Recent content by Zimnij Volk

Hey all, It's sure been a while since I've made a post. Back home in Oregon, and left everything else back in Wisconsin. Single again, and having been nearly trapped inside my own home for almost 2 and a half years, it's time to get out. But my options are now sorely limited. I didn't have...

Yes, yes I do. :P I guess it's a good thing I always had the mentality of, "If something can go wrong, it will." Well, my search for.... Anything that drives.... Is on now. I've found a couple old suburbans that are $700. One's a conversion special which I thought was pretty cool. But I'm...

Just as a bit of a bad luck continuation, I've been borrowing my girl friend's mom's car since the truck died. On my way up to Sheboygan to take a look at a few vehicles, her car also took a crap on me. The passenger-side spring perch weld broke and the spring was pushing down onto the inside...

I really should change that; thanks for the reminder. No, sadly I no longer have it. I wish I had never gotten rid of it...

Sadly I can't take my time... The store owner told my manager to have me remove the truck by tonight. Seeing as it has no where to go, I threw it up on Craigslist and am calling salvage companies in the area. Sad as it had so much potential, but the guy I've got interested in it seems to want...

Sadly, I have no real place to work on it or I'd probably try that, fabjunkie. The place I thought I'd be able to do an engine swap turned out to be a bust. Having it done over at Hucksdorf Diesel would cost me $4600 if I found my own engine, over $6000 if it was a new engine. Buying the truck...

Are you thinking new truck altogether, Rot Box, or re-doing everything while it's already in pieces?

Chilliwak; I was just checking those out, actually. I have no idea how much shipping would be to get here, though. Obviously I can't go get it. :P Oh, and just so you know, my name's actually Mike. I had an GMC S15 Jimmy a bit ago that I sold. :P Yeah, 4BT, the flatbed needs some attention...

I was referring to 4BT here on the forum, my bad for not being clear. However I was thinking of a Cummins swap later down the road in some CUCVs. (4BT in a M1009 Blazer, 6BT/NV4500 in a M1008) But that was WAY far off in the future. I want to keep the flatbed, but I was thinking of what to do...

That is was clandr1. 4BT, I wish! Sadly it's not in my budget... Unless I found one close by that needed to be rebuilt or something, and then again, no place to do it. Found a local J code on Craigslist that needs new glow plugs, but may be a good place to start.

Well, good news and bad news. Good news is, I found the problem. The bad news is... Well, look for yourself.... There looked to be some water/coolant in the oil... Oil all over the bottom. Mysterious tube led me here. But.... Then I had this feeling I should look under the front again...

Actually, the picture was taken on the passenger's side. :P Would you guys recommend going back to the mechanical pump or a better electric pump?

Well, yesterday I got it towed to work. (So much cheaper than towing it home, where I wouldn't be able to work on it anyway, and have no place to put it.) I'm making sure to document all this thoroughly to show the previous owner when he get's back from his trip to California. Thus meaning pics...

Let the trouble shooting begin. Boy is it a doozy... So, I got in the truck after my shift, no troubles starting, and pulled off onto the road, then onto the highway to head home. I don't know the gear ratio in the truck, so I've been driving it at 55 mph. Not 5 minutes down the road and it...

Ah, good times with old Suburbans. I wonder if that was also because of the weight. Well, I've already had a few issues with it. Mostly all yesterday. (But I already had this all written up and was too tired to go into detail about what happened.) When I got to work yesterday my power...