Hawkdawg
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How we doing fellas, I gotta be honest, in the past I had a civilian k5 and got rid of it when I joined the corps. I'm in jacksonville nc and Now that I got the chance I decided to get one again but had my eye caught by the m1009. Did some looking around and found one I thought was a good buy. This site was always the main one pulled up when I did some sort of search so I decided to become a part of it.
So I got the truck planning on using it as a recreational vehicle but have found that I would like to make it my daily dependable driver. So far the only thing I have done is had the starter replaced because she left me stranded at a fishing spot. Apparently it was missing the support bracket and snapped the bolts so I had one fabricated for pretty cheap. Here's my question: what in particular should be my first stops as to making sure I'm less likely to be left waiting on a tow after fishing. I already plan on putting in new alternators, belts, and water pump. I have done numerous searches on this site in te past and found great posts on this type thing but for some odd reason I am too dumb to find those exact ones again. I was hoping some of the experts could help me out.
Also, I'm not the most mechanically inclined but have decided that this is where I learn to actually be a man and learn how to do some of the things I should already know. The on base hobby shop guys have already told me they will be there to help out when I run into a dead end which sure will happen a lot due to my skill level. Thank you for the help in advance. I will also post some pics soon to show what I'm working with. I'm hoping to make this truck as awesome as possible.
So I got the truck planning on using it as a recreational vehicle but have found that I would like to make it my daily dependable driver. So far the only thing I have done is had the starter replaced because she left me stranded at a fishing spot. Apparently it was missing the support bracket and snapped the bolts so I had one fabricated for pretty cheap. Here's my question: what in particular should be my first stops as to making sure I'm less likely to be left waiting on a tow after fishing. I already plan on putting in new alternators, belts, and water pump. I have done numerous searches on this site in te past and found great posts on this type thing but for some odd reason I am too dumb to find those exact ones again. I was hoping some of the experts could help me out.
Also, I'm not the most mechanically inclined but have decided that this is where I learn to actually be a man and learn how to do some of the things I should already know. The on base hobby shop guys have already told me they will be there to help out when I run into a dead end which sure will happen a lot due to my skill level. Thank you for the help in advance. I will also post some pics soon to show what I'm working with. I'm hoping to make this truck as awesome as possible.