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I read something in another forum, posted by a guy in the fuel distro business. He advises that regular diesels should not use the high-speed pumps because the filtering that’s present in the regular diesel pumps at the fuel islands is absent in the high-speed pumps the truckers use. Man, I...

I wonder if that SWAT team got rid of it because they picked up a free Stryker from the military.

Try parking it nose down. If it runs ok after having been parked nose down, it's probably the filter body. Replace it with prejudice.

If you're doing the seals around the top, here's a cheater: Classic Parts. Here are the four seals: 01-817 (1976-91) Blazer - Body Side Seal - Le1 $29.95 01-818 (1976-91) Blazer - Body Side Seal - Ri1 $29.95 01-813 (1976-91) Blazer - Upper Header Seal -1 $34.95 01-814 (1976-91) Blazer - Upper...

I just saw an ad on craigslist locally for a camper (civilian) K5 blazer. Seriously, a stand-inside camper that goes in place of the topper on the back. Not too long ago I saw a guy selling a NOS back panel that turns a K5 into a pickup truck- it seals off the passenger compartment from the...

Whelen 295HFSW1 has two 100 watt outputs, so I have one speaker over the lightbar and one on the grille. Don't use the siren tones, no matter how tempting that may be. The PA function is kind of funny sometimes. "Put the phone down!"

I had the pleasure of another locked brake incident today. Driving westbound I90 with the traffic moving about 50 MPH. The left lane is exit only to I5 south and always backs up. Today it was stopped as usual. The car ahead of me got in the left lane and stopped at the end of the line. I...

Went out after work to get in my daily driver M1009... wait.... what? Dang. Left the headlights on! They were on for six straight hours. Key in, wait light.... VAROOM! The starter didn't even sound slow. I might need to wire in a timer though...

I don't know what any of that is, but it looks WAY cool.

The engine doesn’t lack power- it has all the power it’s supposed to have. The truck weighs almost three tons in standard form (base vehicle, driver, gear, etc) so don’t expect it to shove you back in the seat. Performance is adequate, nothing more. The M1009 isn’t a performer out of the box- if...

My M1009 has ~106,000 miles on it right now. The military swapped out the engine about 11,000 miles ago, so the engine is still pretty new. I don’t have a lift or big tires, just the 31x10.5R15s that are supposed to be there. Military seats are comfortable enough if you can get used to being...

I may be wrong but I think the drama with using any of them is the lack of reinforcement in the corners. How would you attach it, sheet metal screws? Can you get in behind there to put a nut on? I would love to have one and free up the space in the bed, I just don't want it to depart the...

The gauge indicates between 9 and 10 psi at high idle, then when the idle drops it’s between 6 and 7 psi. I thought about running another one on the output side to determine when it was time to change the filter, but that’s another $10 gauge and more fittings. I installed the filter empty...

Because they're already there? Front and rear receivers make the project expensive, and I lose interest.

No no no. I’m talking about the shackle, the swingy thing that clanks around when you go over bumps. Not talking about the square tube to which the shackles are mounted.

Yes. I have no experience with winches so I don't know how heavy they are. I have some tow hooks with keepers already- took them off my jeep.

For coming through the firewall: Look behind the E-brake for where the hood release cable goes through. Just below that there should be a black plastic cap about the size of a half-dollar- pull that out and a hollow plug will remain. Now go around to the engine compartment and look in the same...

That's not at all what I want. I want a winch mounted in a cradle with two hooks- one in front and one behind the winch. Then I can use the hook behind to hang the winch on one of the four shackles. Then when I’m done winching I can remove the winch and put it in the back of the truck, or in...

Would it be possible to fab up a winch mount that can hang off one of the front or rear shackles and plug in to the 24V slave outlet on the grille, or would it be too heavy to lift? I want a winch but I don’t want it mounted on the truck for the 99% of the time that it’s on pavement. I’d like...

Are you running the stock filter or did the PO do the spin-on filter mod?