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Anyone get the cucv parking brake to work with a pre 1980 14 bolt? I swapped one in earlier this year and would like to get it working with the new axle.

Alright so my batteries are going down hill. If I let the truck sit for a few weeks they are dead and if I charge them up and shut the truck off with the headlights on to grab something when I come back they are to dead to start from 5 mins of headlights on. Now I know I need about 800CCA...

My truck will be used only once or twice in the next 4 months or so since I will be away at college. What do you recommend for fuel stabilizer?

Well my truck has been parked for the last month and I noticed a few drops of fluid on the axle and ground. After looking into it it looks like the drivers side freeze plug under the engine mount in leaking. Is this indicating a head gasket problem? What needs to be done to fix it? It runs about...

My weight plate vibrated the bracket enough to fatigue it and break it, thus causing my weight plate to disappear. Anyone have the plate and numbers for cheap/free so I can replace mine? Thanks, Miles

Ever since I bought my truck 1.5 years ago the speedo would bounce between 5 and 25 below 25 mph. I noticed however that with the 105+ weather that has become a bigger problem where now it goes from 5-50 below about 55. The speedo cable was chirping about 3 months ago so I pulled it out of its...

Does anyone know if a tach that uses the alt take off and says "Has 4/6/8/A/B alternator settings." would work with a cucv?

How much does your trucks temp fluctuate during regular driving and up hills? Mine bounces around in the range of 180-190 but as it has gotten hot out (mid to upper 90s ) it has gotten to 195-200 doing 50Mph up hills. I just replaced the water pump, fan clutch, had the radiator cleaned out by a...

My radiator is a parallelogram shape not a rectangle. Doesn't leak or anything but it doesn't want to fit in the mounts. Any way to fix it without taking it somewhere?

Over the last few days my truck has been running hot. It did this about a month ago and I changed the T-Stat and it fixed it (went from a 190 to a 180). After that it never went over 190. This week I have done about twice my normal driving and noticed it gets to 190 a lot easier and has been...

My hood is real cracked up and the subframe is falling out so anyway I found a good replacement hood for $20. Now I need to get some 686CARC to paint it to match the truck. I am not interested in the substitute stuff as it wont match the texture of the rest of the truck. Any ideas on where I can...

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When is it supposed to send power to the solenoid? Mine will only do it if I stand on the throttle. If I just push it lightly to the floor it wont activate. At what point in the throttle position is it supposed to activate? Also where can I get a new one?

On my m1009 after I did a new high flow fuel filter (60GPH rated) it seems to have a haze of black/dark gray smoke when idling in gear but not when in neutral or park. Also has some smoke on any acceleration and when pulling hills. Is the smoke at idle ok or whats up?

As the temp has gotten warmer so have the temps on the truck. Currently it hovers around 180-190 and gets up to 200 on long hills or steep hills. I have read that 200 is max normal. Before it would never go over 190. Whats up? Bad thermostat? Coolant is topped off and fan seems to be working...

Just trying to gauge how my truck is power wise to other m1009's. Mine floored can say up with traffic till about 1/2 way through 1st and then can overtake them as it gets into the power band. Most hills of decent grade it can maintain speed and doesn't like to accellerate once it shifts into...

Just got the tranny rebuilt and some stuff done to the truck (new axles with 4.10 gears) and recently it seems like it is low on power. If I remember correctly when I would punch it from a stoplight before it would take off and you could feel yourself pushed back in the seat a little. Now when...

Recently had my th400 rebuild and have noticed that it doesn't seem to like to downshift. Most of the time it is happy, but sometimes when I am driving and coast down to say 30 and then traffic gets moving again it will still be in 3rd and bog. Also it started out in 2nd one time for some...

Well I finally dumped the 10 bolt crap and got myself a D44/14 bolt combo. I ended up buying a civvy blazer (minus the engine) that already had a 4" lift and my axles under it. Then I pulled the axles and u bolts and sold the rest for the same price I bought it for! Since these axles were out of...

Well according to my calculations my truck should be just slightly lower geared than stock. It now has 36's and 4.10's (possibly 4.56's the owner didnt know). It shifts at 25 and then again at 35. However changing from 3.08's and 35's where 3rd started at 45 the motor sounds really loud and...