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Got both of the alternators rebuilt. Looks like someone has been inside the driver alternator at some point evidenced by the Standard ignition regulator.

Here are some pics of the bed. I haven’t done much to it yet other than pound out all the dents in the bed and wheel wells. There is one spot of rust on the rear of the bed I’m going to have to cut out that is on the rear fascia to under bed area. Drilled out the spot welds and pulled the...

Still waiting on the rear output sleeve bearing that I ordered in order to get the t-case buttoned up. Took time over the last few weeks to make some progress on the front axle. Steering knuckles are blown apart and pre-cleaned and all the internal axle parts are cleaned up.

Hey there! Where did you find the output sleeve bearing? I got National part number 5208 (which contains seal 9449 and this sleeve bearing) from oreillys and the sleeve bearing OD is too small for the housing. Interestingly enough though, the bearing ID fits fine over the rear driveshaft, but...

I was having some trouble getting the t-case input seal out so I decided to split the case so as to not damage anything. I also noticed when I took the front output drive flange off that the last guy left the inner lip seal spring as a little present still inside the case smashed between the...

Thanks! It has been a ton of work so far but it is coming together pretty well!

Front axle down to parade rest and ready for paint. Locker installed. At some point someone installed outer axle tube seals for some reason. They wont be going back in.

Got the dash all wired up. Had to completely disassemble the steering column because the bearings had a bunch of blasting grit in them from the previous owner. I cleaned up the instrument panel and cleaned the back electrical sheet up with a wire brush (very gently). I cleaned and tested all the...

Got the trans and transfer case cleaned up. This was pretty painstaking. At this point I’m going to be replacing all the seals and prepping for reinstallation. I found the 4wd indicator light switch was physically damaged so I’ll be replacing that as well.

Then I started to attack the wiring. Pulled every single wire off of the truck and conducted end to end checks. Utilizing the TM electrical drawings, methodically labeled and re-wrapped all of the wiring using a combination of heat shrink tubing, new conduit, new wire sheathing and non sticky...

Again, spent a ton of time stripping and prepping the bottom of the cab and the firewall for paint. I used chassis saver paint which is very similar to POR-15. When I first opened the paint I immediately mixed it very well with a stir stick and separated it into 4 different quart mason jars. I...

Here is how the frame turned out.

Spent quite a long time cleaning and prepping the frame for paint. Also cut off all of the things that were no longer needed like the shackle hangers and bump stops. At this point I also drilled out the exhaust hangers and removed them in order to properly clean them and prep for paint by...

Wasn’t too pleased to find the engine filled with water.

I plan on running these 37s on the beadlocks with spacers. I think I’m going to go with the ORD 4” shackle flip kit and see where that gets me as far as panel interference in the front. I suspect that I may need to also do the zero rate add a leaf in the front as well so I don’t have to trim too...

Hello I’m starting this build thread for my M1008 so others can see it and maybe get some ideas and also to learn from any feedback you guys may have. I’ve had an M1008 before that I parted out for use in my rock crawler and also had an M1009 a few years ago that I got while I was stationed in...