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Funny story. My Wife was saving money for a road trip she was going on with a church. She asks if I knew of any way to make money. I had a driveway full of CUCV's at the time and I was rebuilding them. Everyone I rebuilt I changed the lift pump on. I told her I would give her $35. each to change...

Strange thing is I see vehicles like this all the time. Everyone is a mechanic and excels at stereo installation. The add this and add that and then they wonder why things go south quickly. When I bought used vehicles for daily drivers, I would never buy one that had anything changed from stock...

10 ft lbs max with the gaskets on the valve covers. After that you are crushing them. 20 ft lbs with the sealer only same goes.

That is why every good mechanic has a set of thin tappet wrenches. May i recommend that if you work on your CUCV you have at least a thin 13MM and a thin 15MM wrench. I had a friend mill down a set of inexpensive Craftsman wrenches in metric and standard. Just the open end side. Saved a lot of...

They are both the same. they should both have an isolated ground stud on them. there is no difference. The Gen 1 has a separate ground wire from the 1/4" case mounted stud on the alternator to the M10 stud on the coolant cross over manifold. The other Gen 2 on passengers is just wired into the...

I would also be concerned about ball joints. These never had grease fittings on the ball joints and 35 years later they are most likely rusty dry ball joints and that would give outer wheel wobble also. All 4 ball joints will be less than $150. Now getting them put in may cost 2-3 times as much...

Please tell us you didn't put gaskets under the valve covers. I always use valve cover gaskets on every 6.2 diesel I work on and have to remove the valve covers. Part Details (drivparts.com) I put a light coating of Permatex® The Right Stuff® Black 1 Minute Gasket Maker, 5 OZ – Permatex on...

Disconnect the batteries and change it from the top. You can remove Gen with the wires intact and access the lift pump from top. Very easy. Leave everything loose till you get everything started hand tight. The bottom 2 m 6 push rod cover plate bolts are the only 2 you need to tighten from the...

Do I see cracked rubber sway bar bushings?

Where is MPLS? And you can run the engine with 1 alternator . Yes isolate the wires to avoid contact with any other wires or ground. I have some rebuilt alternators. I never had to put a value on them because I have that many of them. I have new ones and rebuilt ones. Be careful running the...

I was on an LED kick lately. I converted my Kubota to full LED lighting. I even changed the oil warning light to LED. I never seen my Kubota have such bright headlamps. Another thing was when I was plowing snow with it and had the 4 ways on the lights on the fender would get that hot, they would...

Getting my door panels installed.

1985 Chevrolet Blazer D10 M1009 CUCV 4x4 | eBay

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Not the case. I bought this M1009 20+ years ago in stock form 12,674 miles on it and I removed all the interior and parts to rebuild it. I put new batteries in it and started and drove it in and out of my barn over the years and it always glowed and started right up. I would increase the RPM's...

The connection is that 2 1/6" cannon plug located below where the stock radio would be located. If that is missing the connection is out under the hood off to the right behind the air filter housing. Good Luck. Easier to just tap the alternator.

Just putting this out there. I have the OEM used parts for that carrier.

Please explain this. No indicators present and the system is charging. This worked on several CUCV's after a slight increase in RPM's for a brief second and normal charge rate at idle. My M1028 had a Gen 2 issue with no indicator Gen 2 light and it would charge normal as soon as I gave the fuel...

(1) M1009 Little Red Riding Hood. | SteelSoldiers A picture does tell the story. Even with no instrument cluster attached the voltmeter shows a correct charge rate. But either way if you want the Gen 1 and Gen 2 light to work you will need to discover the issue.

Without the Gen lights you will not be charging your batteries if the system is stock. This is not true. If you increase the RPM's it will start charging and excite the regulator. I have 2 plow trucks that I put self exciting voltage regulators in the alternators and I have not had an issue...