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A turbo set should not be hard to find. You might want to go for a Holset HX35 or HX40 while you're at it. Yes, stock relays are known to get stuck. We've had it happen on this truck. Though some say a well maintained stock system should not pose any issues.

Yes it is an electrical lift pump. Facet Cube at the moment. Will be replaced by a Carter P4070. Today we found a leak at one of the injectors. To me it seemed to be leaking from the injector body. We took it out, loosened the body halves and re-tightened them. New copper seal added as well. No...

Yesterday I was riding a long with Niek. After a hard acceleration at a stoplight the truck died. It wouldn't start. Checked fuel lines and confirmed fuel to injectors and after a couple of tries it started and ran fine. I'm guessing air is getting into the fuel lines? It has done this like 3...

We have installed the couch today. Looks great! We might go back and have him give a go at the dash. Door panels he already said no to. Maybe we can buy some material and do it ourselves? The exhaust looks good. Not completely happy with it though. Niek is going to give them a call...

Yesterday we dropped off the truck at the exhaust shop. It should be done today. We also picked up the bench. It looks great. As soon as the truck is back, it is going in.

He's good to go onto the public road again! MOT passed. Right after passing the MOT, we drove up to the exhaust shop. We have a price and a date. The 10th of October she will be getting a stainless exhaust.. They say they only need to keep it for one day. Stainless crossover and turbo-back.

Once they start the MOT inspection they have to put it in the system. Once they do, they can get tagged for a random inspection by the authorities and the vehicle will have to stay there. The MOT inspector can loose his license over this. Some are less paranoid then others, but it's been getting...

The truck did not pass inspection. Just some minor issues. - Exhaust leak at crossover to manifold. We will fix this with some exhaust gum as it's getting a custom stainless exhaust in the near future anyway. - VIN on frame could not be found. We found it. - Steering pump and gear where wet and...

New shocks and steering damper have been installed. VDO gauges have been installed, but we did not install the EGT sensor yet. No pictures. I'll take some tomorrow if I don't forget. Bench seat has been dropped off to get re-upholstered. We've have an appointment for an MOT this Wednesday...

Finished replacing the suspension rubbers. Truck is sitting pretty level again. While he was under the truck, I told Niek to take the bolt from a shock absorber out and try to push it in. It went in without any resistance and stayed there. Got on Rock Auto and ordered new shocks all around and a...

Today we spent the day replacing the suspension bushings with Energy Suspension bushings. Thanks to @ezgn for posting the Energy Suspension part numbers. Right front bushing had to be burned out. Knocked the bolt out and put the welding torch onto the inner sleeve to do so. All other front...

I should update this more often. And take more pictures during the build. We got the truck running. Serpentine belt conversion complete. It took a couple of turns for it a start and then it rumbled a bit for 10 to 15 seconds to get some air out. Runs smooth. Feels good to hear it running again...

Almost forgot. The truck got 2 new Optima Red Tops. We made a battery tray for them using angle iron and using the original mounts to the outer and inner fenders. You can also see some of the work in progress re-wiring in the following shots. We removed the exhaust stack from the bed and...

Today we finished cutting and test fitting hydraulic hose. We put the fittings and ferrules on so a friend can crimp them at work. They will get heat reflective sleeves near the exhaust and protection against rubbing where needed. Also finished welding 4AN fittings to coolant block-off...

We made a bracket for the throttle cable so it would clear the dual thermostat crossover we took from the donor truck we took the serpentine setup from. Did have to loose the fast idle solenoid. No big deal? Niek started mounting the B&M oil coolers. Also made a high flow intake plenum...

Instead of posting in the "What have you done" thread, I decided to start this "build" thread for my friend's M1008 we are working on. My friend, Niek, wanted a truck. I knew he liked my M1028 and his employers F250 so whenever I saw an ad of a reasonably priced truck, mainly CUCVs, I shared...