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I’m just sorry I couldn’t make it Sunday as well Rory.

If all the parts mentioned above check out ok. It could just be as simple as your idle speed. My first M1009 had a terrible harmonic that made everything shake and buzz after I had driven at highway speeds for more than 20 miles. I figured out a way to check idle speed and just a 50 rpm...

The GEP engine was sold according to the tag on the can as an "overheat" engine. I pulled the heads, did new head gaskets and new heads. I also pulled the oil pan to check the bearings. The rear main seal and the front main seal were not replaced. There was no evidence of oil leakage at...

Check the bolts that hold the cast iron bracket holding the drivers side alternator to the engine. Then look under the #1 cylinder exhaust behind the power steering pump at the block. There should be an extension of the power steering pump mount bolted to the side of the block with a single...

You can mount the switch inside the truck anywhere you want. The stock automatic switch is on the passenger side head, all the way back near the firewall. Below and to the rear of the #8 fuel injector. You can maybe get to it from the wheel well. The exhaust down pipe is in the way to get...

Unfortunately, I have had bad results getting paint to stick to the military CARC. Especially if other paint has been put over the CARC by the forest service. I have seen other trucks with newly applied paint not staying very well also. When Colton did RED 5 years ago. He used a D/A everywhere...

Getting the reproduction might be your better bet in the long run. Plastic doesn’t age well. Any OEM ones out there, no matter how well cared for, will have to be treated with extreme care. Even then, one small mis handling and you probably won’t be thinking nice thoughts. I have several good...

Ok. 130° is a good number to know. Thanks.

It is my understanding that after market parts sellers such as LMC to name one. Do not have the rights to sell them with the emblem. The OEM’s are aggressively protective of their trademark and have really cracked down on that kind of thing. It really all started when Daimler bought Chrysler...

I have never been able to get a direct drive Delco starter to fit with the HMMWV manifolds. I don't know the starter you are talking about. Do you have the starter support bracket installed? If you change styles of starters, you have to change the support bracket. Nobody makes the direct...

What about the other way? What is the minimum fluid temperature an automatic transmission should be used at beyond just idling along? I ask because besides just being curious. I have a 4L80E in my Cowdog truck and the TCM tells me the fluid temperature. That is an internal sensor so it would...

Thank you. This morning was 30°. I drove a M1009 to go workout and then the Cowdog to work. If I didn't know the Cowdog was 12 volt, I would not notice the difference in cranking speed. It is now that slight. I am finally gaining confidence in going anywhere with it. I actually cancelled...

Chinese parts and I'm an idiot. I replaced the redux starter with a "new" O'Reilly's redux back in November. It spun very fast compared to the old worn out one. But, it still wasn't as fast as a 24 volt direct drive starter. About 2 weeks after installing it, it just clicked when I left a...

2 possible places for power to normally go from the batteries. 24 volts to the bus bar on the passenger side firewall. From the rear battery positive terminal. 12 volts to the diamond shaped bus bar next to the master cylinder on the small red wire from the back battery negative terminal...

No need for Od as posted above. A good running OA331 will out speed the brakes on that truck just fine on flat ground or going down hill. You will be down shifting going up hill no matter which transmission you have. Only 1 gear is different between the direct drive and OD transmission...

I don't like referring people between web sites, but in this case the Zone will have the exact part numbers and lots of threads about the correct master cylinder.

Yes, the stock engine is great in that truck. However, some engine parts are not available at a reasonable price if you can find them any more. That is why I swapped mine out. First to a 396 big block and then to the 6.2 diesel. I too want as much of my fleet to be diesel as possible for...

They did not come as dump beds. Someone did that to yours. The brakes can can be made to work very well with stock parts which are available. Or, several combinations of other parts can be made to work just as well or better. I have a corvette master cylinder on mine with Ford E350 wheel...

I have 4 non turbo 6.2 vehicles on the road currently. 2 M1009 trucks with stock gears, a M715 with 5.87 gears and a 2wd Suburban with 3.42 gears. Each one is different in how it drives and the power it feels like it makes and when it makes it. The two M1009 trucks feel totally different...

Brazos valley off road ranch in Bryan. We historically have the place to ourselves. Lots of room for camping and trails to run. We are getting pretty close to 10years of this now. I plan to to be there Lincoln. Thanks again for doing the leg work.