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Got to work on the truck Saturday. They sent the wrong size elbow for my manifold so I had to work on other things while I get it changed. I received my gauges and pods for my banks turbo add so I went to work deciding where to put them. I wanted them in eyesight with all may gauges and not...

I am considering a larger truck for the farm. I have two gooseneck trailers. one 20 ft. cattle and one 36 ft. dual tandem heavy duty (trailer about 6500 empty) I haul cows and hay and farm equipment. I would like a truck with a flat bed but need gooseneck hitch. Not looking to haul heavy stuff...

I am putting my banks turbo on my 1009 and I am looking to make a better cross over. I am trying to see if anyone has put a 6.2 hummer exhaust passenger side on the drivers side of their cucv The stock cucv passenger side can be flipped to drivers side for a front output on the drivers side...

Just passing along my experience here. I am refreshing my 1009 motor and had the radiator out and wanted it cleaned. Finally found one place left in Houston that would clean it and test it and of course it was bad after cleaning. Cost to repair is more than new. In preparation for the...

I am building my snorkel and I have been shopping heads. My pipe will be metal. I am trying to determine the size. 3.5 probably looks best. 4 inch looks a little large. and 3 inch a little small. The total length to the air filter box is about 7ft. I am installing a banks turbo with banks air...

I built a mount for my cb antenna and a small led cube light. I made one for the drivers side also but have not finished it yet. I still have to buy the lights so I won't install it until I get them. They will be powder coated or painted to match the truck. And the antenna is getting a 4...

I am looking at installing dual 3ft fires stick antenna's on my 1009. The antenna will be mounted directly over the wire holes in the fiberglass top, thus the antenna will be mounted to fiberglass and not metal. The will be very close to the metal and only stick up about a foot above the roof...

I am in the process of installing the PSC hydro assist steering kit in my 1009 and I am considering adding a cooler. I am also considering adding a trans cooler. my thought was: Can I use the existing trans cooler in the radiator as the hydro cooler and just get one big trans cooler for the...

I have a dana 60 and 14 bolt with a 5 inch lift using zero rates. I have to move the axles back to stock location. currently have front moved forward an inch and back moved back an inch. Since I am going to take it apart again, I want to shim both axles to help my pinion angle. I have CV style...

I just finished my drive shaft brake install. It is a TSM driveshaft brake for a 205 transfer case. I have a CV style output flange and they did not make a rotor for this so I had one made. I took the flange to a fab shop and had them cut me a rotor from 3/16 steel and then welded it to the...

I finally got a little time for the truck. Put the tires and rims together and got them mounted on the truck. Michelin 39X11 R16 on Hutchinson aluminum GM bead locks. The tires are old but brand new, in brand new condition so I hope the hold up for a while. I have a second set of brand new...

I was considering trying to start a community tool box, for tools specific to the CUCV or tools that are rarely used but needed such as my compression testing kit and the Tiny Tach I am about to buy. I don't plan on installing the tach permanently, I only plan to use it to calibrate my in dash...

The Dana 60 I installed on my 1009 has some wheel wobble. This is not the death wobble while driving. I do not have a dial gauge to get accurate measurements but at the top of the 16 inch rim, the wheel will move in and out approx. 1/8 of an inch or a little more. With stock size tires it...

I am considering getting the 37 inch guard dogs from treadwright. is anyone running this tire. I have MT's on the truck now and all are flat spotted and one has a belt separation. I want a new tire, no more used ones. The price is good, anyone have any experience with 37 inch guard dogs? I am...

I installed a tilt wheel with intermittent wipers on my 1009. The parts were from an 87 suburban. when I reconnected the wiper motor and tried to use them, the motor started smoking. The first motor that I smoked was the original one from the 1009, I changed this motor with the one from the...

I finally received my Magnum box from ORD. It took a little longer than the 4 to 6 weeks they quoted when I ordered it. Hopefylly the 5 month wait will be worth it. The Box is nice, very solid built and machine work looks clean. I have many other ORD parts on my truck and I have no complaints...

trying to upload a video of my gauge cluster working and the uploads keep failing. It is a 50 MB video from my I phone. what could I be doing wrong. info says up to 190 mb MOV files are accepted. Do I need to clear some room in my upload manager and if so how do I do this.

Does anyone know of a way to remove the rear view mirror from the windshield. I need to recenter it and lower it about an inch to make room for my license plate. I installed the shelf where the visors are installed and due to my winch install, I need to relocate my front license plate. I am...

I seem to have a gremlin in my electical system on my 1009. I just rebuilt alt 1 and had everything working again. I do need to rebuild alt 2 which should happen this weekend since it is a little hot. Alt two is putting out about 15.7 volts. I also have a civy cluster in which everything is...

I got the receiver parts back from the powder coater today and installed everything. I still need to get some power quick disconnects for the winch. I currently have cables long enough to reach the front battery so it is connected and working but I want to get the quick disconnects so I can...