tim292stro's M1009 (formerly math1960's)

Just bought an '86 M1009 from Math1960, will keep this thread up so he can keep tabs on it.

Pictures from the ad:

M1009 has the Roscomon 12V conversion I'll be undoing (bringing back 24V portion), spin on filter and doghead mods I'm leaving, I'll be putting the antennas that I bought from 86humv which will require installing the other antenna bracket and the brush guards, and wiring an incognito CarPuter into the ammo can center console and custom amp brackets under the seats (using seat mount bolts to hold them in), and popping a ToughBook docking station monitor to the dashboard radio mount. All of the radio/CarPuter will be completely removable and no permanent irreversible modifications to the original base truck will be done.

It will be painted Tan (686A, 33446).

Congrats on the purchase Tim, may this vehicle serve you and family well. Thanks for sharing your ideas and upgrades.

Math, good luck on your Masters degree!

Sweet ride.

Good luck.

Clean looking ride. Congrats.

Nice truck; subscribed.

Really nice fine!

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On the theme of non-permanent modifications, I will be dry-ice blasting the body, painting the interior 383 Green, and restoring or replacing the door cards and dash pad with new new Maroon parts. New seat covers and foam (probably from a local upholstery shop).

Dry ice blasting is a "cool" way to not warp sheet-metal parts while taking off paint - it also doesn't add to the mess since it undergoes a phase change when it hits the surface being blasted (going from a solid to a vapor, expanding rapidly taking the junk with it). Makes it easier to suck up the old CARC with a HEPA vacuum. It's also gentle on the original metal, thereby not taking much of it at all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9nITRz--0

Once it's all painted and pretty, I'll be putting in Dynamat Extreme I have left over from my Toyota project and covering the floor with a 383 Green vinyl and foam flooring from one of SS's vendors.

Dynamat is removable with dry ice without taking the paint with it too in case you were wondering:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4FqkxgcjRQQ

Oh, and the truck should be picked up this week by the shipper. Might be an important detail

tim292stro said:

On the theme of non-permanent modifications, I will be dry-ice blasting the body, painting the interior 383 Green, and restoring or

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9nITRz--0

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Whoa, that IS very cool. I'm guessing you have the special equipment to do this all with.

Or is the equipment something you can rent?

I'm going to have it done at a shop. It can be done with harbor freight gear too, but you need such a big compressor for the CFMs it just makes no sense to me to own that stuff right now. Some day

I really have to thank Wally (math1960) for working with the transportation company to get the M1009 handed off last night - errr... this morning. Above and beyond the call of duty doing that at a truck stop at 0030... Thank you again for that!!!

I'm sure I'll end up yelling over the phone at the transit company before this is done.

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I'm sure I'll end up yelling over the phone at the transit company before this is done.

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I broke mine last night...

tim292stro said:

I'm sure I'll end up yelling over the phone at the transit company before this is done.

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Is one of these:


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tim292stro said:

I broke mine last night...

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Delivered today on schedule, no new damage to report, the only detail I missed in my photo/video inspection with math1960 is the passenger wing vent latch missing.

Seems like everything I expected to have working, was. Window gaskets and some trim needs to be replaced, horn button needs to be installed, and the common key locks need to be replaced (have those parts already).

Drove 5-miles across town after delivery to get back to my kids' birthday party, ran great!! It was worth the asking price for sure.

Good to hear of a happy purchase.When I bought my 86 1009 I was so pumped for it to get delivered,then really upset when it got delivered.I bought it online trusting picts. and seller,and never again.

There are only a few little rock strikes where rust has formed, the "rust" the shipping company saw was actually NATO 3-color showing through the 383 green. Need to repair the glow plug system, there is a toggle switch now... everything else works. No leaks