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[randyscycle]

Here is what I did:

Get an 8 circuit or 12 circut wiring harness that they sell for just about every street rodder and use that. The 6.2 that is in Grantshire's truck is wired with an 8 circuit one that has everything in it including the signal flasher, and a relay which I used to run the lift pump.

The only electricity the 6.2 requires is the fuel cutoff, idle speed increase when cold, and the glow plugs. Of course the alternator also gets a feed. The rest of the circuits you'll use for the lights, wipers, heater if you have one, and any other accessories.

I picked up the harness from e-bay and its made by Northwest Autowire. A whole lot cheaper than a Painless and just as quality in my opinion.

[foodstamp]

ok thanks ill go get one of those. i ended up going over my original wiring, and besides the ugly wrapping and dirty ends, the wires seem to be just fine, so i looked them over, cleaned them up, and wrapped them up. i went and got new head lights, wagner 6114 i think it was. and new 12 volt black out bulbs. hooked it up and my black out lights work but my head lights dont, theirs no power coming from my switch, so im going to look at that today if i dont have to work. ill get a 12 wire circut so i can make my own harness for my 6.2 and acessories like the kc lights and misc parts. those black out lights look pretty cool light up.

[gonz]

Randy: great advice and a great price. I'm going to use that to rewire my truck.

Foodstamp: did you ever find a number for the fill hose? I'm planning to go to John Deere to get some slipplate paint and cornhead grease and I would love to get a new fill tube as well. Thanks!!

[foodstamp]

i did not find a number sorry but its a filler neck for a 8820 john deere combine. the guy at the counter should be able to find it in the data base

[foodstamp]

any luck on the filler neck? i had a picture of it and my camera was just stollen. i had the jeep parked in my shop and i guess we have some un trustworthy workers now, and they took it right out of my cab. well i do have an up date. i just so happened to find a axle for my jeep. im workin on a front still but i picked up a spicer s110 square tube axle that you would find under a F650 or 550. and has a really big 8 lug pattern and probably the biggest disk breaks ive ever seen. with 4:88 ratio too

[dave]

any luck on the filler neck? i had a picture of it and my camera was just stollen. i had the jeep parked in my shop and i guess we have some un trustworthy workers now, and they took it right out of my cab. well i do have an up date. i just so happened to find a axle for my jeep. im workin on a front still but i picked up a spicer s110 square tube axle that you would find under a F650 or 550. and has a really big 8 lug pattern and probably the biggest disk breaks ive ever seen. with 4:88 ratio too

weve had people that come up in the day light and pilfer thru cars at work while were there and steal all kinds of things. just a couple days ago a car stereo was stolen out of one. Its time for a little sniper action and with my 300 winmag, I can give them a sporting chance to drop everything and run then drop em as they think they got away. I cant stand a thief or a lier. Id be setting about 15 ft over thier heads and they wouldnt even know it till it was to late.

[gonz]

Foodstamp: Chris sent me a cad drawing of the filler neck, and while there's a 90' angle and the openings match, it won't fit without some work. Without one in hand, what exactly would be needed, I don't know, but I'm going to use a real one instead of fabbing one up- gonz

[wolf.dose]

I modified with the second restauration (2002 - 2004) my M715 to a 6.2 l Detroit Diesel from a Hanomag D141L1 engine, which I put in 1981/82. The harness is all new by myself and it works. Except the cold idle, but you do not need it, even with 22° C minus (It worked after restauration, however since avbout three years it stopped its service). It is the switch on the right side of the engine( and I do not want to change it for see above).
I drove the truck since then some 17000 miles and still work on inprovements. But these are of the miner importance (Nice to have but not needed). And I'm still looking for some noises. If you found one, the next covered comes up. But for the legal limitations of a truck to 80 kph the truck runs great, fuel consumption after 460 engine hours is o.k., even with a laden M101A1 trailer at about 85 to 90 kph(over the legal imit, however accepted). Without trailer arround 18 l/100km, with trailer 20 to 22 l/100 km. And I can race out any modern truck with the mandentory speed limiter if I like to (and risk it, Police is almost anywere you do not like them to be).
Weak point are the Chevy (AC Delco/Delphi) alternators (I use the CUCV M1009 electric system for the 12 and 24 V supply), however, I can get them repaired here very cheep at a friend of mine, only always have to change the regulator and the Diode plate. Inconvinient on a long trip to carry always at least one altinator as a spare.
For I did not find out how to place pics the easy way here, you have to look for them at steel soldier.
Wolf

[foodstamp]

yeah its horrible that some people decide to make the decision to take peoples belongings, but it happens. i did notice that these 6.2l's will eat alternators. i had a cheap autozone reman alt last maybe 2 hours of run time. i bought a better quality alt and it work great. the kaiser is wired up, i used a chevy cercit and fuse center, it worked out awesome. the only wiring issue i need to work on is turn signals. i recently bought some matrix racing seats and mounted them. ive actully been driving it short distances lately.

[foodstamp]

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bed liner didnt work like i was hoping, but at least its one color now



not the cleanest motor, but im still working on hiding the wires