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I am happy that after 8 years you have the alternators charging. Happy Thanksgiving.

If it is on Facebook and Google it has got to be true. Just post a picture of a new truck on Facebook and say you just bought it. See and read all the comments. I dropped out of a few online groups because I felt like I was in a negative world and knew 90% of the stuff was untrue and inaccurate...

I work at Wabash, and we assemble truck bodies for large leasing companies such as Penske, Ryder and other large trucking firms J B Hunt, Old Dominion to name a few. The parts supply shortages are a true and real thing. I have worked there 32 years and we have new truck chassis that arrive 3-4...

Would you recommend I spray that or brush it? I get crap from a few people because I brush paint barns and outbuildings. I feel that I get an eyeball view of the entire surface with the brush and get a solid even coat on every square inch with no overspray and nasty equipment to clean. I can...

Doing the insulation in my barn sure has turned up a lot of parts from vehicles past. I found diesel Chevette parts and Isuzu diesel parts. Mostly bolts and small parts that I will never need again. I did find a brand-new Mile Marker inner lock out hub assembly. It is made to fit the CUCV...

They don't work for that baked on grease. The pressure washer loves that stuff. Happy Thanksgiving.

M1009 Little Red Riding Hood. | Page 10 | SteelSoldiers This the part number I have used on a dozen CUCV's. It always fit and worked. And as far as I know I have not had any engines falling out or any issues at all. I used this kit in snowplow CUCV trucks, Blazers, and every CUCV I ever rebuilt...

I am in my barn doing some insulation. It is 2 1/4" black hi density foam. It will do the job. After working in the garage/barn for over 30 years I am doing some much-needed updates to the structure. Electric and insulation are on the list first. I set a goal to get 1 section completed each day...

I found this owner's manual in a 1986 M1009 I bought back in 1996. This is the section on cleaning the diesel engine right from the GM owner's manual. I liked the spark arrester part. Costly engine damage is the point here. Starting fluids work however only when used in moderation. Some...

Today I was up bright and early like normal. I checked all the fluids and I fired up the M1028 in 20*F. I left it warm up about a 1/2 hour while I stacked wood. Wood has consumed my time the past 2 weeks. But with heating oil at $5. + a gallon this wood is money in the bank. I ran to a sawmill...

We use the Awesome stuff from Dollar General all the time to clean up brand new trucks on the assembly line. We spray the aluminum extrusions and all with it. Now if we were to soak it and let it sit, I cannot vouch for the results. But I agree it is inexpensive cleaner and seems to be very...

It is a 15MM hex head bolt. M10 X 1.5. But if a 16 fit it was not tight on the hex head. A replacement bolt at a hardware store for that size bolt has a 17mm hex head. Fords have 16MM hex head M10 x1.5 bolts. Just check it out.

M1009 Little Red Riding Hood. | Page 10 | SteelSoldiers M1009 Little Red Riding Hood. | Page 10 | SteelSoldiers

Now that is the longest bed I ever seen. That would haul a lot of firewood. If it were 4WD it would not be the best snowplow truck. I remember in 1979 they had 10 ft beds on Chevrolet trucks. It was not very popular.

It's a hacker thing to do. Someone said they did it and it was a cure all and then more people did it and they thought they reinvented the wheel, and the hacking continues to this day. Each and every day there is a CUCV somewhere being hacked and modified. Many will never be the same again. Not...

Did you try to cross the wires on the relay? Personally, I see no advantage to doing the relay change. Good Luck. Hot wire the relay and see what happens. It is hard to help when the system has been hacked.

Sounds like a grounding issue somewhere.

Terminus M1009 | Page 20 | SteelSoldiers Back in the day my M1009 engine would get a bit dusty, and I would just use the old pressure washer. I checked and kept the oil full and it never gave me any issues. One thing that was great about the dust was it made oil leaks easy to locate. A dry...

Check the resistor under the hood on the metal heater box housing. See if you have electric to that wire. Also, under the dash 1 wire I believe orange runs off the switch harness and supplies current to the switch. Make sure that is hot. How did you rule out the switch on the fan motor. It can...

I would like to see a side-by-side comparison of these mounts. Back when I was pioneering replacement parts for CUCV's I used the parts as examples and did side by side comparisons and fit to come up with a part and part number that fit. I also tested it hard over the years. Here is what I found...