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85' M1009 build thread

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Here's some more pictures, after some paint touch ups... Went and painted the insert on H1 wheels too..... Took some more pics of my gauges, ( still have 2 more to install once i get to installing turbo...) Pic of my spare Driveshaft mounted, and the relocation of smaller air tank...
 

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True Knight

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Thanks.... about to go trail riding and camping next weekend at Golden Mt so i will get to see how the paint will hold up in the woods...:mrgreen:
Sounds fun! I just washed my truck pretty well and without all the mud stains I can again see the scratches from all brush I have shoved it through. Ha ha. With that good camo paint job just remember where you parked it!
 
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Heres some pic from over the weekend, shows some of the locals... and results of me... not paying attention.. and sticking front diff on a rock... and finding out, cant power out of it in reverse " especially with a welded rear yoke" which was done the day before this haapened and "hey, theres a short with the winch" after some trial and error, was able to unstick myself and continued on to have an awesome weekend...

After researching abit... I believe the yoke failure was due to a combination of Tennessee Hopping, and Axle wrap. With 52" springs, it does rotate the axle a bit while under a load...

as the original u joint was not damaged.. Decided to go back with factory style yoke, and fabericate a track bar to help emininate axle wrap...
 

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Hello 1ton,

Okay, thank you.. I was wondering what those switches were for,
Those switches under your headlight switch look kinda cool, where do you find those?
 

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Where did you get the tach and how is it wired up? I would like to do the same thing, but I didn't know you could use that type of tach without a lot of work.


Thanks,
 
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Where did you get the tach and how is it wired up? I would like to do the same thing, but I didn't know you could use that type of tach without a lot of work.


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Its one i picked up from Summit... Part number is ATM-2697 I got it only because it matched in size and design with the rest of my gauges.... In order for it to work, i also had to get a signal convertor from Dakota Digital... there are several threads on here that discusses tach options... With the Dakota Digital box, you can make any tach ( gas or diesel ) work....
 
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Okay... So i located some killer seats for like 50 bucks... made a trip to junkyard for a seat switch.. and Whala! Power front seats!.... Im not thrilled on the color currently... but for the price... i can live with it until i can get them dyed black and than water proof coated... Went ahead and rigged up some 4 point seat belts too.. now Im starting to mod the rear bench...
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