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I flew back home for Thanksgiving and need to head out again soon. My main work since i have been home has been dealing with the field mice and pack rats. Little bastards! I have piled up quite the kill count so far. I placed one of my game cameras in the engine compartment and was pretty...

No. She has 1 ton axles under her already. Dana 60 front and a Corp 14 bolt rear. The rear has a Detroit locker. The front is most likely open but there were a few that had the Trac Locks in them from the factory. If its open I will put in a ARB selectable locker. For the Dana 60 I will...

Yes I did. Great little road trip.

I flew back home to vote and awaiting me was my new drive shaft (new to me). I picked up a couple of Spicer 1350 greasable U Joints and pressed them in. With the drive shaft in place and the U Joints full of Amsoil synthetic grease that part is done. I fly out tomorrow and should be back...

Thank God. Glad to hear the great news.

My 2005 Dodge Power wagon got 15 mpg going down hill with a strong wind behind it. My 2013 Dodge 2500 Diesel got 16 mpg at best. My work 2012 Chevy3500 Duramax was never great on economy either. Maybe 16 or so. Don't remember but it sucked. My buddies M1009 was getting a consistent 18 mpg...

I will keep you posted. It would be great to meet up with you and post it here with pictures! The M1010 are great trucks

Welcome to the M1010 Clan. I might have some work there in Kazakhstan in the future.

After I get the drive shaft, alternator and batteries installed plan B will be completed. The Dog Head Relay will then be next on the list. I will then pull all the glow plugs and squirt in some oil. This will set for a day then I will put a breaker bar on the cam shaft pulley. I will rotate...

I then started on the interior. The interior was completely coated in bird **** and other waste. I removed everything from the interior and then washed out the truck. I scrubbed down all the bird crap and washed it away along with tons of dust. Next I started on the seats. baked on bird...

I ordered a replacement drive shaft and a few other parts. While those are on there way I moved onto cleaning out the truck. I first started on the engine compartment. I found the Mother of all critter nests under the intake manifold. I removed the nest and all its associated funk. I then...

I picked up a new throttle cable assembly today. I decided to remove the front seat to help with some much needed space. I also decided it was a good time to start cleaning out the cabin of the truck. The truck would have made a great prop in THE BIRDS. I just finished cleaning of one...

So it begins.

So as a few of you know I picked up my new M1010 this week. I won it on Govplanet and it had a code of A1. Well she's no A1. But close enough that I took her anyway. She has 2408 original miles on her. Yes only 2408. NOT 102,408. The condition of everyday wear items prove that as well as...

The rear box is brand new looking! Little dust and bird droppings in there. No dents or dings. Some one lightly spray painted (Team Spartans) inside in black paint. No big deal since Im going to paint the inside anyway. Will get a better look under the litter boxes in the morning. I will...

My plans are to get her running first. I will have the throttle cable replaced tomorrow and then start to work on "Plan B" 12/24 volt conversion. Dog Head relay mod and a couple of new batteries should see her up and running shortly. Need to get the drive shaft. I will have more time in the...

As you can see I had to drop the rear drive shaft. It was bent from the guys using a fork lift to unload her at the place I picked her up from. The good news is that the drive shaft is all that was damaged. I had them load her on with the same fork lift as I couldn't winch her up. No keys...

Those pictures were taken at a rest stop just inside Arizona on I10. What a beautiful place to rest. Here are the other pictures taken that night. I needed to unload the M1010 off of the trailer so I could get her back to Phoenix early this morning as well as the rental truck.

Its been a crazy 3 days but I have my M1010 home safe and sound. 1083 miles on the rental truck in one day. Here are the pics of the road trip

Time for plan B.