Brush it off

The brush guard is removed from the winch bumper. This entailed quite a while with and angle grinder equipped with a cut off wheel. Here we are mocking it up.

Brushguard

I recently picked up a Brush guard, winch bumper and Mile Marker 12k winch. The previous owned apparently had something against hinges or he just did not want to ever open his hood because the brush guard was welded to the bumper. When I get a chance I need separate them. Also the winch didn't come with a controller so I must also track one of those down as well.

Window Motor

Had to put a new window motor in my truck the old motor was toast, probably stock... The new motor's dimensions were a little longer than the old one. So to make it fit we had to grind the corner down.

Wiper Upgrade

My old wipers were really beat, out with the old in with the new.

Kill Wire

So when I put my steering wheel back together my truck wouldn't start......... Checked all my fuses, and my wires seemed fine. Except for this one wire that seemed to be plugged in wasn't. Cut off some the conduit put it back in place, truck started....

Wheel welding

I noticed my steering wheel was starting to feel loose. Then about a week later I heard something crack. Sure enough the old welds cracked, so we Tig welded over the cracks. Now my steering wheel is as good as new.

Just Swaying

When I installed my steering gear box stabilizer I noticed my sway bar end links were pretty beat. I picked up a pair of new greasable ones on eBay for $20

The right direction

When I picked up the 95 2500 I noticed the truck wandered all over the place while driving. I was always having to correct the steering. After reading a bit online I purchased this steering gearbox stabilizer. $100 and made in the USA! I also picked up a set of Moog sway bar bushings. The install was easy and the truck handles 100% better! Sorry for the lack of pics I have been on a tight schedule lately and there is not a lot of time for wrenching 

Happy Thanksgiving

Here is a lineup of the 12 valves. We are replacing the pitman and idler arms on the 2wd today.

Starting part 5

The 12 valve is still not wanting to start, I was getting it to start (barely) after leaving it plugged in for a couple hours. Well that isn't working anymore either... Things got serious last weekend. I needed to haul a piece of machinery, the trailer was rented and everyone was waiting on me. I had left the truck plugged in for a couple hours and no start. I ended up borrowing my brothers 2nd gen 2wd 12 valve (we just replaced the ball joints and and tie rod ends the night before and the alignment was way off). I didn't like putting his truck through that and I was determined to fix my starting issue.  I started inspecting all the connections and somehow overlooked this toasted connection at the battery positive lead. I couldn't find an 18ga fusable link so I used a 16ga one and soldered it to the existing 18ga link. I also pulled both batteries and drooped them off at autozone for testing. I came back a day later to pick up my batteries and the diagnosis "bad batteries" they will not hold a charge. I was quite bummed to say the least these are OPTIMA red tops!! Well there is no way in hell I can afford 2 more of these so I had to settle for 2 standard diesel batteries. The battery hold downs were beat as hell, two of the bolts were frozen and they just need to be replaced. I made some new battery hold down bolts out of 1/4-20 all thread and nuts. While removing the old clip nuts one broke out a chunk of the battery tray. I made a patch out of 1/8" plastic and a SS screw. I cleaned everything up and started the truck. It was 55 degrees out side and the truck fired up like it was hot. No more slow cranking! It fires up on the first crank, I am quite pleased to say the least.      

hummer time

The inside of the hummer is mostly bare metal and with the humidity there is always some surface rust. I cleaned all surfaces with a wire cup wheel on an angle grinder followed by a good washing with lacquer thinner. After all prep the interior floor and exterior bed got two liberal coats of rustolleum bed liner. 

It's always something

Well it appears it's time for a new window motor...

Starting part 4

I reinstalled the starter and put the batteries back in after cleaning everything up... and it still is a hard cold start. It starts fine once its warm but when its cold I am never sure if its actual going to turn over. I'm saving my pennies for an Air-dog but I wonder if it could be something wrong with the grid heater?

Starting part 3

The rebuild kit went smoothly until I broke one of the isolators. Thankfully there is a automotive electrical specialty shop across town. I picked up a new one for next to nothing as well as a new bolt and external isolator. The starter had definitely been messed with there was a 3/8-16 nut cross-threaded onto the positive bolt. I opted for ny-lock nuts over traditional ones,  also repacked the bearing with good grease. Judging by how filthy the brushes in the motor were I am sure there will be some type of difference in starting.
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