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I had the torque converter cover cause a noise in the past. I loosened it up and firmly seated it towards the transmission and tightened all the bolts. Sound was gone. Maybe.

After busting a few knuckles and finding stripped and mis aligned bolts the decision was made to just remove the entire front axle. We are doing some work on this unit for a customer. The project is snowballing on us as most 40-year-old vehicle projects do when you tear into them. The core...

Today was a first day off in a long time. I was going to travel but dreaded the 5 hours in the truck on a holiday weekend. I stayed home and did some easy work. These are the holes in the roof from where the lower rear body to rear roof attach. As you may know I broke the anchor nuts loose in...

Facebook Is this what you get for $14K. I am lost in this new world. After I complete mine, I will be dumb founded to know its value.

The metal gaskets always worked for me. I would change them every time I had to remove the axle. Once and done.

the seat belts are well tightened, there are no squeals There is nothing like a well tightened seat belt to make them squeal.

The painting took place outside on this wonderful day. I was going to let the stuff set out in the driveway but decided to put it away while I had some help. Everything looks great. My fear was a bird would fly over and drop a bomb on the parts and it would get baked into the fresh paint. And...

If the day goes as planned, I will be able to paint the inside of the rear cargo roof and the doors jams for the second time. The door jambs had some paint lifting issues I am going to contribute to the rustproofing that was sprayed inside the doors when the truck was new. There were just a few...

Latest update. I have the entire inside surface of the fiberglass cargo roof sanded. I hand sanded the entire surface and went over it a second time just to be sure it was smooth. Next is to get it sprayed on the inside then flip it back over and sand the outside. I hope to get that done very...

And I can't produce one but every 3-4 years.

Yesterday after an 8-hour day at the FT job I came home and my Son made a gallant attempt to get started on the M1009 project. It was going well for about an hour and then the lights went out. Not the lights in the shop the lights in the sky. It was dark and windy and started monsoon raining. I...

Tonight, after working 10 hours, like most Thursday nights I was out to eat supper. I had a brainstorming with my friend about placing/setting the rear roof on and doing the overall paint job and the 3-color woodland camouflage and then removing the roof again to install the weatherstrips. I...

Last night I spent about 4 hours cleaning the old contact cement out of the front roof seal area. That old stuff is tough and requires patience to get it out and the seal area clean. I used a dull razor blade, a flat screwdriver, hook pick and an awl to get the area clean as possible. I followed...

A quick preview of a wheel and tire that are going on this project. Sit back and enjoy the build. I have my Son involved in this build.

The owner has been sending me parts to add and replace things that are missing. He did send me a correct brush guard. I have the correct bumpers. A few of the smalls I am missing. I need the rear bumper outer braces. Both front and rear bumper are missing the outer braces. The bolts are in the...

Now for some of the HORROR. Not sure what was going on here. This is the way the headlamp harness was under the hood. Explains why the headlamps are not working. Batteries are for a lawn tractor. Pil cooler lines are hacked and cut, they are hose clamped together. The new radiator is flopping...

I didn't give it the name or buy the vehicle. I have been tasked with bringing this M1009 back to operational condition and doing some of the Voodoo work I usually don't get involved in. But I will do it for others. Right up front before it even came here, I knew it had some hacking done to...

In the infamous words of Ozzy Osbourne. "...Oh no, no, please God help me."

This was a 1976 Chev 5/4 ton truck after we finished dropping it out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft. It was full of SA ammo(7.62mm) that scattered and had to be reboxed

I used them in the past to install roof racks on GM vehicles back in the 70's and 80's. I am not sure they would have the grip range and strength to take a tight bolt. May be worth a try provided i must not buy 25 of them to find out. Thank you for the tip. I see they are sold in packs of 1...