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This weekend makes 4 months of M1009 owner ship. I have put almost 5000 miles on it in that time. The engine starts and runs good. The idle always seems a bit off, but being my first 6.2 I don't know any better. Last weekend I was able to hook a tachometer up to it. 900 rpm hot engine...

One of my headlights burned up last month and I went to the auto parts store. My thinking was to find the cheapest halogen I could, put that in and then spend money on a set of the new super ultra whatever Bosch things that have the removable bulb and make the sun look dim once I could afford...

Most threads about CUCV tires end up talking about speedometer calibration and what gears to change out. Most of us don't have a friendly Chevy parts guy anymore since they all closed down. I found this site which list all the gears available, the color so you don't have to count your teeth...

I have read several post in the past about those stupid plasic "nuts" the headlight aiming bolts screw into. The plastic threads strip if you look at them wrong and replacements from the "help" section of your local parts store are even worse. My drivers side up/down screw "nut" stripped out a...

I tried searching, but "fire" seems to be a very popular word on the search base. Anyway, I know I have seen a thread about what size the military bottle was that fits right into the brackets on our trucks. Anybody remember what size it is and if there is a civilian product of similar size...

I know I have seen at least one thread about the recessed slot with a metal bar across it under the passenger seat in a M1009. I just can't seem to find the thread. So, here is another one. It seems that every 6 months or so somebody post up asking what this mount is for under the seat...

I have an iPhone and have no problem using it to access this site. I have to enlarge and move stuff around a lot, but it is workable. Same with other sites I go to. I am mobile and can get my green iron fix. Great. Most of you know I am one of the admins on the 715 Zone. A member...

I don't think I am using the proper wording for a search because I am not getting the result I know is out there. While junkyarding for a vent window, I found a proper stock center console for the M1009. It is blue though. I know I have seen threads here about people painting door panels...

The drivers vent window on my M1009 was broken when I got the truck. I finally had a chance to go junkyarding yesterday. I found a good glass assembly with good gaskets. When I opened the vent to start removing everything, the glass came off in my hand. Great I thought. I don't have to pull...

I try searching, but didn't find any answers. I was driving the M1009 to work this morning. The plan was for my students to pull the front rotors, turn them and refresh the bearing grease. Some idiot pulling out of the taco stand caused me to do a crash stop. I missed them, but the brake...

I am new to the CUCV world. Not the MV world or this site though. I have been reading for years about CUCV starter, glow plug and alternator troubles. So much that I was really hesitant to get one for myself. So, now that I have one I want to pass on a few things I have learned about the...

Pretty much every civilian alternator sold since 1987 in normal vehicles is a remove and replace type of unit. They are not rebuildable. My skills and knowledge base for testing each individual component in an alternator have slipped because I haven't had to mess with rebuilding any in a...

Let me start by saying the window goes up and down perfectly and the tail gate opens and shuts. I don't want to screw that up by taking it all apart. The key for the door and ignition fits in the rear lock, but doesn't turn. I figure it is crudded up inside the lock cylinder. I sprayed some...

The front drive shaft was in the back seat when I picked up the M1009. The caps were gone from the u-joint as well. I figured it had a bad u-joint and whatever agency had it just didn't fix it. I checked out the pinion yoke and it moved and felt fine. Dirt packed into the threads, but that...

All of my other MV's have hand throttles and I miss it on the M1009. I know it has the fast idle, but as hot as it is here, it never kicks in. The M715 has a very short cable under the dash that goes to where the throttle cable and the pedal connect. Has anybody tried this on the Chevy CUCV...

I searched here and found nothing. LMC catalog doesn't show it, neither does the -20P or -34P. When the passenger seat is folded forward for access to the back, it is supposed to unlatch the seat base and allow it to travel forward. There is a cable that does this. My cable is there, but it...

I bought 3 trailers in the summer of 2008. I sent GL the online SF-97 request for one of the trailers in November 2009. I got the SF-97 soon after. They have yet to bill me. I am not complaining because I think the entire SF-97 scam is a scam. However, the card I paid with is a bank card...

We had the Scout "Report to State" parade in Austin this past weekend. I used the M35A2 to flat tow the M35 Gasser just like I did last year. Last year, the 60 mile drive was super easy. If it wasn't in my mirror, I wouldn't have know the Gasser was back there once I got up to speed. This year...

I am a Boy Scout leader. We had a campout last weekend. The Scouts have gotten used to me driving the M715, M35 A2 or M35 Gasser to the meetings and camping in either the back of a M35 or in a M105 trailer. They actually like it because I don't waste time seting up my tent and can help them...

I have always felt and heard the rear axles shift side to side when I make sharp turns in both running M35's. Two weeks ago, I took the Gasser on a 40 mile round trip pulling a M105 to get gravel for my drive way. The guy at the gravel pit loaded me up too much. 8.86 tons! I didn't want to...