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The 3B you gave me, Steve, got merged with another 3B and that's what is in my 40. Runs like a top, and has done for a couple of years, so I decided to clean up the garage a little. If nobody wants the old B it goes for recycling. I also have the other 3B short block available to a good home...

Free to a good home - B Diesel from my BJ40 You will have to pick it up :) Located in Oak Bay

She is still with me ...

Sounds like there might be a little bit of air in the lines, see if re-bleeding works - especially on the cylinders giving you problems.

My '78 (stock) BJ has wipers at the bottom,

I don't really remember, it was about 5 or 6 years ago, but I think around $700, then I had to get my windshield installed. Luckily the glass guy could re-use the gasket.

I ended up ordering one from TROA (brand new) and it took forever to get to Victoria from Medellin, Columbia (South America). The quality is top-notch, but it came unpainted.

You think it might be oil spray (mist) resulting from blow-by ?

Get an engine manual before doing anything. I should have mentioned that at the outset ... They can be obtained at a reasonable cost from many of our regular suppliers; and there may be a digital one here on mud.

Clean it ! Take the engine out of the truck and slowly disassemble everything ... and clean clean clean ... then using new gaskets (available at a number of places, including Amayama, Megazip, etc.) put it back together. Blow out the fuel lines ... have the injection pump serviced at a diesel...

We lost ours this April, and the wound is very slowly beginning to heal. I agree, they are the very best ...

Pretty well all of the 24v lights on my cruiser are LED (except the headlights) - including the signals and brakes, and of course my interior lights. Any bulb that fits the socket seems to work just fine (only brighter).

use LED's - there are several kinds, but they are very bright and operate on 6-32v.

sounds to me like there is a valve timing issue, and the venturi lines are reversed. Did you line up all the timing marks on the camshaft, crank, idler and injection pump when you re-assembled ? The clanking sounds like the wrong valves are opening and hitting the tops of the pistons - you...

Is your engine a B or 3B ? The 3B has an oil cooler on the side; where the B are just covers.