Recent content by sarge1

I think you have a different issue than I had. My issue was stupidity. I hadn't clearly understood what an isolated ground was at the time and when I had hooked my Gen 2 alt back up, I hadn't properly put the fiber washer in the right spot. DOH! Got it switched around, and many new fusible...

I find it curious the dealer my truck currently sits at has no idea about how to get the part and I'm researching for them. This site offers more info than the chevy dealer....how funny is that. Are the tubes one piece the whole way across the radiator? The spot that is rubbed through on mine...

I'm going to revive this as a zombie thread. My "hard" lines running to my oil cooler just off the drivers side of the radiator have rubbed together enough to wear a hole through on of the lines and spewed oil everywhere. I've done a lot of searching and got the Dorman rubber lines and am...

Does your trans shift hard into all gears? If so, check the simple things first. After looking around for about 5 minutes, I realized mine was doing that because the vacuum hose at the top of my engine was being bent nearly straight over because of how it was running in relation to the air...

Do some checking on the harmonic balancer to see if the inside portion seems to have any wear. They have a reputation for leading to crankshaft issues and engine failure if they aren't in good shape. Highly unlikely you will find a truck for cheap with good wiring, but if you read around...

Appreciate it and I like all the input from everybody, but I really think the forum would like to keep the stickies technical in nature. :beer: I'm glad I bought my 08 and just thought if this thread floated around enough, it might alleviate at least a few of the "Do I want a CUCV?", "How's a...

Sigh, I noticed today that I have a considerable amount of what appears to be oil that looks to have sprayed from my front driver's side wheel somewhere around the drum and has coated everything around it to varying degrees. I had a similar issue with the rear passenger side a while back but...

I bought mine as a 3rd vehicle to keep the miles down on my other two vehicles. Other reasons for buying were to have an older extra vehicle to wrench on, yet not being stranded at home with no operating transportation and my work doesn't always have the dregs of society very happy with me so if...

They really are a lot of fun to own....if you can do at least minor maintenance yourself. Otherwise, prepare to spend too much money keeping it going. I'm borderline in that exact thing, but can do just enough I haven't burnt through my bank account yet. :) My 1008 gets 3X the looks my '06...

^^Harty har har... just kidding. :)

I don't know much about tire construction, but the bias ply tires seem to have this issue a lot.

Count your blessings. It is pretty common on CUCV's from what I've seen on here. Do a quick search for death wobble and quite a few threads come up. The stabilizer and kingpin bushing and spring I mentioned seem to be the common culprits outside of tire/wheel integrity.

I've got a nasty one too when I hit bumps just right going 30-45mph. I haven't looked into the tools needed to fix it yet but I do know the steering stabalizer and kingpin assembly are on the list I need to replace. First time it happened I stood outside my truck for about 5 minutes just...

Good stuff everybody. They really are fun vehicles to have if you can stomach doing some of the maintenance and work yourself. I'm definately on the border of biting off more than I can chew in that regard but I'm still really enjoying my truck.

These are just a few things I have noticed in my 6 months ownership. I've seen a lot of new people that want a snapshot of what it's like to own one before buying so here is what I've noticed (and for the most part liked) about CUCV's. Feel free to add on to the list with things you have...