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My son and I left this morning just before 0400. You have to worry about your day when you drive 30 miles, then realize you left your paper work at home. Not knowing if I had to have it or not, we turned around and recovered it.
I guess I should start with swinging by my buddy's shop to pick up some Toyota wheels with 10.50 x 15 Wranglers on them. I knew my M-1009 had no spare, so I was going to take two. The problem was that his wheels required a shouldered lug nut and washer. Rather than destroy one of his wheels, I decided we could take the flat off the M-1009 and leave it along side the road until we returned, no spare tires....
We took along four new glow plugs and a hot web wiring harness. Basically, I wanted to be able to just hook the glow plugs direct and insure one back would fire if the glow plugs had been bad or something in the system was bad. We took line wrenches a spare fuel filter a quart of Power Service, two gallons of Rotella, and two gallons of antifreeze. I also brought two new batteries as it had not started the last time they tried to start it. It last ran in February. I had a five gallon can of diesel, and left it in the garage.
The way this day started, I fully expected misery.
Off to JefferSon City we went, by Google it was 342 miles. That is a fairly long haul in a M-1008 and adding my above error in, we were over 400 miles before we got there. It snowed lightly last night and there was still an occasional flurry on the way. A major storm, they are saying up to 15 inches is forcast in the next 30 hours. I wa hoping to get there, get the M-1009 started and get it home or at least part way home.
Called Mike Snell, the GL rep, what a great guy to work with. He was working on some listings and said to call when we got close. I called when we exited onto Militia Road, about two miles from the M1009. He met us there shortly.
I had looked at the truck through the fence. I had gambled on a low mileage listing and it was obvious I paid too much. There was rocker rust that was not in the photos and the truck had the odometer changed from the factory 100,000 miles odometer to a 1,000,000 mile odometer.
The front inner fenders both have rust damage and the panel behind the passenger seat is breaking out. The rust on the tailgate was in the photos. All three seats are good, it had a good set of Wranglers on it. The fuel, brake and e-brake pedal pads show very little wear, as does the steering wheel. The sheet metal itself is very straight. There is some trim on the front of the hood that is dinged up and the windshield has a small hole up high. Other than the rocker and the windshield, the body is an easy fix....
The oil was full, a little dark, but not bad, the coolant looked new, the brake fluid was clean and full, all backing plates and tires were dry and the rear pinion had not been leaking. Things are looking up!
Time to fire it up, Mike had told me the last time he tried to start it, the truck span for a long time, but did not fire. He said the Guard drove it in and parked it in February. I started to grab my new batteries for a quick swap and Mike said he thought it would start. The batteries still had enough juice to cycle the plugs. The cranking revolution was very low though, it span, but not very hard. He asked if my slave connector was still connected. I told him it was, he said he had a slave cable. We hooked up and let the M1008 charge the M1009 for a few minutes, until the load dropped off the idle.
Mike cycled the plugs again and started cranking. I would have quit after the first puff of smoke and tried the plugs again. He cranked away, soon it was popping on one, then two, then three and he let off the starter and it died. My son said "Oh Great" ... I told him it was going to run now. It fired up and this one really rattles cold. It was still in the upper 20's when we started the engine. It settled right into a nice smooth idle and we let it warm up for a few minutes.
The left rear tire was obviously low. We had all the paperwork out of the way and it was time to meet the real world. I took off in the M1009 with my son follwing in the M1008. The truck sounded great, runs great, drove horrible and shifted late. We started off good, I grabbed the inside mirror to adjust it and it fell off in my hand.
The fuel gauge said it was full. When Mike started the truck, he said at least I got a full tank of fuel. I took off the cap and sure enough, I could slosh fuel up the filler neck by rocking the truck side to side. We stopped and filled it up, less than five gallons. That station's air pump was down, back to the highway.
I drove about 20 miles before I found a station with a good compressor. We found less than ten pounds of air in that left rear tire and none were over 22 pounds. Brought all four up to 40 and WOW!! It drove super!
The first fuel stop the M-1008 used 12.4 gallons and the M-1009 used 8.4 gallons, hey! I am liking that part! It was about the same on the second stop.
I about froze, until I realized the passenger's kick panel vent was open.... duhh... Anyway, it ran great all the way home. We stopped to buy wipers as the driver's side had no rubber in the blade and we were headed right into a major snow storm. We beat the storm home. The days ended with both trucks in the drive at 2030.
We tried to stay off the Interstate, no tag on the M1009 and if it broke, I did not want to be messing with Interstate traffic. As it turned out though, we should have hit the Super Slab and headed home.
We made the trip home about 500 miles. I flogged the M1008 pretty hard going down, running 65 mph most of the time. We came home at a much better 55 mph.
We stopped at a Griff's Burger Bar in Sedalia for a BurgeR deal. I used to work in one as a kid. Hamburgers were 19 cents then and 7 for a dollar on coupon sale day. Some photos of the trip... the strange thing is not a ghost, we stopped in a rest area in Kansas, the last stop before the driveway. I had washed my hands and in the cold, steam was rolling off, I thought it was kind of wild looking so I tossed it in. The bog bridge is the Missouri in Missouri on the way down. No matter what I did, that beautiful green truck was in my mirror.
Some things I like about the M1009.... comfortable seat and leg room, great mileage, easier to park, turn tight and the available ground speed is wonderful.
It is going to take a while to get used to those tow shackles banging on the back bumper.... ENOUGH FROM ME!!
I guess I should start with swinging by my buddy's shop to pick up some Toyota wheels with 10.50 x 15 Wranglers on them. I knew my M-1009 had no spare, so I was going to take two. The problem was that his wheels required a shouldered lug nut and washer. Rather than destroy one of his wheels, I decided we could take the flat off the M-1009 and leave it along side the road until we returned, no spare tires....
We took along four new glow plugs and a hot web wiring harness. Basically, I wanted to be able to just hook the glow plugs direct and insure one back would fire if the glow plugs had been bad or something in the system was bad. We took line wrenches a spare fuel filter a quart of Power Service, two gallons of Rotella, and two gallons of antifreeze. I also brought two new batteries as it had not started the last time they tried to start it. It last ran in February. I had a five gallon can of diesel, and left it in the garage.
The way this day started, I fully expected misery.Off to JefferSon City we went, by Google it was 342 miles. That is a fairly long haul in a M-1008 and adding my above error in, we were over 400 miles before we got there. It snowed lightly last night and there was still an occasional flurry on the way. A major storm, they are saying up to 15 inches is forcast in the next 30 hours. I wa hoping to get there, get the M-1009 started and get it home or at least part way home.
Called Mike Snell, the GL rep, what a great guy to work with. He was working on some listings and said to call when we got close. I called when we exited onto Militia Road, about two miles from the M1009. He met us there shortly.
I had looked at the truck through the fence. I had gambled on a low mileage listing and it was obvious I paid too much. There was rocker rust that was not in the photos and the truck had the odometer changed from the factory 100,000 miles odometer to a 1,000,000 mile odometer.
The front inner fenders both have rust damage and the panel behind the passenger seat is breaking out. The rust on the tailgate was in the photos. All three seats are good, it had a good set of Wranglers on it. The fuel, brake and e-brake pedal pads show very little wear, as does the steering wheel. The sheet metal itself is very straight. There is some trim on the front of the hood that is dinged up and the windshield has a small hole up high. Other than the rocker and the windshield, the body is an easy fix....
The oil was full, a little dark, but not bad, the coolant looked new, the brake fluid was clean and full, all backing plates and tires were dry and the rear pinion had not been leaking. Things are looking up!
Time to fire it up, Mike had told me the last time he tried to start it, the truck span for a long time, but did not fire. He said the Guard drove it in and parked it in February. I started to grab my new batteries for a quick swap and Mike said he thought it would start. The batteries still had enough juice to cycle the plugs. The cranking revolution was very low though, it span, but not very hard. He asked if my slave connector was still connected. I told him it was, he said he had a slave cable. We hooked up and let the M1008 charge the M1009 for a few minutes, until the load dropped off the idle.
Mike cycled the plugs again and started cranking. I would have quit after the first puff of smoke and tried the plugs again. He cranked away, soon it was popping on one, then two, then three and he let off the starter and it died. My son said "Oh Great" ... I told him it was going to run now. It fired up and this one really rattles cold. It was still in the upper 20's when we started the engine. It settled right into a nice smooth idle and we let it warm up for a few minutes.
The left rear tire was obviously low. We had all the paperwork out of the way and it was time to meet the real world. I took off in the M1009 with my son follwing in the M1008. The truck sounded great, runs great, drove horrible and shifted late. We started off good, I grabbed the inside mirror to adjust it and it fell off in my hand.
The fuel gauge said it was full. When Mike started the truck, he said at least I got a full tank of fuel. I took off the cap and sure enough, I could slosh fuel up the filler neck by rocking the truck side to side. We stopped and filled it up, less than five gallons. That station's air pump was down, back to the highway.
I drove about 20 miles before I found a station with a good compressor. We found less than ten pounds of air in that left rear tire and none were over 22 pounds. Brought all four up to 40 and WOW!! It drove super!
The first fuel stop the M-1008 used 12.4 gallons and the M-1009 used 8.4 gallons, hey! I am liking that part! It was about the same on the second stop.
I about froze, until I realized the passenger's kick panel vent was open.... duhh... Anyway, it ran great all the way home. We stopped to buy wipers as the driver's side had no rubber in the blade and we were headed right into a major snow storm. We beat the storm home. The days ended with both trucks in the drive at 2030.
We tried to stay off the Interstate, no tag on the M1009 and if it broke, I did not want to be messing with Interstate traffic. As it turned out though, we should have hit the Super Slab and headed home.
We made the trip home about 500 miles. I flogged the M1008 pretty hard going down, running 65 mph most of the time. We came home at a much better 55 mph.
We stopped at a Griff's Burger Bar in Sedalia for a BurgeR deal. I used to work in one as a kid. Hamburgers were 19 cents then and 7 for a dollar on coupon sale day. Some photos of the trip... the strange thing is not a ghost, we stopped in a rest area in Kansas, the last stop before the driveway. I had washed my hands and in the cold, steam was rolling off, I thought it was kind of wild looking so I tossed it in. The bog bridge is the Missouri in Missouri on the way down. No matter what I did, that beautiful green truck was in my mirror.
Some things I like about the M1009.... comfortable seat and leg room, great mileage, easier to park, turn tight and the available ground speed is wonderful.
It is going to take a while to get used to those tow shackles banging on the back bumper.... ENOUGH FROM ME!!
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i got a dog some times gets in trouble (likes to eat garbage and make a mess with it)
had to put a lock on cabinet or the other time she got the hot cocoa powder..... but anyways nice trucks now i just cant make up my mind what to get first m35a2 of a m1009 i like them both a lot.