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  1. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Used a ball joint kit to press the CUCV shackle pins into the bumper this morning. Seems like that shouldn't have been necessary, but on the bright side, they won't disappear in a parking lot. It looks like they may cast a shadow from where they interfere with the lamp location. Mounted the lamp...
  2. CARC686

    My CUCV spin on fuel filter mod

    I've been running a Racor for a year. It's fine.
  3. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Since it's impossible to find information on this bumper other than a few pictures, and the instructions that come with it are boilerplate useless: You'll strip everything off the end of the frame. The bumper has two brackets that slide in alongside the frame on the outboard sides. We put the...
  4. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Might add a class 3 receiver, but it's not a priority. I never was very interested in towing with this vehicle due to short wheelbase and a capacity that's maxed out by an empty M1101.
  5. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Roughed in. Needs to be adjusted down and to the left about a quarter inch. Flood light from Harbor Freight finger tight, not wired. Will have two after I plumb the draft tube into the exhaust. D-ring shackles didn't fit. Will figure it out later. It's hot. I'm tired.
  6. CARC686

    Keeping a M1009 alive

    If you're getting good fuel flow, a little air in the lines is a nonissue, but if you continue to have air in the lines, you'll have to track down the point of ingress. To determine if you're pulling air into the fuel system, the first thing to do is replace the return hose on the injection pump...
  7. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Prepping for install. Will probably be selling the original bumper with the pintle/NATO trailer plug with pigtails, D-ring, etc. if there's interest. Anybody doing a Suburban conversion?
  8. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Got the bumper. Only took 15 weeks and a hundred highway miles visiting a freight terminal. Pretty ridiculous, but I didn't get bent about it. I'm not in a hurry. Quality seems pretty good. I was enjoying figuring out the original shapes of the plates, as they're folded up like origami. The...
  9. CARC686

    CUCV Battery Recommendations

    Interstate sells batteries of average quality for 25 years ago with an average warranty for 25 years ago, which makes them exceptional by today's standards. Edited to add that the OE specification is 6TL. Two of them weigh 150 pounds and you'll spend $500 at a minimum replacing them. Group 31...
  10. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Landlord didn't like the way the truck marks its spot. Asked me to put down a drip pan. I did him one better. Thought about flattening it out, but rolling over that hump and coming to rest on the curb is how I know I'm home. The stones will settle into their final resting places without me...
  11. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    For future reference: 28-Spline TrueTrac P/N: 912A556 Rear 8.5" Master Kit: TIMKEN DRK321MK
  12. CARC686

    CUCVRUS Repair Projects

    Awful quiet lately. Always enjoy your posts. Hope you're well.
  13. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    I like the drain and fill plugs. I like the gasket. Could do with more eyes. Even just one more, but ARB doesn't make any and if they did, I'd probably mess up my other eye grinding it to fit.
  14. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    My pig wears only the finest lipstick.
  15. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Magnet couldn't get it. Just received a practical demonstration of a tiny surgical needle gun. Basically had to grind the surface off my eyeball to get the iron and rust out. Not my best Friday night. Wear your PPE.
  16. CARC686

    Dark Seas M1008 Project

    As far as I know, DB2829-4267 is OEM for all 6.2L NA CUCVs. DB2829-4879 is what's available brand new off the shelf. They'll tell you it's good for the CUCV, but I've spent the past year screwing around with fuel and timing and airflow to get it to quit belching unburnt diesel out the tailpipes...
  17. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    Oh, and just a reminder: It's a lot easier to put on safety glasses than it is to go magnet fishing in your eye.
  18. CARC686

    Seems like this is turning into a build thread.

    I expected I might not be able to see where it was rubbing, so I had planned to paint the inside of the cover, slap it on dry with a couple bolts, and spin it a few times, but that was not necessary. The hardened gears were just lathing this thing out of the way. I was irritated with how...
  19. CARC686

    New to this M1009

    Sorry for the crap quality photo, but the OE center bore looks to be exactly 3.5" to me.
  20. CARC686

    New to this M1009

    Same offset as civilian K5. Rally sports and old school off-road wagon wheels fit. The ones with the triangle holes. Dunno why you have TP45 stenciled on your fenders, but I find 30 PSI makes a comfortable ride and 35 is good for highway miles.
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