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The last M1009 I sold 3 years ago I put on CR for $1800. It was nice and original, no rust, low miles and I only got 1 call after a week, he bought it but crawled all over it for an hour looking for something wrong. There wasn't, it didn't even leak a drop. If I didn't price it so cheap maybe it...

I have a M1009 that was used as a radio truck and like a similar post I have with a M1008a I would like to know what typically was in it. I read that there was a TM for a M1009 radio setup that would give me a list of what was required and how it was installed. If anyone has that TM or knows...

What would typically be installed if the rack was full? I think my truck would have had more since it had 4 antennas. Most of the radios I have are older and rack mounted, but I do have some RT524 and an/grc-106 radios. I'm not a radio guy except that the look military radios give a military...

I was thinking there was more to the kit. I got my truck from Ft Lewis with those items, troop seats and an antenna mount at each bed corner. I've been thinking of completing the truck as a M1008a1, but I'm not sure what that should be. I was thinking there should be a cargo cover. Seems like...

I would like to find out what the kit contained. There must have been a TM for it. Has anyone restored one of these M1008a1 to be the truck they were designed to be with the kit? Thanks

I read the same thing about the extended life coolants that they will cause leaks in our engines. I also read that fleetcharge is a reasonably priced coolant, but pencool 3000 or powercool 3000 is what dd approves but that is crazy expensive stuff. I need to test mine.

What antifreeze did the military run? Did they add SCA's? Mine is green and I'm ordering test strips to try and find out what is in there. Since they ran 15-40wt engine oil in the engine and transmission, I worry that the coolant may not be DD spec. Have any of you HEMTT owners changed your...

The other thing is the truck has less than 7500 miles on it, which I believe is from the last rebuild. It had new batteries put in that have a charged on date of sept 2010. This makes me think that date may have been the rebuild date. I know the truck was not run or moved for a year at least...

I'm hoping that a good long drive will help. This transmission is not slipping in the sense that the engine speed increases but the road speed does not in the same gear. I have had turbo 400's do that at the end of their life, before rebuild. This one gives the extra shift up and down and locks...

Update... We(my son and I) did the drain and fill. It was a little more than 8 gallons that came out. We added 8 gallons to get in the cold range. The transmission had an annoying habit of shifting up to the next gear then immediately shifting back down before shifting back up. It did this...

I'm going to go back and thank everyone that has tried to help me with this decision. One good thing is I've learned quite a bit about oil, about approved oil, and it surprises me that these ratings and specs change, but what is printed on the label may not, making the value of these ratings...

One thing that has been pointed out to me is the clutch plates are saturated with 15/40. How does that work with a switch to TES295? That seems to be a major concern. That leads to the next question. How do the 2 oils mix? How well do they mix in that small area between the plates? I think that...

Gunzy, I can relate to your philosophy for sure. Did you change your transmission fluid when you got your truck? I just mean a change not a switch. I think the military lists a change of fluid every year. I will have to double check that. Once that cost factor is added in, then the initial cost...

JDToumanian, by changing it one time that left probably 10 to 15 qt of original oil in the transmission. Did you notice any change in transmission temperature? Have you put many miles on it since the change and did you notice any other characteristics that changed? Thanks

Gunzy, is your M985 engine any different than a M977 engine? also if your transmission fluid is low, what will you add? One thing I don't understand is the wear patterns or wear conditioning that is purported to be going on with different oils. It would seem to me at least from a logical...

We found the problem! Actually my son did. The wire labeled "rear left" coming from the switch should be attached to wire 1003 not wire 1294 the wire that was attached to 1003 was the brake stop. So we changed the 2 and it works right. Simple as that! This truck probably never had a left turn...

Since it was looking like a turn signal switch problem, I took the switch apart. It looks brand new inside, nothing has gotten hot, it looks perfect. I put it back together and pulled back the dash. The white wire coming from the switch is labeled "left rear" it was plugged into wire #1294. With...

Simp5782, Did you have power at the trailer plug when you jumped it? I could not find any for the left turn at my plug. With my left turn off and the brakes on, I have brake lights. When I go left turn on at the switch both brake lights go out and the front stops blinking, it goes solid on, on...

Snowtrac, We had to reassemble so we had the turn signals grounded. With the brakes on, both brake lights are working. Then when the turn signal switch is moved left turn both rear brake lights go out and the light on the dash goes solid on-no flash. When turned to right turn with the brakes on...

Thanks snowtrac, I was wondering about separate contacts in the switch. I hadn't thought about how the brake light is turned off when the turn signal is applied but the turn signal switch makes sense where this happens. I don't think we tried both brakes and the left turn at the same time, but...