Recent content by KallyLC

The radio antennas aren't connected to anything, they are just decorative. The truck is still 24v, but the siren and lightbar just run from a 12v source. There are three wires coming from the lightbar: - a ground wire that runs to a sheet metal ground point just above to the parking brake...

I have a Federal Signal Twinsonic lightbar on my M1008, I only use it for a few events a year, so It's got magnets for feet and a connector so I can take it off. The previous owner installed it and wired it up, I just added the inline connector so it can be removed. There is a control box in the...

Looks like an M332 ammo trailer, missing the box on the tongue though.

Looking at the details in the TM, it's just a regular 6.2 equipped civilian spec truck. It's unusual that there's a proper TM for it, but it's not 24v, and has none of the other CUCV features. It's not really related to the CUCV any more than any other civilian squarebody is. There's so many...

I had a similar noise I was chasing a while back, mine ended up being that the nut holding the top of the power steering pump bracket had worked loose and gone missing, and the top of the PS pump bracket was rattling against the engine block. Worth checking your accessory brackets.

One of the exhaust tips fell off my M1008 a while back. I'm probably going to replace the whole system at some point, as it's pretty horrible, but for now I just ordered some cheap bends and tubing and welded up a new end for it. Didn't turn out too bad, I don't think. My brother and I also...

Thanks, I will keep the advice for replacing the pump in mind but it seems we may not need it. I'd read that letting it sit overnight helped, and sure enough my brother tried it again this morning and he's been able to bleed it and get it working normally now. He hasn't said it's making any...

There's none of those this side of the atlantic, unfortunately. I ordered one that should hopefully fit, and it should be here this week.

My brother was driving at the time, he says he had it at full lock and bumped a curb or something, but who knows. I ordered a replacement pump with the lines just in case, so I'll get that swapped over. Shame I didn't have the foresight to order the tools to remove/install the pulley, too.

My brother was driving the M1008 last week, and it blew a power steering hose. I don't know exactly how or why, but the hoses are probably 40 years old so it's not entirely surprising. He had to drive it about a mile or two back home after it blew and it lost a load of fluid. I ordered some...

Finally had the time to look at the truck again today, and it is indeed an M8 x 1.5 nut. That's one less noise to worry about.

Strange that it's not in the book, I forgot that the regular part number is just a GM part number and you can look those up and found it immediately. It's been a while since I've had to try to find anything using those numbers.

I have been reliably informed that they're M10x1.5. Didn't expect them to be metric, but there you go. I have some of those lying around so I'll update this post later this week if it fits.

You are correct, it's an M1008. I appreciate the advice, but it's not terribly helpful as you're telling me that I need to search for the part that doesn't have an NSN. Both of those nuts thread onto the same stud, so either one would be functionally identical. I can't order either of them via...

Ok, but what is nut number 2? The TMs aren't particuarily useful in this instance because all they say is "NUT", and you can't just plug the NSN into google and buy a handful. I can't even find civilian pump bracket mounting hardware for sale.