Search results

Another busy day. I was in the shop most of the morning and then made a trip for lunch and the YOUPULLIT. I seen a K20 Suburban on the rollback heading to the YOUPULLIT. I was there like a shot.Nice right door on the K20 Suburban and a left fender on another Suburban. Big time score. I opened up...

Chinese have Diesel engines. I have a few that I have no problems with. They are exact duplicates of Yanmar. So being made in China has no reflection of value. Many GM parts are made in China. ( Mainland ). Have at it. I seen the palm prime pump on Isuzu chassis for years and they work well. I...

I remove the wiper transmission completely from the cowl. I press grease and motor ol into the 4 ball joints and the spindles. You can feel how free they get while you are doing the greasing. I use the same grease gun adapter that I use on the CV joint to get the grease in the joints and...

https://youtu.be/9JDzlhW3XTM

My M1009 Mule has 101,000 on the chassis. it had 17 K on it when I bought it. The brake pedal rubber has been worn thru since 60K. 60K in 27 years is a lot of braking action on and off the pedal. A newer truck with 300K has less braking action then one with less mileage that is much older. You...

Did you vacuum test your repair? It must be tight and free of air leaks.

Jonestown CUCV assembly line ran a full 8 hour shift today. Worker attendance was low as usual. I have the cab fully assembled at the firewall and ready to go back on the chassis. I cleaned and painted evry part that I reinstalled on the cab. Slow but sure progress was made. this is the cab when...

I think it looks like 47K miles. it is is great shape for a 30 year old truck. It appears to have the original paint and is un molested. I would fix only what is needed to be fixed and call it a day. How does it run and drive?

My 1009 ate a starter in 2 years. That will do it. Low amperage is the cause of many failures on vehicles. That is the No. 1 cause of the stock starter relay failure. I seen these trucks sitting around on the bases and always getting jump started because of low batteries. That is hard on the...

Not the case when they are leaking while parked. Take a look at the seals and the holes that are in the kick panels. That cowl area is dirty and has leaf debris and mud in some cases built up and that creates a water fall effect in the side cowling. If the vents were removed and the seals on the...

I wanted to show you how open to the water the kick vents are. If you lok down the cowl from the top the vent is right where my hand is. This picture shows the vet from the front side. You can see the white brittle seal that is supposed to stop the rain and water. You can see why it is not...

I installed the starter back onto the M1008 project. I routed the positive battery cable in the correct mounts on the oil pan. Many times i see these cables all routed and tangled up in harms way. I have the sway bar nuts loose because I did NOT have any 7/16" nylok nuts that I could find...

Do your sway bar bushings look like this? These are the replacement sway bar bushings from Energy Suspension. You can buy the on Amazon of course. These are easy to replace. I replace the 4 - 7/16" bolts washers and nuts that mount the sway bar to the frame up front. On the spring plates I use...

Bleed the brakes today on Terminus M1009. It was raining but I wanted to get something completed. New brake system all the way around again. I will maintain it better next time. Maybe.

A re-manufactured injection pump with a warranty cost about $350. I have installed many without incident. But did you pull the glow plugs and let the delivery nozzle nuts loose while cranking it over? And if you did. Did fuel come from the lines at the nozzles? That is about as much help as I...

? What did I just read? Fords are junk and CUCV's are the only trucks? Model T's are good? and 1915 trucks are just like CUCV's? In comparison I admit a CUCV is a good truck. Is it the best. If that is what you have it is the best. But that is an opinion. Like it or not many new trucks are...

Check out this 1986 GMC Ducks Unlimited Suburban. Star craft made a deal with GM for some painted Suburbans and CUCV bumpers, brush guards.

um, personal protective devices. Like condoms, safety glasses, gloves, helmets, steel tip boots and ear plugs? Are they illegal in Canada and Alaska? :)

Why is turning the motor helpful? Are you missing teeth on the flex-plate/ring gear? This clicking sound are you referring to grinding? That is why I ask how turning the engine manually corrects the clicking starter. And can you picture poorly formed starter teeth. That is new. Never heard that...

Not sit. May I suggest a rhyme? S_it. From the looks of the bottom door edge. I could only imagine what the rest of the truck looked like. If it would have had lettering on the door I would have made a barn hanger out of it.