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I agree. If you have a 6 bolt flexplate you need a 6 bolt torque converter. I don't see how the 6 bolt flexplate would ever be seated properly on a 3 bolt torque converter. I wish you would have mentioned this earlier. I would say the starter is fine but I only ever seen 2 of them HD cast steel...

The new torque converter bolts have lock tight designed into the threads of the bolts. It is blue, yellow, or red. I use some blue lock tight if I am going to reuse the bolts again. Someone has put the incorrect torque converter in your M1009. I never encountered a diesel with a 3 bolt...

A tree limb works if the job has to be done. 4 friends and a 6 pack do wonders at times. Set a goal to have the bed ready to remove and when the helpers will be there. That day remove the bed. You will need a case to keep them hanging out till the job is done. But back in the day I bought lots...

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I know every bolt has a torque tightness. But who really torques every bolt? I torque head bolts, fly wheel, and intake bolts and other important bolts. But most other bolts I tighten. After many years I know tight from loose or over tight. Anyone torquing every bolt is spending more time than I...

You don't need to remove the bed. Just get another guy and slide the bed back about 16'' inches. Excuse me but isn't that the same procedure to remove the cargo bed. I mean getting all 8 bolts and nuts out is the hardest part. If you go thru that trouble you may as well go the extra mile and...

I hate laying underneath getting rust in my eyes and ears). Safety googles and ear plugs every time I use a torch or am under a vehicle using an impact. Safety up front is a cheap alternative to injuries. Grinding the heads from a carriage bolt is 20 times harder then heating the nuts and...

I have had success with a standard propane torch and MAP gas. I have to make it work sometimes. And a good cordless Milwaukee impact changes the rules 10 fold. Heat is the secret. I can not always access the areas I work with Oxy/Ace tanks but the MAP gas works well. Less then $20. Do it right...

On an M1008 I have encountered the sending unit ground wire broken off more than once. The best way to change the fuel tank and sending unit on an M1008 is to remove the cargo bed or at least block it up. I have removed beds many times to get to sending units. Yes, you can do it without removing...

When ever you feel like you can't do something without the biggest and best tools watch some of these videos. I have worked out in the mud and crud most of my life. When I worked at the Chevrolet dealer 3 decades ago I had everything. Well that was way to easy. I do things the hard way but get...

NO. AC Delco is a market name. Many things sold by A C Delco are produced in China. I like that the emphasize Main Land China. Not some little fish head village along the Delta. But as far as I am concerned and I have worked on many I have never changed a harmonic balancer and I have friends...

Me on right 2010. That was a perfect M1028 I had there. Long gone and went on to become a lifted hacked up beater.

A picture that I took on my cross-country trip in my M1009 12/2014. This is for real. It was east bound and down.

I have been building a small snow plow tractor out of scrap parts. I bought this earlier in the summer when I needed parts to fix my Honda tractor. I used the parts and decided to get this one operational. The PTO clutch was burnt out and they are expensive to fix and the previous owner did...

On generator 2 you have 2 hook ups. The bigger eye goes on the M6 stud and the smaller wire goes to the other stud. That other stud is isolated from the grounded case. I think I said that right.

That blue wire is for the M1010 rear heater fuel pump or something M1010 related. Not needed. I see that closed loop all the time. Remove that and discard it. Looks good.

I would use them all over. Like I said if you torque the bolts and they are good to go. Some blue locktite on the flex-plate to torque converters will do the trick. Good Luck. Get them done.

Yes I use 4" bplts. Mine are grade 8 and I have used them that many times the gold is worn off of them. Good Luck.

Put lock tight on the torque converter bolts and reuse them. I have new ones but have used thousands of them over. They are NOT torque to yield stretch bolts. I have in the past sent transmissions out for rebuilding and they were returned with SAE thread in the torque converter or vise versa. I...

Good Job. I see you know about sliding it back. Good Luck.