Well my M1009 arrived today. After waiting over 100 days for my EUC to clear it is a welcome site!
When the transport company picked it up they called and told me the truck would not start but the engine does turn.
So much for the “starts and runs” description from Government Liquidation.
Well when the truck arrived we had to push it since the truck would not start, lets just say that was no easy task.
My initial inspection of the truck was that it was in better shape then I thought. No major dents, drive shafts look straight, tires are decent, and no broken windows.
Taking a closer look the truck has lots of new parts. The engine has 2 brand new 6TMF batteries, 2 new alternators, a new fuel filter, and pvc valve labeled 6/1/2009.
Under the vehicle the transmission looks like it could have just been rebuilt, and the engine has a brand new fram oil filter installed.
I checked the engine oil and it looks almost new, I am going to change it any way though.
The interior is in decent shape, a few small tears on the front seat, and a couple of cracks in the top part of the dash. Overall I think I lucked out on that part, most of the ones I have seen look horrible. The interior is covered in a fine sand. So much that when I opened the sun visor sand came out!
The back seat looks like it has most of the lines to hook up the radio. Probably going to keep it in place.
The bed and tail gate are in excellent shape. No real rust on the tail gate at all! Sadly I did not get the jack that comes with those tools.
Now for the bad stuff.
I have a hole in the front passenger floor board. Luckily it is in an area that is easy to cut out and replace. Other than this one area, there are really no major rust problems any place else. For some reason they did not remove the rubber mat from this area, which from what I understand, there was a service order to pull up because it traps water.
The truck would not start (more on this later).
The headlights, blinkers, and brake lights do not work. This could be related to the mods done to the fuse box I noticed.
Someone didn’t fully reassemble part of the dash after adding a volt meter.
The truck needs an alignment. This isn’t really a big issue, it’s just weird having the steering wheel 90 degrees from where it should be.
Missing shackles and pintel. And it looks like a fork lift bent the cable cover on the rear bumper.
The truck came with unit markings and most of the factory stickers still in place.
Any one know what units or these markings mean (pics below)
Right Front: FP202 (has a ST painted over the FP)
Left Front: 189IN BDE
Left Rear Tailgate: 189IN BDE
Right Rear Tailgate: 1 ST spray painted over FP202
Right Rear Bumper: ECS 27B-45
Glove Compartment: NF0499 (I think this is the reg. number)
Under hood: Winterized Blue -35
Hood: LSB 313
Also I am not sure what was mounted in the back right corner of the vehicle. Was it some kind of speaker?
Ok back to the no start issue.
I was trying to figure out why it would not start. I noticed the wait light was not coming on so I started checking out the glow plug system. I noticed It was not coming on. I checked the glow plug controller card and someone had removed it and inserted it backwards. I am not sure why someone would have done that, Government Liquidation didn’t seem to know about it because they would have fixed it to get it on the truck.
Overall I am very happy with the truck. I will post more as I restore it.
Click here for a quick overview video
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46M3Jaf9GfY[/media]
When the transport company picked it up they called and told me the truck would not start but the engine does turn.
So much for the “starts and runs” description from Government Liquidation.
Well when the truck arrived we had to push it since the truck would not start, lets just say that was no easy task.
My initial inspection of the truck was that it was in better shape then I thought. No major dents, drive shafts look straight, tires are decent, and no broken windows.
Taking a closer look the truck has lots of new parts. The engine has 2 brand new 6TMF batteries, 2 new alternators, a new fuel filter, and pvc valve labeled 6/1/2009.
Under the vehicle the transmission looks like it could have just been rebuilt, and the engine has a brand new fram oil filter installed.
I checked the engine oil and it looks almost new, I am going to change it any way though.
The interior is in decent shape, a few small tears on the front seat, and a couple of cracks in the top part of the dash. Overall I think I lucked out on that part, most of the ones I have seen look horrible. The interior is covered in a fine sand. So much that when I opened the sun visor sand came out!
The back seat looks like it has most of the lines to hook up the radio. Probably going to keep it in place.
The bed and tail gate are in excellent shape. No real rust on the tail gate at all! Sadly I did not get the jack that comes with those tools.
Now for the bad stuff.
I have a hole in the front passenger floor board. Luckily it is in an area that is easy to cut out and replace. Other than this one area, there are really no major rust problems any place else. For some reason they did not remove the rubber mat from this area, which from what I understand, there was a service order to pull up because it traps water.
The truck would not start (more on this later).
The headlights, blinkers, and brake lights do not work. This could be related to the mods done to the fuse box I noticed.
Someone didn’t fully reassemble part of the dash after adding a volt meter.
The truck needs an alignment. This isn’t really a big issue, it’s just weird having the steering wheel 90 degrees from where it should be.
Missing shackles and pintel. And it looks like a fork lift bent the cable cover on the rear bumper.
The truck came with unit markings and most of the factory stickers still in place.
Any one know what units or these markings mean (pics below)
Right Front: FP202 (has a ST painted over the FP)
Left Front: 189IN BDE
Left Rear Tailgate: 189IN BDE
Right Rear Tailgate: 1 ST spray painted over FP202
Right Rear Bumper: ECS 27B-45
Glove Compartment: NF0499 (I think this is the reg. number)
Under hood: Winterized Blue -35
Hood: LSB 313
Also I am not sure what was mounted in the back right corner of the vehicle. Was it some kind of speaker?
Ok back to the no start issue.
I was trying to figure out why it would not start. I noticed the wait light was not coming on so I started checking out the glow plug system. I noticed It was not coming on. I checked the glow plug controller card and someone had removed it and inserted it backwards. I am not sure why someone would have done that, Government Liquidation didn’t seem to know about it because they would have fixed it to get it on the truck.
Overall I am very happy with the truck. I will post more as I restore it.
Click here for a quick overview video
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46M3Jaf9GfY[/media]
