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I am in - Thank you and Happy New Steel Year to all!
Just chipped in for the 2 year premium membership - thank you to all who have offered advice and progress of your work. This site is fantastic. Keep them on the road everyone!!
Before they started calling it Overlanding, I was building my rig for this. It served my family and kids very well early on in its stock form...my son and I stripped the interior down and added some insulation. Recently I have added the Vintage Air system and installed a lot more insulation...
Thanks everyone for the advice. Latest update***
As with all things electrical...clean and check all grounds. Looking through the tech manuals, wiring diagrams, asking for help, tracing wires over and over...all these things are good in any event. And, you get to know the vehicle so much...
So, an update. I replaced the printed circuit. The other one appeared to be original so a good place to start. Still no Gen 1 or 2 light upon turning key to 'on' position or after starting up - which by the way, she does fire right up. Just no charging from the Alt.
I changed both bulbs...
Description of photos: I had some "00" gauge cable on bothe batteries/starter previously, all was brought back into the new set up. The primary difference is the relocation of the house battery to the rear of the vehicle. Tied it in using 4 gauge and a 200 amp soleniod activated system...
Good day everyone.
Long time reader and admirer of this site. Thanks to the common issues discussed and resolved here I have had this m1009 on the road for over 8 years including a move from PNW to the SW towing belongings in an m116 trailer and more recently a trip to VA and back to ABQ...
Indeed, the first few attempts with the socket kept bouncing around. Once I got in the right contorted yoga position I was able to get some nice well placed taps with the hammer into the extension and socket. Worked well, then I grew concerned I'd knock it too far. Thanks for the...
Great, I just looked under there and saw it above and slightly to the right of the fuel pedal. I'll remove it today, clean and lube it with silicone or whatever I have handy. Thanks again!
This a great bit of info! Rustystud, sorry for your experience the other day, rest assure though - totally human error! Your a better man for actually, openly discussing it and sharing it with us. You likely have saved many people a lot of time!
Regarding the throttle kick down switch, all I...
Update - another M1009 freeze plug photo
I spent a couple of hours on these two this weekend. Tough place to get into but better than the other ones for sure. Nice set of new brass plugs with a little RTV. Not one of my favorite things to do
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