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Well again the Green Iron makes a Great showing for MV of the month. I am kind of surprised that campaigning this month has not reached the two page mark. I would bet that the Brigade would love to see some more pictures? Thanks to the participating members and voters for taking the time to...

Welcome from Missouri! Looks to be in good condition and complete truck from the photo posted. What is the lifted Ford in the foreground?

Wow I bet you made that Guys day. The equipment you had is hard to find in having it so complete. You are happy and he is also, good deal. The antenna and brackets can be used for CB radio's after conversion. If you do some off roading or on roading the CB does come in handy.

I will add since they are sending pictures, are that the pictures are recent and not 10 years ago.

Just to add on to what Tracer said, I will use a 3m product called Drip Check for body seems around sheet metal joints, been used by the car makers for years. The product works great for me, I use it around door edges allot as the old stuff wears out after 25 30 years and needs to be refreshed.

Nice looking truck! A great group of Guys here that will give very good advice and steer you through any hardship encountered. With the young Troopers you have it may be a good accessory to get a set of steps or ladder for the back of your M923. Welcome and good rubber, brakes and fluids keep...

Maybe a few more pictures as well will help most of the other Troops in their assessment as well.

Welcome DeDHaze from Missouri! If the truck has not had the speedometer replaced then 90,000 is a few miles on a CUCV. The few things to look at are the transmission dipstick level and smell of the fluid. What does the power steering box seals look like? Does the trans, transfer case look like...

Having access to another CUCV is going to be very helpful for your repairing or verifying what is original or modified. Hopefully the 1028 is an original truck and to be able to use as a pattern. Hopefully you can continue to keep your truck as original as possible. Parts are still available...

Check the pos cable to the starter solenoid. Check the purple wire going to the solenoid. Are they tight? How long has it been since the starter has been serviced? Brushes and bushings do not last forever and the symptoms you list would cause some of the same problems.

Less torque is needed with higher numerical gears to have a better mechanical advantage. Transmission gearing is a compromise of having the best gear speed for optimum advantage of the available torque. I would say that if you ask any trucker what is the biggest factor in driveability he will...

Be especially happy that you are the first, as now you are the caretaker of what Uncle Sugar used to own. Look at easy access things first, plug connections, headlights, directional bulbs and sockets. And any kind of seals leaking, The Windshield Rubber leaking water into, behind the dashboard...

I have to ask but why not go and buy the truck you want to have? Really by the time you swap out the drivetrain with money and time involved you would be time and headaches ahead. Although 1 ton Chevrolets and GMC's are rare and hard to find they are out there. The very truck you want I have...

Welcome aboard! Sometimes it is the little things that are not so obvious. Glad that you located the temporary non problem. At least you took the fuse out to minimize a potential assembly short. Now while you are doing some electric diagnosis, go and look over all your grounding points on the...

I have to agree with you. It all depends on the reason you have it to begin with. The military did not buy the equipment to Not Be Used. The equipment has a predetermined amount of value, time, use. After the time is up the equipment is sold for scrap and they replace with new equipment...

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And let me add that if you are going to jump wires never walk away from the job with jumpers on. You never know how long it will take to overload, melt other wires or connections.

bshupejr, I can see that you have a chaffed wire or two, or maybe the fuse box NEEDS to be disassembled and the contacts cleaned. There is a grease type material that is supposed to protect from moisture but there is so much that after being repeatedly cooked from exhaust heat it melts into a...

Have you checked all the light sockets for corrosion, side parking lights also? Are all the bulbs in working condition and of the proper bulbs? Is the trailer connector still installed, and has not been molested?

I bought an 84 Blazer that had a similar problem though not as bad as that. Holed out and cracked length ways. I used a nut and bolt like what you had and drove the K5 for years before the compression went away. I got plenty of use out of that 800.00 bucks.