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[Will L.]

If it were to fail while driving- it doesn’t look like anything drastic would happen like the upper shroud could fall into the fan. Just an airflow fail- right?

 

[ak diesel driver]

upper and lower halves are bolted together so most likely you'd hear the fan rubbing as it leaned towards the engine a bit

 

[ak diesel driver]

All done and installed.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Broke the screw holding the cargo light lens onto the housing. Made another one.used some JB weld to fix the housing threads.

 

[n8in8or]

Nice. How did you make the Torx head?

 

[Husker6.5]

Gave it an electric Hummer?

 

[ak diesel driver]

I had a hole in the head from using a live center in the tailstock and used it. If I had to do it again the hole would be slightly deeper ( some material ended up in the bottom of the hole making it shallower. Then I took the right size torx insert bit and held it with a pair of vice grips, then heated the head red hot with a propane torch and hammered the bit in. The other thing I'd do different is grind the insert bit a little shorter so that where it flares larger would actually come into play and make the opening slightly larger. Oh and I used a deep socket in my vice to hold the screw while doing this.

 

[ak diesel driver]

So we did the cluster swap yesterday. We got the cluster and drac out of the 92 blazer that we used the running gear and frame for the Studebaker. Used this document for the basis of the swap. https://docs.google.com/document/d/...ouid=111967313848201673912&rtpof=true&sd=true
I ended up drawing the plugs out to make it easier for us.

It went fairly well but it would have been nice to list the circut numbers to be able to use them as well.

 

[ak diesel driver]

So the only issue I have now, so far, is when I turn the key on the brake light flashes and flashes a code 99. The check engine light comes on with bulb check too. I'm leaning towards it being a ground back feeding. On the newer plug the diagram shows the 2 grounds tieing together. Haven't had a chance to find the old plug wiring diagram.

 

[ak diesel driver]

I disconnected the negative battery cable for 30 minutes to clear any codes and when I turned the key on the brake light came on and after a few seconds went out.

 

[ak diesel driver]

This is out of my 92 FSM. Assuming I did the drac correctly I read this to say all I need to do is hook up the cable.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Got my fuel injector tester working. I had to replace the fuel pump. It now has one out of a 97 chevy pickup.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Working on my son's 89 again. We needed to replace the parking brake cables. So we pulled off the drums and the passenger side had been puking oil. So we pulled the axles and then the seals and bearings. Then looking in the tube discovered a ton of rust scale debris so I made up this tool to clean out the tubes.
Worked like a champ, we'd put some gas in it and then open the ball valve and sweep back and forth while slowly pushing it in further. Took about 3 passes per side.

 

[Husker6.5]

Basically, a really large rifle bore brush!

 

[jrsavoie]

Basically, a really large rifle bore brush! maybe for a punt gun

 

[Husker6.5]

You should've seen the size of the bore brush for the 105mm main gun on my M60A3 tank!

 

[MrMarty51]

I use about a 1/2” piece of pipe. Sharpen a larger flat warsher, weld the warsher to the pipe.
Use that for a scraper within them axle tubes. Then scrub them out with a bore brush and mineral spirits.
Use one of those blow guns with the rubber tip fitting that screws into the blow gun. Adapt a length of steel fuel tube to fit the blow gun threads, a sharp bend on the outlet end and that works mighty fine for blasting loose any additional rust and dries out the solvents.
Yes, carrier and bearings needs to be removed.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Had this happen to my 800 dragon today.

 

[n8in8or]

I bet that made a fun sound.

 

[ak diesel driver]

Making a backing plate for a new chuck for my lathe.