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I figured I could sell my TH400 for a few hundred dollars, covering the cost of the manual transmission itself. So I would need new front and rear driveshafts? What other parts?
My 1985 M1009 is running great, the TMH400 is shifting smooth. The truck only has 30,000 miles on it.
I really like manual transmissions in cars and trucks. A manual improves gas mileage, increase life of brakes, improve control of the vehicle towing especially long steep hills and they...
Recently I have been having weird electrical gremlins. I had both alternators rebuilt, replaced the two alternator wires that goto the junction box and replaced all the old connections to the alternators. What is happening now is my GEN1 light will come on at the same time my volt meter surges...
I was thinking about that too. It's going to be a great sunny weekend, so that sounds like a great project. I agree that pictures are key, my mind doesn't remember as well as a camera thats for sure.
My wipers have stopped working. They had been working until I installed new wiper blades (go figure). I turn the switch and nothing happens. In the past I was able to jiggle around the wires and make it work. Any ideas on where to start would be appreciated.
Yup it was exactly was you said it was. The rubber boot dry rotted off and while I was moving the alternator it made contact the motor. The 8 gauge wire survived just the 10 gauge at the junction box burned.
Over the weekend I was doing a water pump on my M1009. Everything was going great until I was using a rubber mallet to help break free a frozen bolt near the alternator. All of a sudden I got a short on the passenger side alternator (I didn't disconnect the batteries), the short ran down the...