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They look sharp, and the price is reasonable, too:
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What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2
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Yea it's a nice piece. Cut out of stainless but the shiny silver didn't really jive with the rest of the truck so I painted it. Also came with stainless hardware for that price.
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For all of that, $20 is a bargain (and it really looks sharp).
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That's what Plumbers call them also, or "Beauty Ring". I guess "exhaust trim ring" works too, pretty descriptive. Looks nice. The exhaust on my M1009 comes out behind the tire.
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I've got my exhaust running behind the rocker since the downpipe is running on the outside of the frame. One of these days I'll re do it and snake it between the engine and frame and then be able to run a larger muffler under the truck. I'll still be able to use the body exit for the exhaust. I also made it as high as it is because I may end up just cutting the rockers off and putting rock sliders welded in since my passenger one is pretty rotted.
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Well, stayed busy today. The truck has grown a 3rd pedal and there is a stick coming out of the floor.
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What transmission is that hooked up to?
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This is stage 1 of possibly 3. Right now it has the SM465 and the original 208 case. Stage 2 will be the addition of the Ranger Torque Splitter and a figure 8 New Process 205 coupled to the 32 spline 465.
Stage 3 (expensive stage) will likely be a Lomax 205 case.
With this install I didn't cut out the tunnel to install a removable one, just popped out the hole for the shift tower. When I do the next stage, the removable hump install will take place. I have them here already.
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I added some of Gimpys lights and a D/C distribution panel in the M1009.
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Been driving it around this weekend. Got to pick up a trailer tomorrow. Gave it a wash yesterday and fixed the loose mirror. Heading out at 05:45 tomorrow morning.
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Ah, the wishy washy. There was one here that closed many years ago. Much to my surprise I found that it had reopened a while back. Thursday I spent 20 minutes laying in the grunge under my SECM trying to hose all (some) of the spooge off prepping for the trans swap. Spraying with Purple Power and letting it sit for a while before pressure washing really helps loosen the spooge.
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Where did that panel come from? Thats nice!
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I bought it off of E**y its for a boat. I just used a 6x6 PVC electrical box and cut out a hole in the lid to surface mount the panel and painted the box black. I'm happy with the way it turned out.
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Very nice.
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That panel and those lights look awesome
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I took my CUCV M1009 on camping trip to Land Between the Lakes.
I started have overcharging of batteries. In the field the best I can determine the driver side alt is problem. Voltage reading all over the place.
I was concerned about frying battery as voltage was hitting 30.1. On the trip home I pulled exciter wire from alt. Voltage settled around 27.00.
Oddly the Driver side alternator is the spare I bought on Ebay. I suspect the voltage regulator is junk. Got a repair shop looking at it.
Lesson learned. I suspect China Junk on Flea Bay.
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I started have overcharging of batteries. In the field the best I can determine the driver side alt is problem. Voltage reading all over the place.
I was concerned about frying battery as voltage was hitting 30.1. On the trip home I pulled exciter wire from alt. Voltage settled around 27.00.
Oddly the Driver side alternator is the spare I bought on Ebay. I suspect the voltage regulator is junk. Got a repair shop looking at it.
Lesson learned. I suspect China Junk on Flea Bay.
stationjj
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I took 3 stock CUCV fuel filter bases to a local machine shop that a friend runs and had him tap and plug the port to the pressure switch. I picked up the 3 bases from a swap meet a few years back and wanted to put one repaired for another project that I am working on. Total cost to get 3 repaired was $50. . I am happy with the results and I have a few extras.
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Alright well over the weekend I drove Gunny to Fayetteville,Ga. I figured out another issue on the way back. Gunny needs a transmission I lost 3rd gear in Whitesburgh,Ga. He still made it all the way back to Alabama pulling a trailer and motorcycle. When you lose 3rd in a 3 speed trans your top speed becomes 30 to 40mph though. Probably going back with a 700r I wonder what kind of mileage I will be getting with a 700r and the 3.08 gears.
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