Amazed at how quickly this is becoming an obsession...

[redline300]

So I bought a 1985 M1008 yesterday. The heaters are still in it and it is still a 24V system. There is wiring for a plow as well as a plow mount. What confuses me is the odometer has 6 digits! Apparently it is stock....so the man said and he claims the 9000 miles are the ONLY miles on it. It drives great but harder to start because there is an air leak at the injector pump. Where do I start? What are my options for gearing? I would like it to still have the option of plowing extremely well but also be able to hit a normal highway speed. Is it worth taking the arctic kit out and putting it into my M1009, then selling the M1008? Am I allowed to say, on here, how much I bought it for?

 

[ryan77]

Swap the trans to a overdrive unit!!! Put a new injector pump in, replace all rubber lines and your good to go!!!!

 

[drgreg]

Sometimes the milage is correct, but it's an old truck.
Best advice is to read the CUCV forum, tons of info there, most of your questions will be answered.

 

[NDT]

Nice truck! My CUCV is from AK and it has the same heaters and swingfire socket. For road speed I recommend the 4L80E transmission and the TCI controller. I am in the middle of adding this to mine. Others have posted about this swap, search "4L80E CUCV". What is the scoop on the camo?

 

[coecamo]

I swapped in a TH700R4. No electrorics only a throttle cable its not too complicated swap 17 mpg highway at 70-75 nice truck Change the starter relay look up Doghead starter relay Gary

 

[ODdave]

I vote KEEP BOTH OF THEM, Now you have an excuse to buy a slave cable and a tow bar !!!

 

[Cucvnut]

you can go to 4 10 gears after that you need to change carriers to go to lower gears like 373 and down. or you can go to bigger tires. how much did you pay for it ? why do you have to ask to stay ?

 

[SPCHowe]

That is a sick truck! You keep this up redline and you'll have your own fleet before too long lol.

 

[markg]

What confuses me is the odometer has 6 digits! Apparently it is stock....so the man said and he claims the 9000 miles are the ONLY miles on it.

thats a replacement speedometer head from gm parts. the original must have quit or it was in for major maintanence and they changed the head at that time. cucv's were born with a 5 digit odometer. thanks. mark

 

[Blue2actual]

definitely NOT a stock odometer....

 

[NDT]

BTW, on your hard starting issue: Cap off the fuel line tee feeding the heaters in the right front wheel well before trying anything drastic. I had my IP rebuilt thinking it was failing, but in reality the problem was air being drawn into the system through the heater electric pump.

 

[combatmech]

Nice ride Redline..... I have to fight the urge to buy more green stuff every day

 

[redline300]

you can go to 4 10 gears after that you need to change carriers to go to lower gears like 373 and down. or you can go to bigger tires. how much did you pay for it ? why do you have to ask to stay ?

Yes, I asked if I was able to say how much I bought it for because in other forums I have read that there are specific sections for $ talk. So I figured I'd ask.....I paid $1600.

 

[SPCHowe]

$1600?! Good grief I need to move to Alaska!

 

[redline300]

$1600?! Good grief I need to move to Alaska!

The man who sold it to me didn't know too much about the truck. He pretended to but in just the little amount of time I have had my M1009...I knew more than he did. I made it seem like the arctic kit wasn't a big deal.....lol.

 

[ODdave]

Fwiw, you have to change the carriers to go to 4.10's

 

[combatmech]

Wow!! What an awesome deal!! Or should I say...what a steal.

 

[SPCHowe]

Wow!! What an awesome deal!! Or should I say...what a steal.

Agreed! That's a great price for a truck like that. The guy that sold you that truck doesn't have any more lying around does he???

 

[redline300]

Agreed! That's a great price for a truck like that. The guy that sold you that truck doesn't have any more lying around does he???

No. What happened was...he(we'll call him Dan) sold his jeep to a guy(we'll call him Fred) 1 year ago. Fred then sold the jeep back Dan along with giving him the M1008 because he didn't need it without the jeep. Fred originally had bought the M1008 to replace the axles in the jeep. So here Dan has his jeep back and an M1008 of which he didn't want in the first place. Technically Dan had the better deal because he got the truck for free....but he didn't know what he had!

 

[SPCHowe]

Poor dan, but lucky you! Thats truly a nice find.