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  1. readyman

    NLCUCV - No-Lift CUCV with HMMWV tires

    Just another no-lift CUCV with HMMWV tires thread. :-D Should be fine around town from the looks of the rubber travel stops on the suspension. I used the aluminum 2 piece adapters and wheel/tire assemblies from Rodney up in Wisconsin. Without trimming I could only drive in straight lines. But...
  2. readyman

    37x12.50x16.5 Best Place to Buy? any board sponsors

    I got 3 - 90%, run flat, 12 bolt, mounted Wranglers from Feltz last week. Put on a pallet and shipped out that day, down to the Chicago area for a little over $500, good source, good guys to deal with. Rodney and Dustin.
  3. readyman

    What are the preferred CUCV replacement seat covers?

    After all my messin' around with the LMC covers, which looked great when I finally got done. I ended up covering them up anyway with the Smittybilt tactical molle covers. So all my handiwork got covered up anyway. Those wire-nuts you see under the dash were just temporary, during the gauges...
  4. readyman

    What are the preferred CUCV replacement seat covers?

    LMC bucket seat covers don't fit and need a lot of custom work to get 'em to fit. For $199 not a bad price. It was my first 'do it yourself' upholstery job. To clarify; the bottoms fit AOK. I used contact cement on the recessed areas to get it to stay down in the contours. The seat-backs are too...
  5. readyman

    M1009 Blazer upholstery

    Smittybilt 5661031 GEAR O.D. Green Front Seat Cover There is SO much size adjustment in the webbing they'll fit anything. Just be aware the straps have Velcro on both ends, I thought I was in 'short strap' trouble for a while. And they come with a mess of Molle pouches which I have yet to...
  6. readyman

    M1009: Winch recommendations / ideas?

    You do nice work, I tucked my air horn underneath. :) Plenty of room under there.
  7. readyman

    M1009 Blazer upholstery

    They are the Smittybilt ones, they're for sale all over the place, I think I went with Amazon for the free shipping back then. But a Google search shows everyone's killing each other at $99 plus free shipping nowadays.
  8. readyman

    M1009: Winch recommendations / ideas?

    It's a $50 cop car pushbar takeoff from EBay, it comes off with the two tow ring bolts. :)
  9. readyman

    M1009 - Stripping it down to "bedline" the entire truck, inside and out

    If your dash was as bad as mine I bedlinered that too, covered ALL the sins & it was cheap. I like the hose out cleaning aspect of the bedliner cockpit.
  10. readyman

    M1009: Winch recommendations / ideas?

    The HF should fit I used one too, plugs into slave connector 12V(now).
  11. readyman

    M1009 Blazer upholstery

    The LMC upholstery is close but made for wider seatbacks at the top. If you are creative with gluing some extra foam up there you can stuff 'em to fit. You can also do a little fold at the seatback bottom to make it fit. All in all, I would not do it again, and I ended up covering 2 weeks of...
  12. readyman

    What have you done to your CUCV today/lately - Part 2

    So tell us again what you did in the woods... that she gave you her the key to her place? 8)
  13. readyman

    Adding An Auxiliary Fuel Tank - M1028

    I've used one of them hacksaw blade holders... forever. Till about a year ago when I sprung for a battery recip saw. I laughed at the battery reciprocating saws when they first came out and said who'd ever have a need for them. But after getting one, I probably use it as much as the drill. Home...
  14. readyman

    Combat Jump M1028 CUCV Winch Install

    :-D CJ, You can probably slide it right over the tow hook square tubing, and make some 'custom' spreader bars for their distance apart. Surplus HMMWV tow hooks work pretty good on those wider 2' hitch tubes.
  15. readyman

    Combat Jump M1028 CUCV Winch Install

    Looks good, all 'built in' like that. I used the same winch too. I welded the universal mount to two receiver extensions, HMMWV tow hooks fit them instead of the narrow CUCV ones. I added a detachable push bar assembly just for fun.
  16. readyman

    M1010 spare tire location

    Looks like your're well along, maybe you can get some ideas from mine, can holder, hi-lift holder...
  17. readyman

    Lightweight Rear Seat Option

    I replaced the original 'well worn' rear seat with these lightweight aluminum APC folding seats off Ebay. I mounted them on a couple of aluminum extrusions and used the original locking bar. And yes that's a 383 green color matched Line-X interior.
  18. readyman

    Blackout lights won't switch off

    Thank you cpf240, it works just as you say. The left switch is only for the driving light in the grill. The right switch down position is for the blackout marker lights in the bumpers.
  19. readyman

    Blackout lights won't switch off

    I'm fine tuning the M1009 and have a problem with the blackout lights not switching off. They turn on with the 'right switch' in the blackout light down position but the left switch won't switch them off. I got the wiring diagram out, seems like a latching relay not 'unlatching'? Anybody with a...
  20. readyman

    CUCV spare tire position with 37" Goodyear

    Here's Nates 4X4 carrier, Gerry cans, HiLift, Spare. I know it took me a while(like two years):oops: to get this mounted and it was only 4 carriage bolts!
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