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October 9th, 2012. Scootertrs: I concur with steel and canvas up above, the cops can take a hike as I doubt there are very many civillian trucks with "High intensity Noise-Hearing Protection Required" stickers on their dashboards, and the foam plugs are only partial protection. I used to...

October 8th, 2012. Looks like someone needs to go back to offroad driving class or buy a U1300L and be done with it. If you hit a stump that hard, either you had no way to back out, or no way to build up some rocks or logs to get over it. Sorry to say, but now the pain of spending $$$$ to...

October 5th, 2012. Normally, I wouldn't comment on a permutation like the one above but.... "Everyone to his own choice!" said the farmer as he kissed the pig. I have no problem with the stock exhaust on the deuce, and I regret to say that this system is comparable to the ones I see on...

October 3rd, 2012. Gents: It may be three years old, but I'll bet at least one member on here has had his M35/M211 Muffler rust or burn out, so the subject is germaine (at least to the GMC deuce owneres) and stirring up the post probably doesn't hurt much.2centsfat lady sings.

October 2nd, 2012. The system up above for the M35 was new, and the muffler is the hardest part to find NOS (I know, I had to) because so many of these trucks (M35A2) were converted to turbo at their last class rebuild, mine wasn't. Given that the GM M35 and M211 are out of production that...

October 2nd, 2012. Gents: I know that I am risking pouring fuel on the OP's fire, but let's stand back and consider a moment here the issue of fuel mileage with a M1009. It is, essentially, a 1975-1985 full size Chevy Blazer with some beefing up here and there, TWO (2) alternators, and a...

October 1st, 2012. Esteemed CUCV owners: The noise reduction units were to keep the wiper motor noise from being transmitted to the radio through the electric system, as any motor's brushes create small arcs with the armiture commutator strips. They do not reduce mechanical noise which is a...

September 30th, 2012. Note the well designed dashboard with AC! :shock:Unheard of in a stock deuce here in the US... Proof positive that WE dumped the design too soon for the FMTV trucks. Personally, I'd rather get one of their diesel closes of the M715!:-P

September 27th, 2012. We're getting a bit grouchy about the Studebakers on here lately? The Studebakers and IHC's all did good service at times when both our Army and our allies could just about use anything with wheels. Remember the Rat Patrol's 1.5 ton Chevy's, basically civillian 2 WD...

September 23rd, 2012. The white star, which I can't bring up, would probably be good....the only problem is it is probably the wrong choice for a Swiss Unimog..... I would also suggest a black star on tan for those of us who have (or in my case, had) 686A desert tan and black deuces.... I...

September 23rd, 2012. I won't abuse mine, but just about any Unimog, with some weight in the bed and good tires will eat most swamp buggies and deuces, stock or not, right up. That is, if the driver has any sense and knows his truck, its high points and its weak points. A U1300L with the 23 or...

September 22nd, 2012. AH! The joy of driving a 37 year old GM product with minimal factory support! Could it be that the in tank fuel pump, if it has one is shot? On my deuce it ran good untill I lost prime...That's when we found that the IP was pumping the fuel, not the in tank pump. The...

September 21st, 2012. Drowned deuce could equal very expensive lession. If you went deeper then 30", you are probably in deep..... Remember all the axles and drive train components need checked for water contamination and all the bearings repacked, so if you get it running, you won't burn out...

September 21st, 2012. Padlock the emergency brake in the applied position with a new bracket made up to fit the hand brake mounting bolts.... Padlock the transfer case lever in "Low" range, make an adapter to lock the "Master" switch in the off position and also block the engine stop handle...

September 20th, 2012. Or, to borrow a line from "Shawshank Redemption" ..."Gone like a mouse ---t in the wind!" Usually the hillbillies last longer then that, I guess the comment as being from Mussellman may have been too close for comfort. Besides... if he's in one of the few upscale...

September 20th, 2012. YOU, Sir, are a very lucky man. It has not been unknown for a hood like that to pop the windshields and injure or kill the driver who made that particular mistake! The Pre-Trip inspection list can be a lifesaver!;) No doubt there will be some wiser dogs on here now! At...

September 20th, 2012. A definite conversation piece, see if the sledgehammer is still in the driver's compartment! One of these dismantled up in Detroit in 1967 for the Army had a sledgehammer in the drivers compartment chained to the transmission, with the Russian instructions "Use hammer to...

September 19th, 2012. Most of them earned the nickname "Gutbuster" quite fully, and you wonder how those trucks evolved into the soccer mom ride of choice of today. Even into the early 1970's you almost never saw suburbans as anything but tradesmen's or contractors trucks, almost no one else...

September 18th, 2012. Go with Strata Blue....You'll feel like you were in Doctor Strangelove with it!:driver: If in doubt, sand some area of the undercarriage you have to touch up anyway, you'll find out what her original color was and probably everything after it! We had a1969 Chevrolet...

September 17th, 2012. While I do not usually disagree with folks whom I have had a long and sometimes wonderful relationship on here... With all the squawking about First Amendment rights, political speech and all, all I can figure is that common sense isn't as common as it used to be? The...