M1009 Recovery...

Some of you already know.... I lost the transfer-case in the M1009 this week. It got really bad friday morning, on my way to work. Wouldnt even stay in gear hardly anymore, and it was all I could do to get it to work.

So..... Today me & the 19 month old took the deuce to go tow it home. I had to finally fix an issue on my plow frame. Due to using different size tubing for how it slid onto the shackle mounts, it had alot of slop up & down. Oddly enough, I had an idea on how to fix it finally during the transfer case dilemma. I drilled a hole up from the bottom on each piece of tubing, and welded a nut there. now I have a bolt that I can tighten up, and takes all the slack out, holding the plow frame in place better.

This was important, as the towbar attaches to it. I didnt want the slop in the frame while I was towing it. I also had to round the corners some on the plow frame, to allow clearence for the towbar feet.

Oh yeah, also had an 'incident' with the hood on the way there. It seems my hooks failed, that hold it down. Looks like when I repaint the deuce finally.... I will be needeing a new hood...

See the pics....

Great job of pix... You must have put the safety chain and the lights on after the pix were taken... Nice babysitting job too, and arctic pattern seat covers, three.

i had my hood blow open once. thats not fun.i had to stick an ammo can on the valve cover and try to shut the hood to bend it back because mone bent when it hit the windsheild frame to the poin that it wouldnt shut cause of cowl interference

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acetomatoco said:

Great job of pix... You must have put the safety chain and the lights on after the pix were taken... Nice babysitting job too, and arctic pattern seat covers, three.

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Actually, it was a pretty short trip... maybe 5 miles. I didnt mess with either. I am not sure where I would have hooked a safety chain on the 1009 anyway. And, I ran the convoy lights, as well as the flashers on the lightbar of the 1009, plus the 4 ways on the 1009.

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OK Mike, going into Cranetruck mode here. I want to see pics of the failed parts, where is the weak link and what to check out on my Deuce

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I assume you are talking about for the hood latches?

It seems the springs inside the hooks may fail over time. Mine have never held with much force, and it seems they finally failed. My safety catch is als defunct. I suppose I need to figure out what is up with that.

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Great pictures Mike! What size tow bar is that on the M1009?

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Mike_Pop said:

Great pictures Mike! What size tow bar is that on the M1009?

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I call it the 'Light Medium' From what I can tell its a Medium, but its ligher, and a smaller diameter than most mediums. Not a small though from what I can tell...