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I just last week put Sense a Track coil overs on all 4 corners of my 1009. The rear no longer sags, the front no longer dives after every bump and whenever the brakes are applied. Cornering is a lot more secure feeling. Putting a trailer on doesn't make the thing drive like a giant...

Good looking set up. If you want to make the tail gate into a porch. Get 4 carabiners and some 1/4" or so chain. Hook onto the tail gate chain one link down from where it is welded to the bed. Hook the other end onto one of the tabs on the tail gate. Adjust for level. Just make sure you...

Here is a thread from a few months ago talking about 101's and Scout camping. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/trailers/64539-troop-seats-m101a2-trailer.html

That depends on how much you are going to paint. You pulling the cab/bed/front end to paint every single part inside and out? 4 gallons. Just pulling the bed and painting everything else on the truck? 3 gallons. I wouldn't get less than 3 though even if the bed is staying on. Here is the...

Rapco and Army Jeep Parts in PA are the only two places to get the Gillespie paint. As said above. Good stuff, easy to apply and pretty darn tough.

There are one or two "breakers" on the firewall between the steering column and the outside fender. If you are standing next to the drivers front wheel, you will see them. My 1952 without a heater only has one. The picture below shows it as the dirty brownish thing above the large heater hose...

My '52 and '53 have the stampings on the drivers side. Just like the picture in post #10.

Nice set up. I have been using my M1009/M101 for the past few camp outs as well with the Scouts. Before that, the M35 or the M715 was used for just about all of them. The 1009 lets me haul 3 more boys and keep up with everybody else. Big plus. We are under burn bans 90% of the time around...

You had to know this was coming. Read the -10 manual. It has pictures of everything in the cab and tells you what they do.

Power steering too. Dual circuit brakes even. Snag the wiper motor next time you are at the goat ranch there Joe.

Glen, I found the odometer and the speedometer being off different ratios odd too. My speedo is 12% slow while my odometer is 6% slow. When I had the stock tires, the odomoter was off no more than 2/10's after 100 miles compared to gps distance for the trip. Yet, the speedo was about 6% off.

Measure your tires too. They are probably closer to 29"-30" than the 31" printed on the sidewall. This is a great site to plug numbers into: Randy's Ring & Pinion. RPM Calculator. They even have an app for smart phones. Last month I was following Kwai in my 1009 while he was trying to...

How did it pull and what kind of mpg did you get pulling?

What psi do you have the rear tires at? The locker in the rear makes it so you can steer with your right foot. The lower the psi in the back and the more you can make it point left or right by throttle movement.

Piston shape and injector placement is what makes it able to burn just about anything. Design of the ip and other parts are what allows them to live on the drier fuels. The FDC just makes it so power "feels" the same on different fuels.

They did a 4 wheel alignment. All Firestone stores use Hunter equipment and it automatically does a 4 wheel. However, since it is a solid axle truck. I bet the guy doing the work didn't even look at the rear axle data. If you go back. Tell them you want to know what your thrust line is and...

Thanks for the tip. Seems I claimed success too soon. It was 72° on my way to work yesterday morning and I had a steady speedometer needle above 15 mph with bouncing below that. Good enough for me. It was 93° yesterday afternoon and I had a bouncing needle at any speed on the way home...

Check fluids, check your pink wire on top of the IP and maybe it just bounced around turning the engine on and off a few times before it stayed un plugged. If it is cranking over, it might not be that bad.

It all comes down to this. Get the nut loose and commence to beating on the thing with the biggest hammer you can pick up. Once you get it apart, clean the inside out, smear grease everywhere, flip it and tighten the nut back up. It will come apart with no problems for the next few years now...

You should be able to hear the shut off valve click open and closed. Be warned that it is a real pain to get to the shut off valve.