light. It worked last year, so tomorrow night plan to track that down.
 

joshuak

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U joint in my rear driveshaft gave up the ghost, non greasable vatozone special, been on there six years.

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Didn't have to walk home, but did ask mrs.k for a bag of tools, a gatorade bottle and some tape. Not a bad place to breakdown, dog and I had a place in the shade.

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Removed driveshaft, locked hubs, threw the np208 in front wheel drive and made it home with fluid to spare. :-D


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$240 got me a new yoke, spicer u joints and a balanced shaft. Standing in high cotton now!

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No need for SYE on this rig, for others maybe.

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Rutjes

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I..... Need this for reasons


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How about this one or this one. Price is a bit steep, but great models, great detail. Will take some work, the resin cast isn't perfect. Needs some cleaning and fixing here and there.

I got the M1008 and found some HMMWV wheels on eBay to make it look like my truck. Never got around to putting it together... some day I will...

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Here's a build thread. Lots of photos.

Couple of photos I've found:

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Russm

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Already have my head buried in the truck trying to sort out the gremlins (this month its the brake system and the proportioning valve). Between that and work I've no time for models.

Just saw the price... 75 euros for something I wanna use as a dash ornament, that will bake in the Georgia sun every day

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Tinstar

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Installed new 6 blade fan (as recommended in another thread) and new fan clutch.
Clutch was still working but starting to seep.

Zero difference made that I can tell on the temp gauge.
Just Additional fan noise now when clutch engages.
 

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Spent last week rebuilding a transmission then the last few days swapping it with the leaky one in my m1028. Dropped the leaky trans to find one of the mounting flanges on the bellhousing was shattered, so I was glad I was installing a second trans instead of banking on rebuilding that one...

After the install we took it for a spin and all was well, no more bellhousing leak! But what's this, leaking from the transfer case adapter... Turns out the bolts holding the transfer case to the adapter were loose. Snugged them back down, the leak slower but was stillk there.

Day three was spent dropping the tcase and installing a new gasket on that side of the adapter. No more leaks, but it might be leaking fluid from tcase to transmission. I know it usually goes the other way when the tcase seal fails though so we'll just keep an eye on it and see what happens.
 

Rutjes

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I was going to build a simple spray booth. Even tho the paint I used is supposed to be able to be applied by brush and roller and I used the brush thinner from the same manufacturer, I was not happy with the result when painting the D60 axle. Anyway, I ended up doing something else. It's not really CUCV related, but I still had the donor M1009 brush guard laying around so I hacked it up and bolted it to my '98 K1500 to see how it would look. Not bad I think. Also made custom bed rails, similar to what I made for my M1028 before, but better IMO, so I'll redo those some time in the not so distant future.

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Russm

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Been chasing spongy brake pedal gremlins for over a month now. Old MC wasn't able to fully actuate the rear disk brakes, it was running out of fluid. I also snapped a brake line (few posts above).
Took off the original disk/drum proportioning valve in exchange for an adjustable one (can see it in second picture). Original was causing the rear brakes to drag.
Improvised a workbench in my gym room because I don't have a garage for this kind of stuff. Used my new workspace to make a replacement brake line, got it pretty close to the original.
New MC is from a 1980 Corvette, which has 4-wheel disk brakes. Rear reservoir is much bigger. Same bore and same size outlets makes it a straight swap for a M1009.
Waiting on one more part, a Tee splitter for the front brake line to split it direct to both front wheels.


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shotty

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Been chasing spongy brake pedal gremlins for over a month now. Old MC wasn't able to fully actuate the rear disk brakes, it was running out of fluid. I also snapped a brake line (few posts above).
Took off the original disk/drum proportioning valve in exchange for an adjustable one (can see it in second picture). Original was causing the rear brakes to drag.
Improvised a workbench in my gym room because I don't have a garage for this kind of stuff. Used my new workspace to make a replacement brake line, got it pretty close to the original.
New MC is from a 1980 Corvette, which has 4-wheel disk brakes. Rear reservoir is much bigger. Same bore and same size outlets makes it a straight swap for a M1009.
Waiting on one more part, a Tee splitter for the front brake line to split it direct to both front wheels.


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Clever! Hope this works well, I might do the same.
 
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