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As an update on my thread...got it torn down replacing ball joints on drivers side. What a pita! Lower ball joint kept spinning with the nut but a little heat a coupla pry bars my neibors extra arms and 3 hrs later shes free! Then comes the steering knuckle arm removal with the three nuts and...

Found one lower ball joint bad on driver side. Iwas checking the ujoints as cucvrus described and felt a wiggle as I was manually turning the wheels while on jack stands. Shaking wheel up and down didnt reveal it...until I got out the bar of aging! I guess when I was 20 I didnt need it! My luck...

Found one lower ball joint bad on driver side. Iwas checking the ujoints as cucvrus described and felt a wiggle as I was manually turning the wheels while on jack stands. Shaking wheel up and down didnt reveal it...until I got out the bar of aging! I guess when I was 20 I didnt need it! My luck...

My gen 2 light didnt come on at startup...then flickered and went out. Threw a meter on the rear batt...only12.3 volts. Ended up the square plug on pass alternator was all full of what appeared to be tar or undercoating. Cleaned it up and all is well! Guess I missed a connection whenI was...

Thx cucvrus...I will try that ujoint check. Their gonna need replacing soon guaging by the rust on them. Just hope the new ones have grease zerts! Im sure they wont....seems to be the norm not to these days!

I took the m1009 out today for about 30 miles and no issues. At all different speeds I kinda shook the wheel back and forth and she seemed fine. My axle shaft ujoints look original...pretty rusty but no slop in them or any other component on the front end. I lacked an assistant to do the dry...

I meant to say does anyone know how to eliminate the steering gear as my problem? Thx

This has happened twice in a week to me. I made a turn at a paved intersection and upon accelerating it felt like my steering was wandering and had to overcompensate the steering wheel to get it to go straight. It would go one way...id overcompensate then it would go the other way which is the...

How tricky is it to install the lock cyl? I havean original nos gm one. Got the spring and pawl to install...looks like a snap ring has to come off to do anything

Been pressure washing and washing and washing again my m1009 undercarriage in preparation for some unerbody painting. What a chore. Discovered a few bits of hardware stuck in strange places and original gm black paint where I thought thete was rust. I think this truck is a winner because there...

Oops...and a little lubricant of your choice def helps removal

If you get a pair of baby vice grips a coupla different screwdrivers and some patience just try spinning them as straight as possible. They seem like theyre not moving but be persistant and firm but gentle! Most will come out...might take 20 min per and a rest or three on the ole arm but beats...

Mine was firing up good cold but not on a warm restart.my wait light always cycled appro x 13 secs regardless of temp or time. I replaced the glowplug temp switch on top of drivers side manifold and it is perfect now. Napa pt num ts 4032 about seventeen bucks. They have two styles depending on...

The paint keeps corrosion from ruining the sender. I guess high temp paint would be okbut regular good quality paint should do itas well

Got my tiny tach installed this weekend. It wouldn't fit in the area near the voltmeter. ..even with a block of wood. It was overlapping and obstructing the voltmeter too much. So I put it in the big square for radio on a block of oak covered in the new acu digital camo.it fits nicely in the...

Yea seems like prices are getting crazy. Theres at least 4 on fleabay rt now. Im proud to own a piece of my military past but you gotta remember they are military surplus and anything can go wrong with them at anytime...probably at the most inconvenient time for you! If you can wrench on them...

Ive heard those lmc replacement m1009 lift gates arent great. Crappy fit and flimsey...and the shipping charges are out of the universe. But if you go with it let me know if thats true. I would prob road trip to pick it up and call it a vacation!

Thanx...I know youve been around these things for quite awhile and probably have experienced more repairs than I have. We had cucvs in my first duty at ftknox in 1984 thru my assignment at scholfield barracks hawaii ending in 1993. By then they were replaced with hummers which were much more...

I replaced a leaking fuel injector nozzle after determining it wasnt one of those pesky clamps or the rubber fuel line causing my issue. I installed a new sealing copper washer and torqed it to the spec in the manual. Im usually a stickler on using anti seize lubricant on most everything however...

4 hrs total to install fuel pump on my m1009. Thanks for all the advice cucvrus. I feel tired and sore and hope to not ever need another!