Project Wild Weasel M1009

[cucvrus]

Last night I made a little progress. The lift kit springs are a huge PITA. I replaced the pinion seal and yoke. The original yoke had a broken bolt on it. Moving along. I hope to get the rear axle under the truck tonight.

 

[cucvrus]

Today after working 11 hours at my ft job I made a simple goal to get the rear axle installed and get the vehicle up on jack stands under the rear axle. My goal as met and the axle is back in the vehicle. My goal was met early and I went out to eat supper with friends

 

[WWRD99]

Last night I made a little progress. The lift kit springs are a huge PITA. I replaced the pinion seal and yoke. The original yoke had a broken bolt on it. Moving along. I hope to get the rear axle under the truck tonight.View attachment 926462

What size lift is it with a base spring that big?

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[cucvrus]

I have no idea of what lift it is. I am just installing it. Normally I remove lift kits for local car dealers and return vehicles to stock. 2 years ago, I removed 2 lowering kits from vintage square body 2WD pick-ups and a 454 Suburban. I returned them to stock. People add this lifting and lowering kits to classics, and they don't realize how they are devaluing the vehicles for resale. Dealers either choose to send the modified vehicles to auction or return them to stock. The dealer I worked with has since retired and that is looking like a good idea to me lately. Take Care. Be Safe.

 

[Sezzo]

These lift kits hurt my eyes.

 

[cucvrus]

After work I thought I would do some work on the Wild Weasel. I wanted to change the transmission mounts. That wasn’t going as planned. I needed to remove the crossmember because the steel bushings were seized in the mounts. The crossmember bolts needed changed anyway. They were very rusty and lacked the flat washer on both sides. That was easy. I moved onto draining the transfer case. Both plugs were blood tight. That means they weren’t coming out unless I bled trying. That wasn’t happening. I used the 30mm impact socket and BAM. I gave the Milwaukee vise grips another try to get the seal from them output shaft. After many attempts they failed. I used an old beat up pair of Peterson originals and they worked on the first grip. I am letting the transfer case drain until next time I get to work on the truck. Everything went relatively well. Take Care and Be Safe.

 

[cucvrus]

Now I found some Puss I must address going forward. Not a restoration repair but a good strong repair. That would cost lots of time and materials to fix that mess. Take Care.

 

[rtk]

Yup your basic northeast vehicle ridden in the GREAT SALT EATING CONTEST , called winter !!!! You learn how to loosen stuff with lots of HEAT !!! LOL

 

[WWRD99]

After work I thought I would do some work on the Wild Weasel. I wanted to change the transmission mounts. That wasn’t going as planned. I needed to remove the crossmember because the steel bushings were seized in the mounts. The crossmember bolts needed changed anyway. They were very rusty and lacked the flat washer on both sides. That was easy. I moved onto draining the transfer case. Both plugs were blood tight. That means they weren’t coming out unless I bled trying. That wasn’t happening. I used the 30mm impact socket and BAM. I gave the Milwaukee vise grips another try to get the seal from them output shaft. After many attempts they failed. I used an old beat up pair of Peterson originals and they worked on the first grip. I am letting the transfer case drain until next time I get to work on the truck. Everything went relatively well. Take Care and Be Safe.

I know a kid that has nos cross members with the gm number on them still....the random stuff he has is nuts.

 

[cucvrus]

I was working on the Wild Weasel again. Making progress but finding lots of parts onnneed of replacement. I have the rear axle brake line to frame attached. That was a bit of a fight b cause of alignment and the spring wire they put on the steel brake line. That makes it hard to get a line wrench on the fitting. Good Luck. More progress in the works for today. Also more parts on the way to be installed.

 

[cucvrus]

I pressure washed these parts and set them in the sun to dry. I bought 2 cans of Rustoleum rust reformer and gave them 2 good coats. The last I sprayed on heavy and left them dry over night and into the morning sun. They look great and I am going to install them with the old parts on them. When the new parts arrive I will install all the new parts. This keeps everything in order and even I need to reference assembly’s as I assemble them. Sometimes I get them with errors and I quickly discover it. I had seen many directly from the military with the brake shoes on backwards and both big shoes on one side. Once I had one that had 4 big shoes on the truck. Explain that one. I wonder which M1009 had the 4 small shoes. Anyway have a Great Day. I hope my parts get here soon.

 

[cucvrus]

Made a great deal of progress on the rear brakes and have the transmission crossmember back in with the Energy Suspension mounts. Still waiting on a right rear Ebrake cable and need to check the condition of the rear brake drums. Take my word when doing the rear brakes opt to change all the hardware and the self adjusters. It beats the pants off of that old rusty worn out weak hardware, remember the big shoe goes toward the back. Have a Great 4th and Be Safe.

 

[rtk]

Great work Rick , Have a safe and Happy Fourth , God Bless America