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I'm currently working in Columbus,Oh.I spotted a 1009 on Alum Creek drive on Monday.It was flat black and greys In camo.Looked nice.Wondered if a member here?

JW Speaker 8900 evo,Trucklite 27450C or Grote 90951-5 ?

Has anyone installed the oracle led bulbs 5222-001 in their after market headlights?

I want to increase my tire size choices on my 1009,going to 16 inch wheels.Would like to run a 315-75x16 tire,should I go with 4.5 BS? Will I need a 2" lift.Its pretty much street driven.

What are your favorite cucv upgrades?If we keep it sweet and simple it will be easier for people searching.

What determines how long the washer pump stays on? On my 86 1009 when washer pump is activated it stays on for 30-40 seconds.If I turn wipers off pump turns off.As soon as I turn wipers on pump turns back on.I have pulled all connections at pump and wiper connections underhood and cleaned.Any ideas.

At Summit,Sunpro gauges.Water/oil temp.#cp8217 $3. Oil pressure #cp8216 $3. Vacuum/boost #cp8213 $3. I think keeping track of coolant temp.and oil pressure in cucvs is a good thing.I have these gauges in my 1009s and they work well.And I keep the vacuum gauge loose in my tool box to keep track...

Every once in a while Im having a really loud diesel knock,like a bad injector,but it goes away and doesn't happen again for a while.I have good fuel pressure and it only does it under load,not at idle or even when revving in park.When it knocks loud there is no smoke.It really sounds like a bad...

Has anyone swapped their factory 28 spline axles over to the later 30 spline axles? Or upgraded to chromemoly axles?In the 8.5 diffs? Just wondering if an upgraded 8.5 would handle 500 ft.lbs. of torque.I know they did in the buick GN,but not sure in a 1009.

Why does the factory wireing pull 12v.from rear batt.neg.instead of front batt.pos.When both are 12v.? The reason I ask is I just rewired my 12v.power junction and glowplug solenoid from front batt.12v.pos.

Is there an easy way to tell if you have a diesel TH400 or a gasser TH400?My new to me 86 1009 shifts a bit high even with vacuum valve regulator turned all the way towards firewall.

Summit Racing,Sunpro Styleline 2" analog,mech. gauges,50-70% off.I already have these but might order another set for the next one.10.50 a gauge is hard to pass up.When I bought my first set they were 20-30$ per gauge.The boost/vacuum gauge I use to check vac.pump,vac.regulator and vacuum...

What are the ill effects of having the small orange wire attached to the 12v feed post on the solenoid? Its a 1009, manual only GP truck.I drove it like this for about 35k.

I see Moroso is making an oilpan fitting the AMG P-400 to a 4wd chassis,anyone have plans?

On a 1031 what is that apparatus on front of motor just above the IP? Im sure its something to do with the charging system ,but what does it do?

I have been thinking about plumbing my block heater from bottom rad.hose to a threaded cyl.head flange #1402-8949,think it would work better than running thru heater core.Or plumbing up front near thermostat,would keep all heat in block.Does anyone have thread size on the threaded block off...

When its -10 or below the only way I can get it to start is with a 2-3 second squirt of ether,my glow plugs are manual only.I spin motor till I see white smoke from tailpipes,then hit with ether for 2 seconds and it starts right up quickly.No GPs.Is this acceptable?

I have optima red tops in my 1009,so dual posts - and + can I wire batts ,identacle? even if top mounts are a smaller gauge cable?

A buddy of mine has a 7004r trans laying on his garage floor,its mated to a 2.8 v-6 out of a 86 S-10 2wd.Should I pick-up cheap?I would like to install in a 1009 and regear to 373s.What all would be involved with this swap? Not counting the regear.

Does anyone know size of fitting into waterpump for waterpump bypass,pretty sure its 3/8 npt to 5/8 hose barb.But would like to know before shopping.