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Rick, Time to give your camera a bath. Its always snowing when you take your photos. Its looking good, your buddy is going to have a great truck when you finish

Welcome from Otsego County; There is plenty of M35s out there to be had. They come across this site quite often. Just keep your eye on the classified section and you will find what your looking for. Try wheelspinner, he has a nice duce for sale in North Carolina. He Use to live in Oneida county...

Welcome back TankGrl, I see you took the plunge and bought the 1009. Now the fun has started, take your time and repair as you go. You will gain a lot of insight and help on this site, but most important of all just have fun.

Welcome back and thank you for your service. If the end of the world is coming, you may want to stay in another 4 years.

Rick, I hope this doesn't change your ways with us paying customers. Your parts, service, and advice will always be of value to the rest of us.

Rick; Your going soft on us; Let the gal have some fun. But being in Arizona she may want AC installed.

"Quote" A new set of rims and it will be a show truck? Rick I love your humor.

Kick a bees nest you get stung, pull out fencing you get barbed

Just gave my 30 year old M1009 a birthday present. Just had her rust-proofed at a Krown dealer and gave her all new oil & filters.

You may want to check with the Humane society before starting that up.

Rick, What type of backhoe/loader was that in your July adventure photos? Are those the replacements for the older Unimog SEE tractor (small emplacement excavators)?

That is a lot of work for to convert to a CB. I use a working MX 6707 base with the 1730 mast. All you have to do is cut the upper section of the mast shorter (12-16") and manually tune the knob on the bottom of the base till you gain reception. It works fine for 2-3 miles out even with the...

Rick Are you doing all this restoration just to sell it to me, or are you hording all CUCVs you can get your hands on?

I get whatever I get, I love driving my M1009 so much that I don't even check my fuel mileage anymore. I had a 2003 VW Jetta tdi that got 50+ highway and 45 city but it was no where as fun to drive as my CUCV.

As long as its recommended by 9 out of 10 dentist.

Rick, I know you like to improvise but can you explain how this works?

still sounds like a bad ground in the rear taillight assembly. Try to install a temporary ground to the frame or a 12 volt power jumper to the flasher. Does the drivers side turn signal work front and back? The flashers will not work if it doesn't sense the proper voltage.

I love the smell of contaminated gear oil.

Ditto- Well said

Rick, why would you want to spend all that time and $ building a new box. If its only used for a salt/plow truck you can mount the salter directly to the truck frame. We used 6"x6" treated rails to gain the height needed. Clean and simple and easy access to the rest of the hardware below.