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I recieved my paid invoice last week for the 2 M1009's that I won in early December, and spent most of Tuesday picking up the first one. I headed down to Lakehurst in the morning and picked up an out-of-work friend who lives 10 miles off post on my way there. The temperature was about 38 degrees and just before I got onto the post a light hail started to fall. I had a minor snafu when the visitor's center hadn't gotten any paperwork with my name on it, but Chris from GL was able to get Wayne from the NJ Nat'l Guard to come and collect me within only a couple of minutes.
We found the '09 quickly, especially considering that they really are just about out of CUCV's at this location. I think there were less than a half dozen that weren't spoken for yet. One of the tires was completely flat, so Wayne helped out by letting me borrow his compressor. That probably saved me an hour over using the tiny "plug into your lighter socket" inflator that I had brought with me. Once I had pumped them up, all 5 tires seemed to hold air just fine. The next thing I noticed was that the rear window was rolled down, as I had seen in the GL auction, and I didn't realize I needed to pop the key into the lock to crank it up. What I didn't notice in the GL pics was the fact that the window in the driver's door was broken, so driving in this thing was going to be cold. I popped the hood and immediately noticed that both batteries had been removed. I had brought a pair of charged up batteries with me, so I bolted them in place rather quickly. I checked the oil, coolant, and trans fluid, all of which were at the right levels. After that I hopped in the driver's seat an turned the key to see all the proper lights turn on. The voltmeter didn't budge, but once the Wait light turned off I turned the key and she started on the first try. The fuel guage even showed that I had a full tank. I took a couple of laps about the parking lot, and she sounded even better after she wamed up a bit. I flipped on the Service lights switch and found out that all of the bulbs worked too. I was a very happy guy.
Considering the weather, I drove the '09 off post and about 10 miles to my friend's house while he followed in my daily driver. That was enough to freeze me solid, so I called AAA and had them flatbed the truck up to my father's house, where the truck will sit until I get my SF-97 and some plates.
Quick list of what I'll need to fix in the next few months:
- Driver's door window obviously needs replacing.
- Voltmeter doesn't work.
- I don't think the heater was working at all, but I'll look into that.
- The trans seems questionable to me. When it was cold, I really had to convince it to start moving forward. Once I got it rolling though, everything was fine. It would also start moving easily in reverse right away.
- The indicator needle on the PRND21 segment let go with a cartoon style "BOING" sound and sprung to the left just as I left the parking lot. Not a big deal.
- The tailgate seems to be stuck closed on the passenger side, and the exterior handle needs to be replaced.
- The passenger door and fender are a little too close for comfort, so opening or closing the door doesn't quite work as it should.
- Seperately, I need to get a new digital camera, since my 4 year old one died after only taking 1 picture of the '09.
And since I've been on enough forums to know what people are looking for.... I've attached some of the GL auction pics for your viewing pleasure. What you see is what I got. I'll try to get some better pictures of this truck this weekend and of my other '09 when I pick that up next week from Picatinny.
We found the '09 quickly, especially considering that they really are just about out of CUCV's at this location. I think there were less than a half dozen that weren't spoken for yet. One of the tires was completely flat, so Wayne helped out by letting me borrow his compressor. That probably saved me an hour over using the tiny "plug into your lighter socket" inflator that I had brought with me. Once I had pumped them up, all 5 tires seemed to hold air just fine. The next thing I noticed was that the rear window was rolled down, as I had seen in the GL auction, and I didn't realize I needed to pop the key into the lock to crank it up. What I didn't notice in the GL pics was the fact that the window in the driver's door was broken, so driving in this thing was going to be cold. I popped the hood and immediately noticed that both batteries had been removed. I had brought a pair of charged up batteries with me, so I bolted them in place rather quickly. I checked the oil, coolant, and trans fluid, all of which were at the right levels. After that I hopped in the driver's seat an turned the key to see all the proper lights turn on. The voltmeter didn't budge, but once the Wait light turned off I turned the key and she started on the first try. The fuel guage even showed that I had a full tank. I took a couple of laps about the parking lot, and she sounded even better after she wamed up a bit. I flipped on the Service lights switch and found out that all of the bulbs worked too. I was a very happy guy.
Considering the weather, I drove the '09 off post and about 10 miles to my friend's house while he followed in my daily driver. That was enough to freeze me solid, so I called AAA and had them flatbed the truck up to my father's house, where the truck will sit until I get my SF-97 and some plates.
Quick list of what I'll need to fix in the next few months:
- Driver's door window obviously needs replacing.
- Voltmeter doesn't work.
- I don't think the heater was working at all, but I'll look into that.
- The trans seems questionable to me. When it was cold, I really had to convince it to start moving forward. Once I got it rolling though, everything was fine. It would also start moving easily in reverse right away.
- The indicator needle on the PRND21 segment let go with a cartoon style "BOING" sound and sprung to the left just as I left the parking lot. Not a big deal.
- The tailgate seems to be stuck closed on the passenger side, and the exterior handle needs to be replaced.
- The passenger door and fender are a little too close for comfort, so opening or closing the door doesn't quite work as it should.
- Seperately, I need to get a new digital camera, since my 4 year old one died after only taking 1 picture of the '09.
And since I've been on enough forums to know what people are looking for.... I've attached some of the GL auction pics for your viewing pleasure. What you see is what I got. I'll try to get some better pictures of this truck this weekend and of my other '09 when I pick that up next week from Picatinny.
