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    GovPlanet please add a Central warehouse Location

    So unless your close to Nevada, Pennsylvania or Georgia for the main supply of auction items, your simply out of luck. ......Unless you want to drive for hours and hours or pay very expensive shipping/transportation prices. I know that items are sometimes in other states, but the bulk is at...
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    CUCV Key(s)--Another newbie question

    ACDelco still makes the lock sets. Excellent price on Amazon. Thats what I used.
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    CUCV Key(s)--Another newbie question

    Recommend you re-key your truck. Ignition and doors. It’s easy to do and cheap insurance. It’s no secret that one key fits 95% of CUCVs.
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    What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

    Please use paragraphs A brick is difficult to read.
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    unidentified towed object

    ID #283347 it appears Interesting trailer. Cool find. Like mentioned, the Marines are masters of reusing/modifying the equipment they have to do the mission.
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    M1009 transmission service.. hopefully a bad joke?

    Not always. I have seen multiple times where someone ran over something in the road and it flys over and up and catches the engine or transmission oil pan or both. Sometimes the pan(s) held up to the impact, sometimes they didn’t. Even off-roading something can be just the right height and...
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    6.2L fuel leak

    Mileage means nothing. Brand new IPs that sit on a shelf will degrade over time. If the IP has never been rebuilt then it’s time. Only Fix the leak and something else inside will fail soon. You already have the intake off anyway.
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    What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

    It happens. If it makes you feel any better, I had a brand new 2019 Chevrolet Malibu rental a few months ago. It quit and wouldn’t start in the hotel parking lot. Hertz had to send a tow truck and replacement car. Machines will be machines
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    Optima Alternative

    He lives in Florida Warm engine and warm oil year around.
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    Driving through water

    Did you check your differential fluids after fording. Perform a grease service on everything? The original rubber hoses on the diff vents will be old and cracked unless you replaced them with new ones. Water has a nasty habit of finding its way into everything.
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    M1009 starter still sticking.

    Install support bracket ASAP! One good pothole and your starter will be hanging down from the wires. Busted block and/or snapped starter bolts will result. Also do not reuse the starter bolts. They are one time use only. ACDelco still makes them and their not expensive at all. Install the...
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    M1009 transmission service.. hopefully a bad joke?

    The drain plug you installed is in a different location than from a factory pan with a drain. Any clearance issues? A plug closer to the front is less likely to be caught on something. So the theory goes anyway.
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    Optima Alternative

    Odyssey 6T battery’s are the civilian Hawkers. Best battery on the market. Expensive yes, but you get what you pay for. With the the exception of my CUCVs (Hawkers in those), I run red top optima battery’s in every Vehicle and tractor I own. Can’t afford that many Odyssey battery’s. I...
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    National W.A.S.P. WWII Museum - Sweetwater, Texas, USA

    It was a Bell 407 Hydraulic pump was the culprit. Destroyed itself and spread metal shavings through most of system. Just one of many emergency’s we train for. It’s like driving a car without power steering. Doable but no fun. The great thing about the Sweetwater airport is it’s an old...
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    What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

    Just proves anything on a CUCV can and will break.
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    National W.A.S.P. WWII Museum - Sweetwater, Texas, USA

    That a great museum! I went through it several years back while waiting for maintenance personnel. Had a main hydraulics failure on a Helo while landing for fuel about 10 years ago.
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    M1028 Gen 1 Light On

    You prove my point of someone not willing to invest the time to actually read the TMs and want someone else who has read them, and taken the time to learn how to use them, to give you the info. The CUCV TMs are far from massive. 5 ton TMs get interesting The TMs for the MH-47E Helicopter are...
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    M1028 Gen 1 Light On

    Everyone wants to help. But doing one’s due diligence in researching the issue before posting should be automatic. (Not including emergency’s). Some people are simply not willing to invest the time and will post a question without ever searching or reading anything. Otherwise this forum would...
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    What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

    Broke my transmission dipstick or just now noticed it busted. I think I would have noticed this earlier. cucvrus I sent you a PM
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