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Finally got the M1009 back today. Over two months later. Removed three times total from the truck. Many parts swapped out. It now starts in first, shifts well in all three gears. Downshift is not quite as aggressive as I would like. However, there is a new issue. There's a quite...

Side note: drove past a few gas stations today. All of them had no gas. My first thought was "I miss my diesel!" I saw a couple of Mexican landscapers filling up medium-duty trucks as old ladies pulled in only to be perplexed that their sedan could not be filled up.

Quick update: governor was replaced, then the valve body was replaced. The noise still persists and it's not shifting correctly (still). The tech is taking the whole thing out and rebuilding it again, not per my request - they seem to be trying to make things right. I'm glad another guy is...

Quick follow up on this. A different guy, their "builder" is working on the transmission. He replaced the governor. I see one reference online saying they can cause a whine, but more importantly it controls the 1-2 shift, which was borked for sure. He's waiting to test drive it tomorrow...

Nope, just didn't install it. Even though I left a note about the new pan in a box, in the truck. Obviously someone was not paying attention. I took it back to the shop on Thursday. We'll see what they say. I suspect I'll have to have that other shop in Roswell tear it down and photograph...

I did that myself about a year / 500 miles ago. Think I actually changed it out. No signs of leaking.

Thank you very much. I will look into it. Their website looks promising. I am taking it back to the original shop to see what they do. On Thursday.

I'm in the SE section, literally on the Little River on the border with Milton.

Just took some pics of the leaky pan, leaky cooling fittings, reused vacuum line, and the best is the cotter pin. I gave them a new pan with magnetic drain and they didn't install it. This kinda stuff drives me nuts... At least it's a good pan gasket.

Would be great but I'm actually up in Cherokee county. Over 2 hours to get to Bowdon. Thank you though. I wish there was a place around here I could rent rack space for about a month and knock out this and other projects. I hate not having a shop.

Thanks. I appreciate all the advice here. It's going back on Thursday. "Grandpa" didn't want to talk to me on the phone but I heard him in the background and he was concerned about how far I was away from the shop. He knew he screwed something up.

To clarify, I spent about twice what you mentioned to have the transmission rebuilt. It would not go into Reverse at all when I took it in. After the "rebuild" it went into R and shifted fine. What concerns me is that when it sits a few days and I put it into R to pull out of my driveway, it...

I just saw online that white stripe modulators are for diesel. Heading out to look at the truck... Update: no white stripe. I also noticed the cotter pin for the gear selector was never folded over and is about to fall out. Great.

Over the past 2 years I've done a lot of work on my M1009. I finally got it back from the body shop and was hoping to enjoy putting some miles on it. It rewarded me by failing to go into reverse. First it was sometimes, then always. The transmission was whining. I didn't really think about...

Ha. Love it.

Didn't do much other than pay for the last two steps but finally got the M1009 back from the body shop for the exterior liner, then to the mech shop for the lift kit and 33's. Now I'm afraid the TH-400 is on it's last legs. It never ends. I've started work on refurbishing bumpers and I'm...

Unfortunately the barn is not mine. If it was this project would have been finished a looooong time ago, and my wife would probably be forwarding my mail.

Thanks for the tips @Barrman and @MarcusOReallyus . I had no idea you can swap out intermittent wipers. You can get a new production column for $599. I think by the time I buy $200 worth of parts and crack the thing open I will wish I got a new one. One more question - my trans doesn't want...

Oh, one thing about POR - it can "activate" and kick off the whole can. I heard others warn about it and didn't believe it but it happened to me. They sell it in a 6 pack of small cans I think for this reason. Anyway, to be safe treat it like rust converter and pour it into another container...

I buy a lot of stuff from https://www.lmctruck.com/ Everyone sells the same Korean panels, I believe. You can also find them on Ebay. I bought a lot of weatherstripping off of Ebay as well. Classic Industries as well. Eckler's is good too. Oh, and https://www.motorcityk5.com/ - think...