Unless you work at a diesel shop, let a pro rebuild the pump. If you rebuild it yourself a pro will still need to calibrate it, and that will cost just about as much. I have a friend who runs a shop, and he said he could rebuild the pump, tune it, and give me a little more power for 250 bucks. Ofcourse that was at my discounted price for helping him out in the past. Lift pump is like a v8 chevy feul pump, just close to the frame and tight to work on. I have the wix part numbers somewhere for the filter assembly, but I found them on here first by searching filter conversion in cucv section.
Yeah I wouldn't know how to calibrate it and it probably wouldn't be worth the time to learn, I'll just have it done or buy a rebuilt one. I'll look into the filter numbers too, thanks.
If you are whining about some oil leaks on your deuce, the CUCV trucks are really gonna pee in your Cheerios. Expect reoccuring maintenance on the glow plug system, alternators, starter, front axle, and steering column controls. Most important aspect of picking a good 1009 in my opinion is finding a rust free body.
It wasn't some oil leaks, the normal ones like the knuckles and transfer case where present but the engine was unusually clean and after getting it home and driving it a little I soon found out why. There were massive amounts of oil leaking out of the head aswell as the air pack. The seller (a member here) or his mechanic, or both blantantly tried to cover up the fact it was leaking by cleaning the engine before showing me the truck if I had seen those leaks I would have never purchased it. I could probably go after him for it but I'm not that kind of person. If I have to work on it a little it isn't a big deal, I have the means and tools to work on a vehicle the size of a CUCV but not to work on the big crap like the deuce's.
One other thing, service the front wheel bearings asap. They are notorious for going bad if not serviced soon after leaving the gl lot.
Will do, I need to do them on another truck so I'll make a day of it.
Tail gate rust and rear window regulators. They have a tendency to leak around the top and drip on the inside floor, it runs forward and gets into the seams behind the seats. It is a very hard problem to fix, once rusty there as the panels overlap. The rear quarters and the front body mounts. Crawl under the driver's side and look up at the floor from the bottom. Frequently they will be rusty/rusting. They are not a low maintenance vehicle, there is always something to be done. Thankfully, they are fairly easy ad cheap to repair.
A leaky deuce? 40 years old and it is junk for oil leaks? I think axles seals on a deuce are just waiting to seep, either the pinion or axle seal. Just part of the beast. I think you will find leaks in any surplus released vehicle, these glorious green boxes are far from new. Glen
Thanks for the details on places to check for rust. I'm aware there will be constant maintenance to be done but I'm just trying to get a good one, not a problem one to start with. The parts are indeed cheap and I don't mind wrenching a little, I'm very used to working on my toys, my Mustang is an absolute money pit that is always breaking something. I've got almost $50K in the car, imagine the MV's I could have had with that much spent.
The axles seals, and pinion seals were leaking on all axles. The transfer case was leaking too which is all normal. The head leaking (bad) and air pack leaking (also bad) aren't normal on any of the M35's I've seen which is probably why the engine was cleaned. Either way it was falsely advertised and I got burned. It was a learning point for me because I loved the thing and was one of the coolest vehicles I've ever driven but I just had no use for it other than offroading which it was decent for but not as good as other vehicles and the ride to go offroading in it sucked. I'll probably pick up another from GL in the future and get a gooseneck trailer to haul it on behind my superduty but that's a ways down the road. I'd much rather have something I can drive pretty much anywhere that doesn't cause people to wreck their cars while they are staring at it.
They are the best trucks i have ever had. And i have had a crappy powerstroke. I would rather have 20 cucv's. Im with NDT find one that is rust free even if it is a non runner.