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Hi I'm sorry to post so frantically but my m1009 is dead on the side of the road. I need a starter. I am in michigan. I am on highway 127. Mile marker 83. If anyone has a starter I have cash available now. Thank you.

Use a bubba rope. They work great. But nice job pulling your freind out.

http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?100794-Things-Every-New-CUCV-Owner-Should-Do-and-Kn Here is a thread I started about these things. Good find it looks pretty clean.

What about body work?

My problem with the FAQ is that each post only contains one item. It takes forever to read through everything.

My goal is to have one list of everything to make it e.asier to find the info.

After seeing all of the "My first cucv" threads i have decided it would be beneficial to make this thread. These are some of the common problems, tips, and solutions that i have found. I would appreciate if everyone posts any ideas that they have too help new CUCV owners. -Things I would Do...

Make shure you use the plastic type inline fuse not the glass buss fuses. I found that alot of my m1009's electronic problems Were fixed when i removed all the fuses. Then i sprayed electrical contact cleaner in all of the fuse blocks ports. Then i used dialectric grease on all the fuses when...

The light bulb socket with the grey and black wire is the backlight for your voltmeter. To access the lights you need to pull the black plastic face. Then pull the white instrument cluster and they will be in the rear.

I would just replace the handle. Yes the 5 ton door will fit. I am upgrading my door handles to locking handles pretty soon.

Yes that is dot 3 and 5 mixed together. Just use dot 3 in your truck. Just to be shure i would siphon some of your existing fluid and mix it with some new dot 3 and look to see if they seperate.

I had the same problem. Eventually my heater fuse melted along with part of the fuse block. I bypassed the fuse block for the heater circuit and added in a seperate 20 amp inline fuse.

What model radio did you install? And may I ask what all those switches are for?

Its hard enough to maintain highway speed with the rear axle powering the vehicle!

I think the safest thing would be if you had a driveshaft made. Im shure there is a truck shop around you that could do it quickly.

I use ac60 glow plugs. I have a manual glowplug switch and i cycle them twice for ten seconds each with a 5 second break in between.

Dont by a truck with a sprag transfer case. It will cost a lot more in the long run to convert it to an air engage transfer case.

I dont know if you would be able to find them but i installed new rubber bushings on the top. I got these from a new pair of mirrors i bought on ebay. Now my mirrors stay in place. At the same time i replaced my door striker bolts so i no longer have to slam my door (well not as hard).

Could it be uneven wear in the tires? Maybe the wheel bearings are bad and not rotating properly with the vehicles weight is being distributed differntly when making a U-turn. Just an idea. Goodluck.

You should make shure that your state doesn't require a title. If it does i would try to stay clear of this vehicle. Wiper blades are 20 dollars so no big deal there. For the radiator it may need to be replaced. And for the axles, the cost to have them fixed depends where they are leaking from.