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  1. maritimer

    Size and weight of the M1009

    front tire outside to outdie 79" bumper to bumper 185" weight 6200lbs roughly
  2. maritimer

    fixed my rear window crank

    Re: RE: fixed my rear window crank i will put together a diagram as i was a retard and didnt get pics of the innards while i had them out. but its actully quite easy to do.
  3. maritimer

    wow didnt relize how well the M1009 handles

    well this summer its being put into the mud runs and i might try her out in the truck pulls, but this falls shes getting garaged for a plow install, turbo, lower gears,lift and 35's. so hopfully next summmer she will be running a bit nicer. but damn she sounds good with the duel cherry bombs at...
  4. maritimer

    wow didnt relize how well the M1009 handles

    well the other night after fixing the rear window crank and realigning the hood of my truck at my g/f's fathers place. well we met up with her brother in his ford explorer 4x4, and being the rednecks we are we just had to take advantage of the late night middle of nowhere back roads and had a...
  5. maritimer

    fixed my rear window crank

    well the warm weather is here, and i am tired of dragging stuff in and out through the front doors so i too kym truck to my g/f's dad and after removing the assembly and handle mech the only thing wrong was the ears on the crank handle it self had broken off *damn cheap pot metal* so i/we...
  6. maritimer

    getting the M1009 MUDD ready

    RE: Re: getting the M1009 MUDD ready gears are easy to find here especialy given the amount of mudders around running blazers LOL. as for the depth of bottom well theres to "lanes" the almost everyone can make it through lane and the whered the hood go lane, i will likely use the former lane...
  7. maritimer

    getting the M1009 MUDD ready

    ok well here in town they have a mudd run every summer and i figure since i am back in town with a real truck i should put it out there to show the the boys/girls what green iron can do so i have decided to get this M1009 built up a bit. heres what i have done so far extended dif,trans...
  8. maritimer

    heater blower issues

    ok so i lost my heater blower the other day, so searched the threads for posible problems, replaced the blower motor and resistor and still nothing. getting kinda cold ri9ght now between the rain and the night drops below 0 degrees anyone got any suggestions? for about 3 days the motor would...
  9. maritimer

    got the bug i think

    well i bought my first MV in dec as an xmas gift to myself after a nasty seperation/divorce in the process. it was an M1009 CUCV as a Daily driver well after putting it through hell since i havce gotten it and not broken anything as a result of anything besides age, i have decided i need to get...
  10. maritimer

    IP timing does this seem too retarded ?

    thanks ccatlett, right now the engine soundsmore like a 302 with headers. once i get some more time and warmth i will get around t otweaking it a bit better LOL
  11. maritimer

    IP timing does this seem too retarded ?

    ok so i went to check the timing on my IP and possibly turn the fuel up a hair and after pulling the air cleaner off and locating the scribe markes on the pump and timing cover the mark on the pump is about the thickness of a 14gauge elec wire to the passenger side of the mark on the timing...
  12. maritimer

    Fuel Prices

    $1.32 a liter here supposed to go to $1.50 by sept
  13. maritimer

    last question for a couple fo days i think its a fuel one

    ok so with the price of diesel at $1.32 per liter here, can i run my M1009 on furnace opil instead as its $0.90 a liter LOL
  14. maritimer

    front axle u-joints M1009 help needed

    i hope so when i got the rear shaft ujoints last month the book listed a differnt joint for the pinion side then what was in the truck didnt find out till we had the truck on the hoist and the shaft ready to go back up in. turns out the joint on the pinion side isnt listed for any of the chevy...
  15. maritimer

    front axle u-joints M1009 help needed

    ok well folks, my u-joints are pooched in the front now , just want to confirm if i got the right ones from NAPA or not *yes i did try the search feature * the ones i got to replace the front axle u-joints * at the hub to axle connection* from napa are the 1-0297bf can anyopne confirm that...
  16. maritimer

    mysterious starting problem M1009

    well i crawled under her this afternoon when the girl friend came back from work, and yup one bolt was loosetightened her up and check the rig over looks like i am missing the support bracket on the front of the starter so i will have to hope the chev dealer can order one in for me * last thing...
  17. maritimer

    any way to find the history of cucvs?

    mine came from dover as well according to the dealer that sold ti to me in ONT, it had 60K on it, some minor rust new tires belts u-joints and master cylender and she seems decent enough. just need t ofind either a tailgate with working window crank or fix the ones in mine LOL
  18. maritimer

    mysterious starting problem M1009

    i will do that as soon as the g/f gets back from work *she uses it as her daily driver for the time being LOL*
  19. maritimer

    mysterious starting problem M1009

    ok so i was driving down a backroad to my girlfriends fathers place, its one of those dirt/gravel roads the township grades once a year and doesnt touch it the rest of the year and well since the grounds starting to thaw here and the snows all melted *read lots of mudd water and rutts* its like...
  20. maritimer

    M1009 Advice

    RE: Re: M1009 Advice i am getting about 20 mpg out of mine, as for speed well i can cruise comfortably with the needle buried and do so quite often. for the noise well i run cherry bombs on mine so yeah its a tad on the loud side when i come on to her. issues i have had with mine u-joints front...
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