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Welcome to the site. I would grab 2 batteries and spend about 15 minutes to install them. Its a great feeling to hear a 6.2 start up after buying one in unknown running condition.

Skinny, Your back in NH? I've been watching that truck on Craigslist for the last year or so. As the price kept dropping, I thought someone would buy it for the axles and part it out. I'm glad you are going to save this one. This will be an interesting build.

Shockwave, That is a great looking truck. Can I get the details on the lift, tires, & rims?. Welcome from Mass, I'm just far enough away that you won't notice if I copy your set up.

What spin on fuel filter did you use? Does it have a pump to prime it?

I spent the last 10 minutes sitting at a pizza shop eating & drawing plans on scrap paper on how you could make a spreader tool to fix it. Now I just read the post from Cucvrus, and he is right, its probably a cheap fix at a radiator shop. I'm posting my tool drawing anyways (its already...

In an emergency I've heard of people just using a 12 volt starter.

I've read that you can run the dually hubs in the front to eliminate the need for spacers.

Glad to hear you got it fixed.

Its probably a $15k project to put a Duramax in your truck if your paying a shop to do it.

Did you get the springs & bushings installed?

There is no need to pull the studs. With a little wiggling, the steering arm will lift off.

While I hate to second guess the TM's I didn't remove my tie rods or drag link to replace my springs & bushings.

Your work on the tailgate is coming along nicely. You might be on to something, starting a side gig rebuilding M1009 gates. It scares me to think that when I started to play around with K5 Blazers in the early 90's factory GM gates were $98 at my local Chevy dealer. Looking back I wished I saved...

Glad to see your going to fix up my old truck. Hopefully it has treated you well.

I'm thinking your son will want mud tires. For a young kid there is nothing better than a CUCV on mud tires howling down the road.

Great story & a few great looking trucks. This will be a great father & son hobby. CUCYLOVER, great job of stepping up the the plate and giving some pointers to a new member of our club.

Let us know if the springs & bushings help.

If it was in Mass I would have shown up with my truck & trailer and $1000 cash. I'm guessing I would have owned it. The 800 mile round trip to get it in PA was a dealbreaker for me.

I agree that you could easily part it out or sell it as a project/parts truck for more than $200. I'm just saying that if you drive/tow it to a junkyard here in Mass its worth about $200. The price at the yard today was $65 per ton. I'm guessing a M1009 is about 5500lbs, 2.75 tons x $65 per...

I guess the big questions are - how bad is it? -can you fix it yourself? -how good do you need it to be? Obviously safety comes first. You want to make sure the brake & fuel lines, exhaust, cab mounts & frame are solid. A couple of small holes in the floor can be fixed/patched cheap enough...