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Taking a quick poll....what is the general consensus on the stock M1009 axles? Cruising the 4x4 side of the internets it seems that 1 ton running gear is a standard upgrade for anyone looking to get into massive tires or rock crawling. I even found a few vids of people breaking their factory...

Thanks guys! I used the jack to raise the tranny and engine back up and sure enough I could get back there from the top if I climbed in the engine compartment. I'm a dummy for not thinking of that. I guess I never had my head that close to the firewall to realize it was possible. TC and...

OK, so can anyone spare another tip for a newb? What's the best way to get to the top bolts on the bell housing? I pulled the transfer case and used the cheapo scissor jack from HF to lower the tranny and rear-end of the engine. I thought the best bet for splitting the tranny from the...

Thanks for the tips. I picked up the cheapo tranny jack at harbor freight this weekend with a coupon for about $60. Looks like it will be a handy little device for that money. Good find cliffy and Warthog!

Its a 1009. No fancy lift or any room to even get it in the garage. So it's going from the bottom one way or the other

My turbo400 has finally died so the time has come to swap it. This is some thing I've never tried before so excuse my ignorance: is a Tranny jack necessary to do this outside or will a engine crane through the cab work? I own neither and was planning to get a crane as its more versatile but is...

What you described is exactly what was wrong with my CUCV when I bought it. It was the common starter relay problem of getting stuck closed. Simple way to verify: pull the relay under the dash, reconnect the batteries and try the key. The dashboard and blower should come on but it shouldn't...

ya....probably wouldn't use that guy anymore. For starters (pun!) swap the alternators back. Gen2 only charges the rear battery which is only needed for the glowplugs and starter. Gen1 charges the front battery that runs everything else. If that's not working and your front battery is...

Well if this vehicle is owned by a profesional car guy that's taken care of it, I really don't see what major stuff might be bad. Since these are basically Chevy k5 Blazers, you can find and buy parts on ebay pretty easily. If its not your daily driver, wait for the parts in the mail. That's...

I think it's funny that, in the place that is like the silicone valley of cars and motorcycles, a CUCV is considered a classic. :) If you're mechanically challenged, I can't think of a better vehicle to learn on. These things are pretty simple.

You mean like when you're trying to start it and it's just the starter solenoid engaging/disengaging really fast? That's not what I'm talking about. My truck starts just fine. However, maybe 10 seconds after the "wait" light turns off I hear that buzzing sound for a few seconds. The sound...

Thanks warthog! That's exactly what I was looKing for.

I thought I had pics of where the gen 2 relay, diode, ign switch etc. all where but I guess I saved them on my work computer. Does anyone remember which thread those were posted on? I can't find it for the life of me. Many thanks!

Does your sound a lot like a 60hz hum of a flourecent light but louder? Mine does and it drives me crazy. It sounds like that relay is taking a beating. I've been wondering if a solid state relay would work better.

I thought mine 95% until I started working that remaining 5% only to discover it was made of mostly bondo.

O/A torch and rose-bud tip :-). Carc takes more heat to burn off than you'd think.

This weekend I cut the last few inches of floorpan out while intending to follow the article on CK5. Then decided I'd just go all the way and cut out the body support and all crossmembers in the rear tail area. Replacing with what's essentially a 2x6 piece of tube steel. I used a piece of...

Ya ya..... By the time I finished it was getting dark and then I started in on the rust in the rear pan and body supports. Figure I'd do that before a final touch-up of the paintjob since I'd end up scratching the tailgate taking it on and off. I'll get a pic when I'm done getting the gate...

Finished spraying mine. I went with ALK-200 instead of rapco paint from the local PPG distributor sprayed over PPG OMNI epoxy primer. Even with a cheap HF HVLP spray gun I only needed a half gallon to cover the entire truck. I should have grabbed the color code to share. The shop sold me...

It's probably worth $800 for the scrap metal alone. Speaking of which, if you want to take care of a lot of the little stuff that may be wrong, try a pick-n-pull yard. I've had great luck at those for little stupid things like gauges, vent windows and the like that aren't always on ebay...