Recent content by sammy87

I read an older post that only 76 and 77s were m880's what would a 1975 crew cab w200 be? no vin on top of the dash must of been pre location. nomenclature list manufacturers number the 6th digit is a 5 ex air force if that makes a difference.

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What year or years our old 5ton was it had a gas engine and my dad bought it off the city many years ago before I was around the story is it was used as a civil defense truck. We had to let it go last fall due to board of health they seen it as a pile of junk because we hadnt moved it in several...

I was kinda thinking a 96 or 97 12valve I want the P7100 injecton pump and I want the most HP and tourque I can get off the bat then upgrade injectors and fuel. Im pretty sure 92 and prev were non intercooled. 93 was the first year for the intercooler just not sure if the pre 96-97 have the same...

I like the th400 behind them but putting a cummins in i'll have a 700R4 beefed up alot. The over drive will be nice. The three speeds dont really do it for me anymore towed trailers 100 miles in a dodge crewcab m880 with a 440 and 727 it needs an over drive to compete on the interstate. Also...

Another thing I didnt see in the resources. Do all CUCV pickups have 4.56 gears? What are the most common big failures? like Injectionpump,crank failure, injectors. i see glow plugs mentioned in the threads. just wanna drive one around save some cash to make it better like 12valve better. too...

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I'm getting ready to look for a CUCV but after looking here and google I found there are two or more pickup versions. I'm mainly looking for the M1008 style but seen the M1028 was a pickup too. I searched google and came up with a Wiki topic read it and it didnt help much and I dont tend to...

I Drive one on a regular basis. 1975 Dodge 200 crewcab short bed ex AirForce and ex Fire truck bought it with 40-45000 miles. it was at a GSA auction here in Indiana steering box was broke"manual steering" so we went to the junk yard and put on powersteering. drove it half a year the 727 failed...