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Could you please post some pictures of your work? This is something I'd love to do to my truck and I want to know what I'm up against. Did you have to add a resistor for the GEN 2 light circuit to get the alternator excited?
I just did this on my M1009 and there was no screw holding the lock cylinder in, only pure evil! No matter what I did it would not come out. I had multiple people try, had the TMs and a chilton book, no luck. Eventually I just pulled the whole housing that the lock cylinder was in to get my new...
I picked up one HMMWV engine in a can using a Stock Chevy silverado at FT. Carson, and the fork lift was able to lift it right into the bed so if your trailer is equal to or lower than a modern pickup bed you should have no problem getting them on.
I paid to have my M1009 shipped and I'm glad I did. You won't really "know" your truck until you put some miles and hours into going all over it. Some CUCVs were well maintained and a lot of others weren't so lucky, think along the lines of new recruits getting their first chance at driving...