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    Inverter location DILEMA!!

    We mounted ours on the side just behind the passengers door under the rear side window. I ran the wire under the truck and up thru the top of the little ledge just above the floor. I mounted ours on a slight angle in the event water drips get to it, and positioned it so terminals on the back...
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    Holland Michigan Inspection Help

    I'm in Holland, but I don't know squat about excavators. If you don't have any luck w/ someone else PM me, I have a buddy that knows more than me and I'll see if he can help.
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    New M1009 Owner In Need of HELP!

    I would be curious to know if your glowplug system is even working. No light and no start???? Do you hear the gp relay click when to turn the key on? Is there power at the GP when you turn the key? If the gp isn't working, and you get that fixed, you might solve thestarting problem. My...
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    Trouble getting access to broken starter bolt

    Definately don't forget the bracket. I picked up replacement bolts at NAPA, they had them on the rack, you just need to bring your bolt in to compare. Broke 2 sets before we found out we there was a bracket that we were missing.
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    Motor City Motors - another Deuce on TV

    I watched some of the first episode with the Model T, and could see that the "artsy" brother was a complete idiot. He would wonder off for hours and then be PO'ed because they made changes to his "vision" w/o consulting him. With the duece show they put him in charge, and it was a repeat. He...
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    Running Hydraulic Fluid in Deuce in Winter OK?

    Hey OD, you might want to look into on of those WMO furnaces if you have a work shop. My bro is in the machine rigging biz and in the last few years he has been spending more of his time in this economicly wonderland called Michigan, tearing machinary out of factorys and bringing them to the...
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    Help1 Need 6.2L starter bolts or dimensions..

    NAPA should have them in stock, I bought a couple of sets {before I found out there was a bracket that was supposed to be on the front of the starter.} They won't be able to pull it up in the computer, it is something on the rack that you would need to match up.
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    Warming up w/ charcoal?

    A couple of winters ago I had problems with my Durango being very temp sensitive when really cold. How we handeled is short term {fire it up to get it into the shop to work on it} we took a propane turbo heater and ran it into the wheel well, blowing under the truck. After about 20 minutes...
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    Can someone explain isolated ground?

    The way I explain it to people who are trying to understand how it works is; The first alt {drivers side} takes the ground in and bumps it up to 12v and drops that into the first bat. The second alt {pas alt} takes the 12v in through the "ground terminal" and adds another 12v on top of that for...
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    fuel filter problem

    West, That's what we did with our truck and what a HUGE improvement. The original filter is so small that it doesn't take much to start reducing performance.
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    M1009 meets Saab - Guess who won?

    For bulbs, we put silverstar bulbs in my boys 1009, and man they rock!
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    buying m1008 6.2 blazer couple questions?!

    We've put on some 30k in a little over a year. Also worth mentioning about the starter bolts, make sure there is the little brkt on the front of the starter going to the block. Ours was missing that and it was breaking starter bolts left and right. 24volt, if it ain't broke, don't fix it, the...
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    M1009 Rear Shocks??

    Gasman, What model Ranchos did you use. I have a loose shock bolt, and it sounds like will all the hastle in might me worth changing shocks while I have it all cut appart.
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    my cucv ram-air project

    With our m1009, my brother had an old GMC top kick that he was parting out. It had approx the same dia lower part of the air cleaner, but it had a snorkel on it that was basicly a double hole where our cucvs have a single hole. I drilled out the spot welds on the snorkel. Drilled 2 holes that...
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    insurance for m1008 in michigan

    In MI, I have Auto-Owners for my m1009 and m35 under my commercial policy {m35 with historical plates and the half price mvcc}. I would assume that if you walked into a indapendent agent, you would be able to get a personal Auto-Owners policy from them. Also, might I recommend down playing the...
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    M1009 Cold Starting Tips

    We have a manual button on ours and I hold it until the seat belt light goes off. That's generally enough unless it is really cold {0}.
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    CDR rubber hose parts

    Hey Guys, Another dealer request, does anyone know where I could find the rubber hose parts between the CDR and the manifold? I'm looking for the splitter part that the CDR valve plugs into and the 2 little hoses that are over 90 degrees that go into the manifold. Our rubber parts are...
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    CUCV Winter Front

    Hey Guys, Anyone know of a dealer who is selling winterfronts for the CUCV? I saw a bunch of them on e-bay last fall but nothing this year. Thanks, Lew VB 20th Century at War Mobile Interactive Military Museum
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    Tan CUCV Pictures

    I have some pics of our M1009 in tan at our museum Myspace page at myspace.com/20thCatW
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    Anybody mount a snow plow on their deuce?

    I have a plow on my duece. It is built with a Northern Hydralics pump that I tried the 3rd bat and 12-24 converter and that didn't fly. I ended up contacting NH to see if they have 24v parts to convert and basicly if it ain't in the catalog, they don't have a clue, so I contacted the...
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