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Be glad you never experienced it on a motorcycle! It's called a speed wobble, which rapidly can progress into a tank-slapper (When the handlebars hit the tank). Raises the blood pressure quickly! Here's a high-pucker recovery from a wobble: And here's one that ended in a spill:

I took power from the front battery pos. terminal (12v). I have the original glow plug card and relay system. When I heard the relay on the firewall buzzing, I disconnected my power jumper to the cold start solenoid. Then I used the jumper so only the cold start solenoid received power (Not...

I see that the harness that goes from the on/off temp switch on the right rear cylinder head on my M1008 is fried. I decided to apply 12V with a small jumper to the cold start idle solenoid to see if it works. It activated it, but it also made the relay on the firewall (Glow plug relay) buzz...

It is also possible that the steering damper is shot, and the rest of the steering components are within spec. and don't need replacing. If after a steering damper is replaced, and the wobble problem never happens again, it might be throwing money away to replace other steering parts WITHOUT...

I notice that my M1008 has stenciled inside the hood "service done 6-06" and there is also the date 6-06 in the fender wells. How extensive would that service have been? I took a look at my injector pump, and it appears to be new, and has a casting date code of '05. I am thinking that if the...

I would really like a cap like that, but Ohio is a long haul for me from here out in CT. Rats....

I have advertised looking for simple measurements or sketches of the M1008 top bows. They look pretty simple, and I was thinking I could just use my conduit bender and make my own. No replies to my requests so far.

Stay calm, contact a service rep, be polite, explain that your bank has no record of any charge attempt by them, and "perhaps somebody mis-typed my number" and you would like them to try again, and that you don't want to pay an extra fee when no attempt by them to collect is on record. If they...

Here is a vendor that sells a lot of types of hardware. They have a big list of pins. McMaster-Carr

When cold, after the truck starts and the wait to start light goes out, the controller still supplies voltage (Through the relay) to the glow plugs. After a short while, the relay "Chatters" as it turns off. Mine has done this since I got it, and no problems so far. My 6.5 civilian Chevy also...

My M1008 gives great heat, regardless of outside temp. I started it up on a 5 degree day, drove it, and it got toasty warm inside. In the past in other trucks I have had, when I got less than hot air out of the defrost or heater, it was usually due to heater/vent doors that didn't open or close...

Sounds like a great truck for sure. Driving conditions like that really remind us of the power of nature. I just had a wiper come off of mine today, and one last week. The NAPA replacements all have plastic "Universal" mounts. The NAPA guy looked at my wiper arms and said the fittings for that...

When I recovered my M101A2 trailer, I found it with the wheels stuck solid. Hooked up to my truck, it would just slide on the tires. I could get them to roll (stiffly) in reverse. Fortunately I had a car trailer with me and towed it home on that. The lights had 24V bulbs in them. I got 12V...

When I had no cold high idle, I found a melted connector on the temperature switch on the rear of the passenger side head. I have heard of others with the same melted connector. What causes that?

Amazing how so many of us seem to have a similar "Plan"....... Great minds think alike? Or we all have the same affliction? Either way....plan on! H.

I won my bid on an M101A2 on 11-11-2010, and received the notice to pick it up on 1-04-2011, so just a rough estimate for my wait is about 50 days.

How do you test a Wilson rebuild to determine if it is an isolated ground? Thanks.

I sent an email to Mobil. We will see if they respond. When I was in the local Napa auto parts this morning, they were going crazy selling diesel treatment and batteries to all of the local diesel owners. They said it was like a plaque that hit the diesels. The flatbed driver said his truck was...

Well, my 6.5 Suburban started right up today (4 degrees outside), warmed it up and headed off to work. Got about 1/2 mile and it started to starve for fuel and then died. Truck has recent new tank, lift pump, injector pump etc. Looked in the filter housing, barely any fuel. Had it flatbedded...

My M1008 has new glow plugs and new batteries. It was 4 degrees the other day, and it started right up. My cold start idle solenoid and advance does not work, and it still fired up. If the cranking speed on yours slowed down fairly quickly, it could be weak batteries. They may show 12+ volts on...