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Very nice! I can't wait to get paint on mine

They do have to have to spacers to work on M880's.

Unless he has switched brands, Kennedy's Quick Heats are made by WAP, Inc/Wellman, and they are bad about swelling. I bought a set a few years ago and they were dead in less than 2 years, and 3 of them had toi been broken off and recovered through injector hole (luckily I didn't have to pull...

The 24v system was spec'd by the military, as was the 4.56 gears. The vehicle was not designed to run highway speeds. It was designed to run with convoys, and the in fact, the National speed limit was 55 when it was built. You're blaming GM for something that wasn't really their doing. GM didn't...

Oh I agree, but that doesn't change the fact that the M1009 is better suited for a daily driver. The shorter wheelbase is a factor, but not as much as the M880 being full time 4WD and having no power steering. The 3.08 geared diesel is way better on fuel than the 4.10 geared gasser. The M880 is...

I cheated!;) I made plugs out of delrin to match the shape of the original rubber plugs on a CNC lathe. When I paint them, they'll look just like the originals. I pressed one on the outside and inside so it appears that it is the actually rubber plug. The first pic is the original plugs that...

I have a M880 and a M1009, and I love 'em both, but the M1009 is a way better daily driver, IMO. It rides better, turns better, and is much more economical to drive. I'm not at all knocking the M880, just stating my experience with both. I pulled a couple of junkers on my trailer to the scrap...

You sound like me - too many toys! Muscle cars, military trucks, nitro R/C trucks, so forth and so on...;) Nice Elky! I bet you miss that bad boy. I sold my '71 Pontiac GT-37 yesterday. I haven't worked on it since I bought the '69 Camaro SS-396, so I figured it would be better off in the hands...

Great stuff! Glen is good people. I love hearing stories like this. It lets you know there are still good guys in the world!

I've had good luck with RIT fabric dye on seats. I cheap them really good first, then I put a bif pot on the stove, bring up to a boil, add the dye AND some salt. (the salt is very important. The dye rubs off without it), let it cool a little and put the belts in. I let them stay in there until...

I get asked almost daily about the '09 - "Is that a DIESEL???" to which I usuallly respond "I sure hope so, because if it's a 350, it's sick!" Most of them get it, but others draw a blank stare and I have to explain.;) The majority of people never knew that a diesel was fairly common in even a...

No, it really is the biggest PITA on these trucks. Although it is a nice looking, clean design, it is a poor design. The cranks and regulators are very flimsy, and that is an ass heavy piece of glass. GM lightened the windshield and side windows in 1981 from the heavy design used from '73 - '80...

Sure, you can turn them, but it significantly decreases durability on an already weak crank. It also partly contributed the high amount of failures in the earlier HMMWV's. The 6.2/6.5 cranks are made of nodular iron, and they are heat treated and annealed to have ductility. The journals are...

The crank is nitride coated, and cannot be turned, per orignal GM literature.

I'm planning on having a slantback soft top made for mine to use in the summer months. I usually drive around topless in nthe summer, but it would nice to have a removeable soft top, and I dig the look of the slantback. Here's a pic that I modified using the NY Tactical pic. My plan is to cut...

The performance difference is truly night and day with a turbo on these engines. In stock form the N/A 6.2 typically puts down around 100HP and around 250 ft lbs at the rear wheels. The same engine with with 6 psi boost and fuel turned up 1/4 turn is typically making 170 - 180 HP and 390 - 400...

One of my friends has a M1008 that came from Texas with what appears the same AC setiup. It works, and works well.

That looks great! I have a new set of 33 X 12.50's on mine, and have been thinking about a 2" lift. This thread pretty much made up mind![thumbzup]

Couldn't stand it could ya John?? Great score! Nice to see you over here!;)

Welcome to the site! I'm not sure what to say on price as these are usually much easier to find with little or no rust here compared to where you live. A good friend of mine is from Wisconsin originally, and buys cars are truck here, and hauls them back to Wisconsin and usually at least...