New Rig!

[KeelanDavis]

Howdy y’all,

I’m new to the forum. I just picked up an unmolested, rust free and well running M1031 CUCV with just under 32k miles. I bought it in Hot Springs, Arkansas and I drove it back to my hometown in East Texas about 4 hours away and it gave me zero issues, and I got 22mpg. I’m pretty proud of it, and in the 4 days that I have owned it I have had 8 people ask to buy it. Not going to sell it any time soon, it’s too cool. Anyways, I’m new to CUCVs, but I’m not new to old equipment. What should I do, anything in particular I need to replace or double check? Can y’all give me any tips? Can I use civilian K30 rubber bushings and shocks on the suspension?

 

[Jeepadict]

Congrats on the new ride, and welcome to the community!

1) Go into the SS library and download all the applicable TM PDFs. This will help in the wrenching shenanagains, and also give light to the unique stuff added by the military.

2) It's just an old Chevy pickup with some extra lights, a weird charging system, and no A/C. 98% of it is just an 84 SRW K30 (some may refer to it as a D30) with the 6.2L Diesel and TH400 trans. All years of the CUCV were clones of the 84 year for parts continuity purposes. If NAPA/Carquest/Rock Auto don't have what you're looking for...then go to the restoration parts companies: LMC, Tuckers, Classic Industries, Classic Parts, NPD, LS Fab, USA1, YearOne, etc. Whatever you do, don't tell anyone that you're talking to about parts that it's a CUCV...you'll just confuse them. Get ready for a cornucopia of aftermarket toys/upgrades/mods available for the Squarebody world!

If you find yourself looking for a CUCV-specific part, find the part number and/or NSN from the parts TM. Put a post on SS "parts wanted" section, folks here have all kinds of stuff laying around. If that comes back dry, put them into Google...eBay has a surprising number of items listed by NSN. There's also surplus yards that have things available such as Jack's in Tuscon.

There's a plethra of posts on SS about different modifications, fixes, restorations, repowering, etc...a guy could spend days if not weeks just reading and absorbing knowledge folks have typed out.

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[M813rc]

Very nice truck! What are your plans for it colourwise?

I'm intrigued by the 22mpg, does it have an overdrive transmission in it?

One thing to replace, if you still have it installed, is the old coffin box fuel filter. They can cause problems and the filters themselves are getting hard to find.
There are a bunch of posts on here for changing over to spin-on filters.

And yes, the popularity of these old square body Chevys is way up, I get serious offers to buy my M1028A2 every time I drive it.

Link to the CUCV manual section -
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/forums/cucv-tms.114/

Cheers

 

[KeelanDavis]

Very nice truck! What are your plans for it colourwise?

I'm intrigued by the 22mpg, does it have an overdrive transmission in it?

One thing to replace, if you still have it installed, is the old coffin box fuel filter. They can cause problems and the filters themselves are getting hard to find.
There are a bunch of posts on here for changing over to spin-on filters.

And yes, the popularity of these old square body Chevys is way up, I get serious offers to buy my M1028A2 every time I drive it.

Link to the CUCV manual section -
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/forums/cucv-tms.114/

Cheers

It’s all stock, so it still has the TH400. I only went about 50mph the whole way back, and I didn’t floor it anywhere. As far as paint goes I don’t really know yet. The fire department actually did a pretty good job with painting it, so I’m debating on just leaving it. If I were to repaint it, then I would paint it a nice forest green color. I’m thinking about selling the box and generator/air compressor combo to recoup some of my money, but I also hate to do that because I want to keep it original.

 

[KeelanDavis]

Congrats on the new ride, and welcome to the community!

1) Go into the SS library and download all the applicable TM PDFs. This will help in the wrenching shenanagains, and also give light to the unique stuff added but the military.

2) It's just an old Chevy pickup with some extra lights, a weird charging system, and no A/C. 98% of it is just an 84 SRW K30 (some may refer to it as a D30) with the 6.2L Diesel and TH400 trans. All years of the CUCV were clones of the 84 year for parts continuity purposes. If NAPA/Carquest/Rock Auto don't have what you're looking for...then go to the restoration parts companies: LMC, Tuckers, Classic Industries, Classic Parts, NPD, LS Fab, USA1, YearOne, etc. Whatever you do, don't tell anyone that you're talking to about parts that it's a CUCV...you'll just confuse them. Get ready for a cornucopia of aftermarket toys/upgrades/mods available for the Squarebody world!

If you find yourself looking for a CUCV-specific part, find the part number and/or NSN from the parts TM. Put a post on SS "parts wanted" section, folks here have all kinds of stuff laying around. If that comes back dry, put them into Google...eBay has a surprising number of items listed by NSN. There's also surplus yards that have things available such as Jack's in Tuscon.

There's a plethra of posts on SS about different modifications, fixes, restorations, repowering, etc...a guy could spend days if not weeks just reading and absorbing knowledge folks have typed out.

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Thank you for the reply! I enjoy wrenching, and I’m sure the TMs will be a huge help.

 

[NDT]

Please don't hack it apart. If you really wanted a pickup, sell this to someone that wants the SECM configuration and buy a 1008.

 

[Jeepadict]

Please don't hack it apart. If you really wanted a pickup, sell this to someone that wants the SECM configuration and buy a 1008.

I second this motion! There's enough around that you could have it traded in a few months. For the love of God, don't cut it apart.

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