Recent content by Honest Bob

I got tired of the fuel gauge not working and the exhaust leaks. The manifold collector bolts came right off, I was pumped thinking I was in the clear. I had to remove the rear bumper as the fuel tank shield was welded to the trailer hitch by the po, those bolts fought me for a couple hours. The...

Ive been slowly working on this truck. New mirrors (originals were loosing the reflective bits), tail light lenses (rockauto had a clearance for $12 for a set!), and I had a new rear driveshaft made after noticing it was slightly tweaked while doing the ujoints. Bonus junk yard photo!

Hey guys my M1009 is making a ting ting ting ting noise when slowly decelerating to a stop and slowly creepng around corners from a stop. Sounds like its coming from the rear end. The rear end was replaced with a NOS axle with the govloc (I think?) by the previous owner because the govloc broke...

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It seemed to work for after I cleaned all the connections but its back to not working again.

So this thing has been kicking and screaming but I keep forging ahead. The aftermarket external trans cooler started leaking and upon removing that I found that the radiator was a ticking time bomb so I replaced that and ended up twisting the lower oil cooler line off so I had to get one of...

I have been checking off alot of small issues. The reverse light switch is back in its home and adjusted. Replaced the wiper motor and retrofitted to the electric washer pump tank. Reconnected the 4x4 light wires although it seems that I will need to check the switch in the np208 because its...

How much did that primer help with bleeding the air out of the fuel system?

Not sure but why it was done but the reverse switch was stuffed in the back pretty good. My horn is not working I need to take a look into the diode, filter and fuse. It came with the tires! I also found out its got new brake master cyl and booster, brake lines, rotors, pads, and a complete nos...

Thanks! I was feeling a little lost without a large project.

The odometer has rolled over so its got 104k. Its still a 24v starter. I double it up next time it breaks!

Hey guys I just picked up this pretty nice M1009. It needs a whole lot of little things addressed but runs really nice and has very little rust for my area. It seems to already have had an electric fuel pump, fuel filter, glow plug resistors and starter relay mods done. It came to me with a...

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Not yet. I got a body mount kit for a mid 80's squarebody which from what I have read should work on the newer frame with the older body. However I dont have my hopes up as my 75 seems to have alot of weird parts. Hydroboost parts were different, gas tank brackets have a different bolt pattern...

I'll have to do that and see what I find. I'm probably missing something.