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That was one of the first things I had to do to my 1009 - all new sockets around the truck. Ground wires pull out, and the little ground tab that touches the side of the barrel of the bulb also has a habit of breaking off. I also used No-Ox on the bulbs when I put them in - I went with the...

Also think about providing cues for the enemy - tire tracks can be washed or blow away but oil leaves a stain or rainbow sheen. If you get in the habit of putting down a clean/dry pan every time you stop long enough for a class 3 leak to show itself, you have an opportunity when you pull up the...

I was just going to say, wow - factory cupholders :beer:

Huck bolt tools can be rented. :beer:

I just want to take a moment to point out how awesome you are for going through this effort :beer: It's easy to think about how you want to use a system or maybe to make it easy for an inspector to sign off on it - people often forget though that power company people need to be able to...

I feel another post here is necessary to bring this back into focus, as it looks like it's running away again. Important to notice: the information posted by EnteJager in post #47 was from a HMMWV accident last year. I do recall that accident too. If anything it would suggest "don't enlist to...

Yes as has been said repeatedly, the stock M1009 was different than all of the other GM CUCVs, 6-bolt 1/2 ton axles and a 3.08:1 axle ratio. The tecnical manual for the CUCVs is posted on this site if you click the button towards the top of the webpage. The "-20" manual has the full wiring...

There are military fixtures that don't come from the factory in civilian versions in that truck from the pictures. Get the VIN and post it up that's the only way to know the origin, but it looks like someone made a M1009 into a civilian truck (paint, new dashpad, grille, new bumpers... it's...

The harder and flatter the surface, the better it reflects the original sound wave, the rougher the surface the more it scatters the sound. This is why the insides of these CUCV trucks without the sound treatment of carpet, padding and headliners makes for a good echo chamber - and listening to...

Counter intuitively, bright white is the best color to use inside a lightbox. Silver or chrome results in a specular reflection, rather than a diffuse reflection, which can lead to hot-spotting (some areas will appear brighter than others). Also a flat paint is better for even scattering than...

Yeah, that's just leakage from my fantasies [thumbzup] I'd love to have a pair of M1009's with 4BTs with Allison 1000's (and a pair of M998's with the same or 6BT's) to go with my XM1027 build (crew cab dually pickup) with the 6BT and the Fuller FS-8406A. I don't want to cut-up the M1009 I...

I don't see any armor on the rocker at all, it looks like basic stamped aluminum body tub. To the OP Emf27, the M1025/1026 were called armorment carriers due to the turret on the roof - this has nothing to do with ballistic armor, "armorments" are weapons... like an M2 .50cal or a genade...

In addition to the oil plate heat exchangers, you can get the industrial remote oil filter plate, and get that filter away from the engine entirely. I'm doing that with my 6BT build. If you are not bound to the gm transmission, you can look at the Allison 1000 from a later model Duramax truck...

Wrong grille and hood for an up armored unit, and I don't recall x-doors being classified as "uparmored". smells like a m998 with a slantback kit. IIRC, the true uparmored units have full air-conditioning, an armor partition separating the slant-back from the passenger area. The basic...

Correct. Anything which spins at the same speed as the crank shaft, and is accessible, will do. The operation behind the optical tach is very simple: a laser hits the reflector on the rotating assembly, and bounces back to a photodetector. Each time the photodetector sees a reflected laser...

The crankshaft/harmonic balancer - any other point may introduce ratios and possible belt slip.

Is the Glow Plug relay clicking when you turn the key to On? Do you have a 12V mod on the glow plug circuit? What was the measured voltage on the fat orange wire terminal of the GP relay under the hood while the key is turned on? Glow plugs are a maintenance item, they need to be checked...

Welcome from California :beer:

I have a comment and a story on this line of thought... vehicles are machines. The world is tough on machines, especially when the world is not human tuned for vehicle survival (i.e. roads). Is your daughter involved in any of the repair work? This stuff is just as important to learn as how...

Welcome from California, and thank you and thanks to your family for their service! My grandfather on my mother's side was a Merchant Marine :beer: