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HA, ok.. that's a good possibility and would make a lot more sense. I guess the joke's on me for missing it fall :? I went ahead and ordered cucvrus's pan, I'll spend the $20 to avoid having to degrease and paint the stock one. On a side note, noticed this while giving it a once-over...

Cleaned the bushing up.. zero damage and it's only 1/2" OD. Maybe something from the speedo gear assembly or some other supplemental thing? Watching a rebuild of a TH400 and really not seeing any *bushings* that small involved in the core transmission functionality.

Noticed some leakage from my transmission and the gaskets were looking pretty old. Pulled pan to the standard lovely bath of ATF. (anyone have any mods adding a drain to the TH400? The "controlled spill" never seems to go well on the best of days) Anyway, went to check the magnet for metal...

Been a busy few months now that my M1009 is in a garage. Replaced drivers door with a spare I had (less body damage, but broken glass I need to replace.) Replaced upper / lower radiator hoses. Replaced all heat hoses. Upgraded glow plugs to 60G Upgraded turn-signal relay to modern 3-pin. LED's...

This post is awesome. Thanks for the *correct* belts. My M1009 came with a 7575 on the left alt and a single 15490 on the right alternator + steering pump. Always have squeel issues... now I know someone bodged it in the past.

Thinking of doing a modification I've seen a lot of camper shell folks do. The hard-top on the K5 is unruly to remove/put on by yourself, and I hate dragging buddies over constantly to remove/apply it. Does anyone have any thoughts about doing something like this to the M1009...

Removing the power steering end. They're pretty cheap still and the quality seems fine. The original grease boots are all blown out since the rubber is rotted. (I know you can get just the boots, but "while everything is apart" might as well splurge and spend $20 on a new end) How full of...

Just a heads up to anyone thinking of replacing their steering tie rod ends (inner / outer), removing the 32-year-old original factory ones takes a 4# sledgehammer, heat, WD40, and the might of Zeus. :naner: Flipping through the TM's trying to find the torque.. anyone know it off the tops...

Yeah, that was where I was leaning... unhooking the brake pedal felt like a pain in the ass. Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing one of those prime "while you're in there" opportunities. Thanks!

Good morning! I need to swap the power steering lines to get my M1009 inspected (they have a *slow* pin-hole leak around where the hose meets the metal line) While I'm bleeding the power steering, is it worth it to swap the hydroboost for a rebuilt unit? Truck only has 60k miles on it... but I...

So, I'm noticing the exposed fiberglass on my M1009 is suddenly rapidly accelerating. I'm currently experimenting using bondo-glass on the exposed areas to try and seal them, but so far the results haven't been great. (and it's going to take a lot of bondo) Any ideas? I wanted to keep the...

Ah. That's what confused me. I have a M101 trailer that was "modified" to work with the M1009. I assumed it was the other way around (12v modified to work on the 24v)

I generally want to keep my M1009 as stock as possible (maybe converting to a flat olive paint job), but one thing I've wanted to do for a while is improve the trailer connectivity. I really didn't want to hack in a bunch of 4-way trailer splices, and definitely didn't want to disconnect or...

Do 235/85-16 match the sizeable tires on it currently? For their age, they drive *great*. Any recommendations on the split rim? Little nervous about having the window makers on there, but I hate changing from stock.

One more pic for posterity. Thanks!

Family discount, father-in-law trying to reduce :-) In pretty good shape besides tires. Wiring needs some minor work + clean-up... and some corner rust-through spots need some attention.

I was thinking M101 something but really don't have the experience in them to just know. Now, time to find some tires for it :-| Thanks!

I just got a freebie military trailer this evening for my M1009 CUCV with "just starting to crack" tires. Haven't had the time to pour over the faded info badges, can anyone identify which model it is roughly?

Lots of good stuff here. I had access to the M1009 today, and took note of some light to moderate white smoke blow-by from oil-fill cap when running. Since it is designed to re-coop exhaust from oil fill to intake, i'm assuming some is normal for the 6.2L? As for money, I was lucky enough to...

Hm.. I was kind of thinking in the same ballpark. This thing has done a lot of sitting, and I know has had some abuse. I used to run Diesel Purge straight on my B100 VW TDI Diesels... it did wonders to smooth them out > 100k miles. (I know some will bawk at "liquid solutions", but I have seen...