Gone & done it again!

[Strick]

My Saturday was a bit different than normal. Earlier in the week I received a call notifying me that I’d won the sealed bid on this GORGEOUS ‘85 CUCV. I am extremely pleased and surprised by both the condition of the truck and by the”winning” the bid. Anyway, will all the equipment loaded so that I could retrieve the non-runner; I was bright enough to grab a CUCV key and carry with me. The station is about an hour away and when I got there the Asst. Chief advised me that there was no key for the truck. I’m sure glad that I had one left from previous CUCV trucks I’ve owned. I have regretted selling my last M1008 and I don’t anticipate getting rid of this one as it has become quite difficult to find them in a decent condition or at an affordable price. Now comes the time to see if we can get the Detroit making some noise!

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[aasleson]

Beautiful CUCV! My ill advised way of getting old diesels started is taking a cloth rag and putting some gas on it and holding it over the intake with the air cleaner off. Much more efficient then ether bunny

 

[Strick]

These CUCV have different wiring than the regular C/K trucks. The starter relay along with glow plug card and many other electronic goodies are dangling beneath the dash.
I've found the starter (purple) wire cut underhood & have tied it together temporarily. I've bootlegged the starter relay only to get horriffic grinding from the starter.
Seems the next step is to drop the starter & investigate the drive & flexplate. Then I'll toss 2 hot batteries in & let the music begin!
I usually soak the throat of the intake with WD40 or PB Blaster and give the runners a snort of carb cleaner just before spinning the engine. Sometimes while the glow plugs are cycling there will be a "pop" thru the intake where the WD & carb cleaner are in the pre-combustion chamber. This will give the engine a slight nudge too.
I'm not there yet unfortunately...

HS