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Outside working and cleaning up. I moved onto the chopping of the second M1009 roof. These things can't stay around here forever. Getting the glass out was really hard on this one. Not sure why but I spent more time removing the glass then I did sawing it up. This is the only way I know to get...

I am outside doing yard and woods cleanup. Some things have got to go. I have this trailer frame listed on marketplace. I am going to be listing more stuff. It seems weather is working against me every week I have clean up from wind damaged trees. Last night I cut one down. Today I spend...

EZGN you're a funny guy.

I left you a PM. Check it out. Easy task. Have no fear.

It was an assembly line aid. the rubber plug only fit one way and that solved the issue with mixed line. Top hose T to transmission. Bottom hose B to back of engine vacuum pump. Easy to remember T & B.

IMHO 168 or 194. I have access to a unlimited 194 bulbs that were left over from the dinosaur ages so I just stock them in containers and use them. It's a light bulb. Even in a museum no one would know the difference. If you have a CUCV that I built and it needed the wedge base bulb during the...

In fact, they all have the same base, they're all made the same with the same incandescent filament - the only difference is the wattage. Depending on the number of the bulb; 194 versus 168, all it does is dictate the amount of wattage the bulb draws. The more wattage the bulb draws, the more...

I had multiple CUCV pick up frames a few years back. Now I am down to one nice, clean, straight M1009 frame that I am going to have blasted and painted. I am going to keep it and stock it for sale when someone needs a nice clean M1009 frame. They are not making these parts anymore and I wish I...

The Bronze was the stock color when the CUCV left the factory. The neutral gray is a replacement dash pad and was supposed to be painted / dyed to match. The SEM paint/dye will adhere very well if the pad is cleaned and free of any cleaners. Armor All is a killer of adhesion. I have painted many...

Looks like they painted it with a mop. But it has potential. It needs a lot of time spent getting all that RED off of it. 80 grit DA sander and go wild. 1 panel at a time would be a good goal. That truck chassis sat in stock somewhere for a few years before that Able Body was built. Good Deal. I...

I do see the resemblance.

OK. Here is the problem. Easy enough to solve. I must get in there and clean up. I have tools laying everywhere. I do have the M1009 Little Red inside there already to continue on that project. I have a few other projects to finish and some summer lawn care equipment to work on, but it seems...

As you can see in the picture, I have cut the rear crossmember from my M1102 generator trailer. I have also removed the jack/stabilizer from a donor M1102 generator trailer. One can only imagine the horror that these poor trailers endured at the DRMO. I was able to realign and straighten the...

Sometimes you get involved in more projects than you need to. I have a lot of friends and they know me as the fixer guy. I changed the floor out on this flatbed Chevy for a customer. I went to a local sawmill and bought 1 3/8" Red Oak rough cut lumber and put a new floor on the flatbed. That...

Yesterday I had a customer drop off his M1028 and he said he cannot get the ATF fluid to read on the dip stick. He was afraid his transmission was low and in reality, it was over full about 3 QT. I pull the dipstick and show him that it was broken off. He said he just had a local garage change...

Copper nickel alloy gets my approval too. I have used this stuff on salt spreader trucks that the frames rusted thru and the copper nickel brake line were still in place. They were exposed for 10 + years. Go figure. The frames on a CUCV pick up like to rust thru right at the front and rear axle...

I never seen the point of using stainless steel parts on a steel frame and body. Exhaust is even going a bit far. But it ain't my vehicle. I had an M1009 that had a complete SS exhaust system, and it was great, but it was on it when I bought it. It never wore out as long as I had it.

I think I have a small brake tube for the rear anti lock rear brake system on the CUCV trucks and cab chassis models. Brand new GM. I have made a few. The one side is a metric flare nut and the other is standard. I have a few of the height sensor valves and linkage also. But just for the record...

That video is useless for a CUCV. Do as you wish. I have attempted several times to disassemble a CUCV steering column in place. Trust me on this. It is 100 times easier and more rewarding after reassembling to have the column on a work bench and clean as you go. There is a lot of crud and I...

That piece you pointed out is the fast idle solenoid. It is activated by a sensor on the right rear head. That sensor also advances the injection pump timing during cold start and cold fast idle time. Your glow plugs should cycle on and off during the cold start to help assist with emission...