Recent content by MountieM1010

Welcome from Alberta Canada,. This is a great place.

Oh and the previous post inside picture was taken inside my friends RV, not the M1010. I left it completely stock for the time being.

Here are some of my later photos taken while I was out hunting in November. The RV furnace worked fantastic.Took less than 10 minutes to warm the truck up. Ran the furnace off the batteries all nite and was still able to start the truck in Minus 15 Celcius in the morning with no issues. The pic...

The propane tank door has since been repainted with a darker color and I found the Hat on Ebay. I'll use it for parades. Also I have to give the furnace another coat of paint. I was also very lucky to find a booster cable setup with the Nato plug.

Here are some new pics. I have been very busy but now have the RV furnace installed and operating. I also found someone who was parting out an old pickup camper and got the internal dual propane storage box and installed that as well so both my 20lb tanks are inside. Also a pic of the dash...

If it runs as good as it looks I think it would be worth the money. If you don't like the box I'm sure you could get a dually box for a decent price.

I installed a new thermostat in my M1010 today. The old gauge was reading 201F. I installed a new gauge and the reading changed to about 180F. To make sure I installed a new OEM thermostat today and the reading was again at 180F. It was a relief to know it was the old gauge. The piping behind...

I installed a new thermostat in my M1010 today. The old gauge was reading 201F. I installed a new gauge and the reading changed to about 180F. To make sure I installed a new OEM thermostat today and the reading was again at 180F. It was a relief to know it was the old gauge.

Unfortunately I don't have 24 volt anymore so it will be a small RV furnace for me and possibly a 110 volt AC unit. Today I ordered my Detroit Locker for the rear. Should be here in a few days. A previous owner(not the last one) switched out the rear and front ends when he switched to 4.11...

Wow! your conversion looks great. If your gonna do it you may as well do it right the first time.

This week I just finished installing a 4 gauge dashpod and a new set of Goodyear Duratracs size 285-75R-16. As I now have 4.11 gears I decided to go that size. Hitting around 3000 rpm at about 60mph.

I'm either going to install an O/D tranny or an O/D adapter at some point. I hate driving at 3000 rpm. Not so bad for a short trip but really works the engine on a long one.

Man knows his stuff! I was two weeks trying to figure out what the blue box was for until I read his post. Now my M1010 runs great with no charging issues.

How difficult was the tranny swap? That would be something I would be interested in for sure. My Duratracs are 33.1 inches tall which is fine with the gears I have.

I do have a 4 inch lift but with 4.11 gears the 35's would have really slowed her down. But I was very tempted. Previous owner switched out the 4.56 axles and put in 4.11's. Now I gotta look for a Detroit Locker for the rear as He took that as well.