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There's an old Blazer in the wrecking yard near me that has the electric window. I wonder if that would create more problems than it would solve? It would be nice to be able to put the window up and down from the driver's seat.

My M1009 has a swiveling pintle. Are you sure yours isn't just stiff from disuse?

Thanks I ordered the Lisle tool for tightening the belts, the prybar-through-the-bracket-hole doesn't seem to give good results, and the tool is cheap. They had to order it so it may take a week or so. I still need to look up the tightening technique in the maintenance manual to make sure I...

I went to Napa and ordered this belt, but the other in-stock green stripe belts looked no wider than the stocker.

I'll get a squeal from the belts if they're even slightly loose and I fire up the landing lights. 2x 450 watts puts a serious drag on the alts. :3dAngus:

Left one.

My alternator belt(s) started squealing like one of them had gotten loose so I popped the hood to have a look. The four year old belts seem tight but there are chunks missing out of one of them. I'll need to search the site for the alternate alternator belt; the one that's just a bit shorter...

The seat situation needed to change, and change fast. My wife, who loves the M1009, absolutely hates the seats. I found some subaru seats that would need about $200 worth of fitting and welding to make work, so I decided to cut my loses and go back to the wrecking yard and see what I could...

Two new Group 31 batteries seem to have solved my starting problems. Found this picture yesterday while cleaning out the cell phone. Just shows the lug wrench zip-tied to the spare. Keeps it out of the way and quiet.

In addition to my previous, I know of two pickups sitting inside a fence in a yard on Bangor. I *think* one of them might be a dually, but I'm not sure as it's hard to get a good look at them. One has an aluminum cap on the rear. They've been sitting in that yard for at least four years now...

I was told by one of the shuttle bus drivers on Bangor Trident Base that they have a couple M1009s that are sitting with snow plows attached for use when it snows. Given it hasn't snowed in several years I'm guessing they may be inoperable.

What's the NSN? If I had a nickel for every product that claimed it was used by the military, special ops, SEALs, astrosoldiers, etc., I could probably afford to participate in those scams.

I've been in three-ship formations of C-141s flying terrain masking flights down inside that gorge; if you were on the rim you'd be looking down at to the tops of our airplanes as they went by. Exhilarating. :wink: Never attended a concert there though.

:lol: Ya think? ;-)

Some GMisms I've always hated: Pull the inside door handle while the door is locked and you get nothing. In most other cars pulling the inside door handle while the door is locked OPENS THE DOOR. Jerks. Must insert key right-side-up. There are two problems with this. First, when it's dark...

If you're accelerating out of a turn and you let go of the wheel, does the steering wheel center itself up, or do you have to return it to center? I had that problem with a Ford Courier once. One day I got miffed about it and jerked the steering wheel hard back to center and heard a POP...

I had a no-start this morning. The GEN 1 light was dim while the GPs were heating so I knew something was amiss. The GEN 1 light brightened and dimmed several times but settled on dim and then there wasn't enough juice to turn it over. I jumped it and it fired right up. Belts are tight and...

Death wobble is different than shuddering during braking. The shudder when braking is almost always due to warped disks, and easily repaired with new ones. Don't let that issue scare you off. I would probably get a license plate for it and use it as you said; for a beater to make dump runs or...

Is there any value in rotating the batteries? My GPs are on 12V now but the starter and a couple accessories (that are only ever on with the engine running) are on 24V, so the front battery gets pulled down a lot more than the rear.

Somewhat related question: Does the 6.2 need to be turned in only a certain direction when rotating the motor via the crank pulley? I ask because some engines should never be turned backwards as it causes the timing chain to skip off or some such.