Marching Orders

I’ve got two trucks who need some troubleshooting, and I’m trying to keep costs down by borrowing parts until I know I need to buy something. So here’s an ordered list of how I’ll try to tackle this weekend, just to clear my head:

1. Pull the boat tank from the 800 and move it to the Travelall. Flush out the lines and get the truck running, then pull it out of the driveway and park it facing outwards. This is done. The culprit was the main vacuum hose off the back
2. Drain the rest of the gas out of the tank now that the plug is on the low side, filter the crud out, and pour clean gas through it until it runs clear. Done. hopefully all of the water is out of it now, but I’m going to add some HEET additive to get rid of the rest.
3. Hook the internal tank back up and see if it clogs up again. I think we’re in good shape now, although I need a new fuel cap ASAP.
4. Jack up the rear so the wheels are off the ground, mark a drum and the driveshaft, and count revolutions.
   1. Is it limited-slip or open?  It is limited-slip! Both wheels turn in the same direction.
   2. What is the actual gear ratio on this truck? The ratio is officially is 3.73, which is good for a mixture of highway and towing. I’d prefer mostly highway gears, but this is better than what I thought I had.
5. Test drive!
6. Flush out the 800 engine block with a hose. I’m sure it’s completely full of crud. This was somewhat successful. I flushed out the top end but I don’t think I got enough pressure to get everything out of the bottom.
7. Hook the bottom hose back up to the radiator, and fill the system with coolant.
8. Pull the mechanical fuel pump off the 800 and compare it to the spares I have here. Will any of them fit? (the original I’m sure is dried out and useless). This is like no other fuel pump I’ve ever seen: there are two inlets and two outlets and the clacker arm looks like it was forged on an anvil.It’s an Airtex 6857, which hasn’t been manufactured for 10 years.
9. Pull the fuel pressure regulator out of the Travelall, put it in the 800, and see if the carb still overflows. It doesn’t, but I need to replace the shite hose clamps it came with. Looks like it’s sending gas to the carb but not overflowing it, which is a good sign.
   1. If yes: pull the carb off and free up the needle, which is clearly stuck.
   2. If no: run it off the boat tank/electric pump and see if we can adjust the idle a little bit.
10. Pull both front wheels off the 800 and assess the brake situation.
    1. Are the cylinders garbage? The driver’s side looks good.
    2. Are the soft lines garbage? I basically destroyed the driver’s side soft line and the hard line to the distro block getting it off. Whoops.
    3. How do the pads and drums look?  TERRIBLE.
    4. Get part numbers for the drums and pads, and put them on the future list.
    5. Order soft lines and more brake fittings—We’ll most likely need these at a minimum.
11. Continue trying to unstick the master cylinder, which has been sitting on the bench soaking in penetrant for two days. Unstuck. I haven’t opened the rebuild kit. It’s now mounted back on the truck.
12. Check the spare pads in the garage to see if they might fit by some miracle. Nope. They are 11×1.75″, and I need 10×1.75″ for the 800. Rats.
13. Pull the headlight switch out of the 800, clean it up, and see if it works.
    1. If yes, celebrate!
    2. If no, do any of my spares match? Not at all. This is an entirely new switch from the Scout II and Travelall.

Additionally, now that the salt has been washed off the roads, I have to prep Peer Pressure to go over to Brian’s for hibernation. That shouldn’t be too hard; I just need to pull some spares out of the toolbox and bring the battery tender.