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I've done city traffic in a K5 with a 8000 lb trailer. With the low gear in an SM465 or other truck trans you will be fine. If the wife doesn't want a manual that's one thing, and entirely up to you/her. But the truck doesn't need "hill hold" or whatever newfangled thing 🤣. That's what gears...

These are Camaro Central seat covers for an 82-85 model. Part number INT-1158 in Maroon (01). I paid ~$330 but that was back in 2018, not sure what the prices are these days. Those guys are great, and will send you a material sample if you want to see the color in person beore ordering. Its...

I'm pretty sure LMC does not sell Camaro seat upholstery, which is what you need for an M1009. I redid the seats in my truck a few years ago, and I'll edit this post later tonight when I get home with a link to the vendor I ordered foam and upholstery from and photos of how it looks installed...

If you ever want to go off the pavement, a tr6060 is the wrong transmission. You need a truck transmission with a low first gear, or an automatic, or if you use a manual car transmission with car gear ratios you need at least 4:1 reduction in the transfer case (or a doubler). Autos can get...

Haha. I started carrying a spare about a year ago, and have one in my center console. If I decide to stick with the liftgate mod, I'm planning to swap on a pickup tailgate eventually. In that case I'll probably sell my Blazer tailgate for parts and the handle will be going with it. Good...

After years of fighting the rear roll up glass, I'm finally rid of it. I bought a new regulator, new seals, broke 3 hand cranks, and spent tens of hours of making adjustments and it never worked right. It took incredible force to roll up and down, causing the crank handles to break off about...

In my opinion based on testing with my engine, this type of cooling modification is a waste of time and money. I can't speak for others engines or applications, but in my turbo 6.2 I have digital gauges with RTD type coolant temp sensors in the factory location in the front of the driver side...

In my opinion the tr6060 is a very poor choice for an off road/truck transmission. If you just want to cruise the highway however that is what the 6060 was designed for and it could be a good option. With only 3.0 reduction in first gear compared to 5.5-6.5 reduction in an SM465 or NV4500, the...

EDIT: I looked at the link, that compressor uses 850w of power to provide 2600w of cooling. This is typical, as the coefficient of performance (COP) for a heat pump is almost always much greater than 1. That said, 2600w is about 8800 btu/hr of cooling capacity. My vintage air system puts out...

I would bet a Sanden 509 (compressor Vintage Air uses with their kits) takes ~5hp to run. You would need to pull 150A at 24V to get similar performance from an electric compressor. You don't get that much power out of 2 stock CUCV alternators, but could potentially upgrade them. I'm not sure...

Ok. I'm officially an idiot. Right after posting this I figured it out. And based on the TMs I think the phantom drain problem I was having (drain on the headlight fuse with the headlight switch plug disconnected) is impossible with a factory electrical system. Hence my confusion... After an...

Hopefully this is a quick question for the CUCV electrical experts. I have a 240 mA current draw on the 12V battery connection with the key off. With the 30A headlight fuse removed that is reduced to 35 mA, which is about what I would expect for a CUCV. I have reviewed the TMs and both of...

Coming from someone who has been fighting a turbo swap in a 1009 for the last month, it's not worth it. Especially if you don't care about the performance gains. The banks kits are too hard to find and the 6.5 swap is just not worth doing. I got all the 6.5 parts from Craigslist for $500, and...

Do you by chance have any photos of how you have the CDR hose connected to the intake? I barely have any space between the front of the turbo and the batteries. I already bought new smaller batteries and have them less than half an inch from the inside of the front clip, but there still don't...

Well, today I discovered the oil dipstick tube hits the 6.5 driver side manifold. I massaged it into a sort of S shape so it will fit between the manifold and frame, but now the dipstick wipes against the tube on both sides and makes it impossible to read the oil level... Anyone have...

I have a vintage air kit in mine (1009, but the truck is the same where it matters from the firewall forward) The compressor mounting was extremely annoying with the 24v system and I still have belt wear issues now years later. Really the only good option is to go 12v and replace one of the...

Thanks, that's very helpful. I see you have the 6.5 turbo CDR instead of the original CUCV one. Do you know if there is a performance difference, or was it just easier to fit the 6.5 version?

I was looking at the S&B intake. Not cheap, but very easy and I'm tired of working on this project... Any chance you could share a picture of how it fits? They don't publish dimensions for the air box, and I have a lot of AC hoses and wiring on that side of the motor

I got the engine started up tonight and it seems to run well with the minimal timing advance from my last photo. I ran it for a couple minutes with the intake off and did not notice any leaks, so I installed the intake and turbo plumbing. I have another mostly unrelated question, but it...

In case anyone has this question in the future, I ran the wire off the front of the starter up to the fuel pump area and up onto the inner fender with the slave port cables, and from there back to the 24V block on the firewall. It's a relatively long cable, but it's the cleanest way I could...