So, as you all know I have been sanding the floor of my M1009 for over 6 months. I get very tired of it and move on to other projects. Understood? When the military had the M1009 they added some sort of brush it anti-skid to the floor and some time someone brushed in green CARC paint on the side walls and all the way up under the dash and kick panels. They did a very POOR job. It may be what saved the floor and I could have just sprayed Line X over it or added a rubber mat. I was leaning towards LineX and then decided to just get it smooth by sanding it apply a sealer and topcoat it with Sherwin Williams CARC green. I was nearing completion of my sanding efforts and sanded the dash face. I was blowing out the dust and it just kept coming out of everywhere. The edge under the dash looked like it was washed in mud. I suspect 40 years of setting around in dusty environments tends to do that. I peered up under the dash and everything looked like crap with dirt and dust everywhere. That was about all I needed to see. I could only imagine my excellent paint on the floor and looking up under the dash at all the rusty, muddy, dusty, dirty parts. I already had the heater box out, so I thought why not. I have stripped CUCV's down to bare bones in the past and reassembled them. No problem. I was hoping to just paint and move on. I did NOT like the end results and now was the time to correct it. I wanted to have a CUCV that looked great everywhere I looked and what I see selling and the prices these days I was determined to build a masterpiece. 4 hours and I stripped out everything except the ashtray.
View attachment 901565I I will take that out when I recover from sweat blindness. I mowed grass and split wood today also. The camera lense is even fogging up as it was in the house in the A/C. The back is completely sanded.
View attachment 901566 I removed the brake pedal and the e brake pedal assembly. Why would I have gone thru all this and looked up under the dash to see this horror.
View attachment 901570 I will clean and paint everything as it is being installed. The wiring harness will look like new after a good cleaning and all the connections cleaned and greased. The steering column can be rebuilt, and everything cleaned and serviced.
View attachment 901568 I left the wiring harness attached to the steering column so if I need to I can plug in the bulkhead connector and start the vehicle. I will say it sure made taping up the interior a lot easier. I don't have to tape up anything. I can even remove the 4WD shifter that I cleaned, sanded and painted. That was easy. I could not even get tape to stick onto the dash edge to cover it. the dust and flat paint made that a mess.
View attachment 901567 Thanks for looking. I have lots of work to do. I should have done this from the get/go. Be Safe. See you in Church.