Poll - Who has done the Doghead Relay Conversion

[Nathanater]

So I bought a relay to do it and put it off for two days. I had a friend over and we were going to go for a ride. I moved the truck, checked the tires and hopped back in ready to go and the gm relay stuck on. So I shoved my hand through the radio hole and pulled it apart as fast as I could. Lost some skin but ship happens. Then we sat there for two minutes changing out the shipy gm relay. Long story short. Just do it!!

 

[roveroverme]

My M1028 has a new starter and OEM starter relay. I did the job today, took maybe 20 mins. Works great ( engine starts) I do notice a clicking about 2 secs after the truck runs and a voltage drop, that soon goes away. Wonder what that is...

 

[doghead]

Probably your glow plug relay(on the fire wall).

 

[TVOLLMER]

I did it after the starter kicked on while driving down the highway. It burnt up a couple fusable links, bent the starter fork in my new starter, and burnt up my alts. Well worth it.
M1008

 

[M1009 NEWBEE 2013]

I just did the DH relay, not that there was anything wrong but wanted piece of mind. I have an 86 for which they claimed to have corrected the issue for the 86 model year. I still did it. took me a little less than an hour and it works fine.

 

[KORNDOG]

Thanks. Not trying to be a weenee.

 

[M1009 NEWBEE 2013]

Shovel heads father! Seriously, are you really asking? see post 223 above, he came up with the fix and they coined it after him.

 

[doghead]

Fixed the thread title.

 

[M1009 NEWBEE 2013]

Gotcha, didn't realize, thought it was typo.

 

[2mtrucks]

First thing I did on my 1028. Too bad I stupidly sold it at an auction a year later because I was "out of room".

 

[WARWAG]

Done it.

 

[Larch]

done it on my new second truck.

 

[35Z-SGM]

I did it to my two M1008's and will do the M1028 next year when it warms up. I did it because the conversion is pretty easy to do and relatively cheap. Why risk a breakdown when you can prevent it?

 

[goldneagle]

Did mine this week. Thank you Doghead! Mine had the relay hanging over the accelerator peddle. Replaced it. Found the original relay still attached to the mounting plate under the dash. I made a rubber boot to cover it instead of the tape suggestion.

 

[Subdood]

Done

 

[AECS]

I now need to change my poll answer, from planing on it, to done it!

 

[DawGoneIt]

Just did it on our M1008 after experiencing starter run on. Works like a charm! Thanks WartHog!

 

[maddawg308]

Don't have a CUCV, but plan on it - when it finally arrives, the doghead relay conversion will be one of the first mods I do.

 

[rampaging-sloth]

I did this at the same time as replacing the glow plug relay and glow plug card (new from antennaclimber). Truck was not starting. The truck now starts right up. I should have done this change when i first got the truck.

 

[ammuscle]

I installed a few nights ago. So far, so good.