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Recent content by aquaman79

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    M1009 cucv noisy inside

    Mine was already stripped. If you send me your email I can shoot you over a before and after of one of the doors. I did a few rolls a day over the past few days and with every roll it does make a significant difference.
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    M1009 cucv noisy inside

    I actually started putting USeal in mine today. HUGE difference. I started with the doors and the fire wall. I was amazed at how big of a difference it made. NO its not made for this application but you cant argue with results. I researched on this site and a few others then watched several...
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    1986 cucv

    Thanks for the responses everyone. ODFever yes I've been reading through the various stickies. Going to do the doghead relay mod next. In regards to the power upgrade, I wasn't looking to race the thing just give it a little more umph!!! When I had the rear end done the mechanic who said he...
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    1986 cucv

    SO after replacing the rear end on my 1986 CUCV m1009, I was driving home from the shop and all of a sudden I had coolant all of the hood and windshield. Pulled over and found no Radiator cap. I can only assume the shop that I had just had it serviced at did not put the cap back on properly...
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    New Guy With a question

    Sorry about that. Ill start looking for a new front and rear with matching gears. I think 3.73 is the way to go. Thanks for the help.
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    New Guy With a question

    Yes its the M1009. Everything on it looks great with the exception of the rear. If I switch to a 6 lug 14 bolt semi floater with 3.73 would I need to do anything to the front end? Thanks for the information. I have not done any work with gears before so I dont want to go to 3.73's if it is...
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    New Guy With a question

    Hi everyone. Great forum with tons of information. I just picked up an 86 CUCV and all in all its in pretty good condition. Took care of all the body work and rust new paint etc... Just got done changing all fluids and new belts. When I took off the rear diff cover I found metal shards ever...
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