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Well after months of trying to figure out why the front battery didnt charge, I did every check according to the TM's, I coverted the blazer to 12v. It was pretty straight forward. Only had to cut one wire. the rest of the wires were just taped up and then wire tied in an out of the way...

If anyone is interested I will have a rust free body, in about a month, that someone can have. It will be in the Palm Springs CA area. It will only be the body I am stripping everything else out of it for a rebuilt on another truck. The dash, and steering wheel will be there. Let me know or...

I have been trying to get issues worked out with my front battery not charging for a couple of months now. I have tried EVERYTHING in the TM's this issue even has Warthog stumped. Any way I have given up and am going to do a 12volt conversion. I was going to do it today and I went and had the...

Well found out where the oil leak is in my truck, head gasket driverside just above the oil filter. Here are my options with a local mechanic replace gasket and get head redone cost about $2000. I have access to this motors for $300-$400. This mechanic said it would take 18 hours to replace...

does anyone have a tow bar I can borrow in the Las Vegas area, I need to pick up a blazer in CA. I will be towing with a blazer. need it for the weekend of the 20th. I have a trailer I can put the blazer on but going over baker pass with the weight of the trailer might not be good for the...

Just replaced my oil cooler line on the oil filter they had a leak. Well I knew things went to well, I replaced them in about an hour. After the truck warmed up and the oil started moving I noticed a leak above the lines close to the exhaust. Its very tight so I could not trace the leak all...

Im changing the oil cooler lines on Monday, oil filter to raidiator, anyone have any suggestions before I jump in. Napa had the parts in stock.

Does anyone know the part number for the 2 rubber/flexiable lines that run from the oil filter housing to the raidator

My wait light is coming on while driving down the street, not all the time just everyonce in a while. Any ideas

I dont want to recreate the wheel so does anyone know what year seats will bolt right to the frame of a 86 1009 mount. After market also I just dont want to do welding or drilling to get them to fit. Im getting old and lazy.

Im having a charging issue with my front battery everything checks out just like the TM says. Warthog was in town and he is also stumped. All the readings are what they should be, I replaced fuseable links bought new batteries, had the alt rebuilt twice. I have only a couple of dash lights...

Well had my first breakdown in a cucv, Ive owned 9 since 1999. I buy them drive them for a while and then sell them for what I put into them. Well this blazer has been a project since I bought it in 2008, I was out of state for a while for work. Anyway I have everything working great except...

Having an issue with the front battery charging. I followed the TM and everything is according to spec, as far as I can tell. I have changed the alt 3 times with alts that bench test ok. All the alts are out of CUCV's. Is it possible that the alts test ok and still are no good. Im only at...

I am posting this here because I believe this forum gets read more. There is a M37 in a junk yard in Las Vegas. The body is rust free/dent free. The only dent is on the corner of the tailgate. the seats spring are there, most of the dash gauges are gone. The transfer case is gone but motor...

Well my 9th cucv is now on the road. I had it in my back yard for the past 3 years and because of my job didnt have a lot of time to work on it. Bought it for $860 in Barstow CA. It had a bent right front spring, a couple of broken windows including the back, and it was missing the passenger...

The beast,1009, just rolled back to 00000.0 does this mean I now own a blazer that was sitting in some underground storage area waiting to get called into service!!!

Trying to take the truck on a road trip but its giving me a hard time. Front battery is not charging he is what I have done: new battery, replaced alt taken out of another 1009, had it tested works as its supposed to. Truck not running getting 12.8v at front battery, getting 12.5v at rear...

The drivers side alt controls the front battery correct. Having a one of those days cant do anything correct. Front battery is not charging, why wouldnt the gen1 light come on if it is not charging. It does come on when I turn the key to start. It goes off when I tap the gas pedal.

anyone know the name of the green paint the army is currently using on their trucks. Rapco has to many greens for me to choose from.

Im stumped. Just replaced the vaccume lines on the blazer nothing else. Got in to start it, starter cranked then in mid crank it stopped now I have NOTHING no power no lights no dash lights. Is there a fuse somewhere that would take the entire system down. This was a perfectly starting and...