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Your local muffler shop or trailer store can make you a custom riser. I bought one made by Kitsap Muffler but I need for it to be stronger. I was pulling sharply out of a parking spot and the pintle bound up in the lunette ring, and bent the riser a little...

I had a friend who would buy cars at tow yard auctions to flip and sell, and they almost never came with a key. He'd just call the local locksmith who would come out and for $40 would impression a key. It took about 15 minutes.

Now that the back is off the 1009 I need to do a few things to it before it goes back on. Prime and paint the sliding windows Remove the solid windows and replace them with sliders Remove the old seals and clean it up for the new seals Install the roof rails Install the rooftop...

I got to work on the fuel gauge this morning. It never goes above ¼ tank and drops from there as I use the fuel. I disconnected the ground, the fuel gauge did not move to full, that supposedly means the gauge is bad, but I went ahead and performed the next step anyway. I disconnected the pink...

Looks good! You have half of the snow cammo already on.

Am I allowed to post a craigslist ad link? I already learned we aren't allowed to post auctions. I just wanted to make the community aware of a good deal I saw on craigslist. Guy has a NOS half-cab kit for the K5s. I don't know the guy, and I think he's asking too much ($500) but I thought...

I got them from 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...

Took the top off to change out the seals as they're all cracked and dry rotted. Since the weather is absolutely fantastic I think I'll be leaving it off for a few weeks. I have some sliders I want to install, and a rack is going on top for the roof-top tent. That will all be easier on the...

Compromise. Pull the guts out of the doors and tailgate and swap them over to yours. That way you still have the original doors and tailgate, just upgraded to power.

I had the idea that I would like to install a clock in the M1009. There isn't a clock of any kind in the truck, and I have an aircraft clock hanging around, so that seems like just the ticket. Now all I need to do is figure out where to put it. I hoped to put it alongside the...

Does anyone know the part numbers, or even the proper nomenclature, for the seals that keep water from leaking in around the rear top? I can't find anything listed on Rock Auto, and LMC is confusing. What seals, ALL of them, do I need? On LMC it looks like there are two along the bed rails...

Now that the tires are on and the truck can drive down the highway without rattling my teeth loose, next up is some 12 volt power inside the cab. The military didn’t see a need to run a GPS or charge my cell phone, but I do. A few years ago I picked up a three-outlet lighter plug that used to...

My '86 has almost no rust, and it rains for months without stop out here. There's something about Ohio (road salt?) that just eats steel. I've owned two vehicles that started their lives in Ohio, that came by way of military owners to other states. One was a Ford Courier. I put the floor...

Well the tire dilemma is over. I found four BF Goodrich All Terrain TAs, the same ones I have on my Jeep WK, for sale on craigslist. They're almost new; still have the tits on them even. OK, now I need to get them mounted and balanced. After shopping around I ended up back at the auto...

We have two (that I've been to anyway) pull-it-yourself yards out here. The one in Olympia has great prices; they want to move stuff fast and get rid of the hull. The one in Kitsap, which sadly is the one closest to me, seems to price like they're the only game in town. They're forgetting...

Thanks for the info dburd. I was wondering about that since I changed the fluid/filter in mine and all the BX had was VI. Since you're really only changing the oil in the pan I intend to use my electric vacuum pump to pull the oil out through the dipstick tube and refresh it with some new. I...

I've looked through all the TMs and can't find an answer, and can't think of a search term to use in here. What is the purpose of the pad aft of the left wheel well on the M1009? I have one of those over the wheel well truck boxes I want to put there and it's in the way.

I changed the transmission filter today. Sucked out the fluid with my vacuum pump, dropped the pan, started scraping the RTV and gasket off (it had both), called the cops to report a physical DV going on across the street, pulled the old filter out, put the new one in, then… The filter is...

1986 M1009. During the last two cold starts I have noticed the following: Normal start, engine running, everything else normal: The needle in the voltmeter drops into the yellow and I hear a relay clicking somewhere OR I hear a relay clicking somewhere and the voltmeter drops...

I just replaced all the guts in the tailgate window handle on mine using LMC parts. Yes, the clutch is definitely the weak link in the chain- it appears to be just a cheap pot metal casting. The entire window mechanism in mine was bone dry. You'll want to (if you don't get the body shop to...