Mulemac01's M1028A1 recovery and restore thread.

[MuleMac01]

Hey guys I've been wanted to do this for some time so here it go's.http://www.govliquidation.com/auction/view?auctionId=8690854

It's been a few months since I won it back in December had to wait for the EUC paper work to clear.. well it cleared a week ago so I went to go pick it up today. loaded up the goose neck and went on down to

Nellis AFB it's only a few miles from where I live so no biggey .. every thing went smooth loading it and driving it back home. This thing is going to need a lot of work there is a list of things todo a mile long but it's all replacing things but shouldn't be a problem... I'll be posting my progress on this nice truck and I'm not doing any mods on it what so ever NO ( lifts kits, no mud tires, ect,ect) I like to keep my steel soldiers original. Another one comes home to the family.

 

[eme411]

nice to see a truck stay as it should , my 1009 had a 4 inch lift and mudders on it , lucky the PO's didn't mess with anything else , all back to stock now , only things still to do are driver's side comms tray and a paint job , south west camo , have fun with your new toy ,

 

[Keith_J]

Thank you for being a preservationist. The only things I have done to mine are for safety and comfort. Nothing permanent other than two holes drilled in the firewall for air conditioning. Other than the condenser, receiver-dryer and hoses, stock under the hood too.

I moved the air compressor in the back of the SECM box to free up floor space, it now rides on top of the generator.

 

[MuleMac01]

OK guys sorry for the delayed updated. Work is going slowly so far I've replaced the missing parts on the glow plug system I will start this after I do a few more checks.. Also replaced all the glow plugs with AC delco 60G's.

 

[MuleMac01]

Sorry for the LONGGGG update but my focus was my 5 ton. Now that that's done I'm switching gears and doing work on this truck now.. first I put back the dash and going to have the bent drive shaft rebuilt.befor ....after stand by for more updates as the week goes by.

 

[corvette9]

Check your trans case. We bought a real nice rust free 1008 from IP and found a bent drive shaft like most. We replaced the shaft and the truck drives great. But we had a trans fluid leak when it sat over night. Got it up on the lift and found the trans case cracked like an egg all the way around the center of the case. It will come out this week and go to our trans guy for a new case.

Brian G.

 

[MuleMac01]

Mine was fine thank god no leeks and or cracks.

 

[MuleMac01]

Update today did more work replaced the front head light harness.. had a few broken grounding tabs in the sockets. so now my lights work.. also got the drive shaft back after being repaired more work to come!

 

[MuleMac01]

Another update for you guys. did a full fluid change oil, coolant, tranny, trans case, and diffs also starting to mess with the cargo cover bows and troop seat. I replaced the rotted wood with fiberglass. tell me what you think?before........