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The black rubber ones from stock must be double heavy duty. Many are still in service and pass inspection every year. I changed a few just to change them. Many times the steel lines fail and the rubber ones are still good. Happy Thanksgiving. Be Safe in your travels.

a take-off from Hillbilly Wizard Happy Thanksgiving. At 35 years parts either work or the don't work. new, used, Imports, rebuilds, rebuilt, remanufactured. What ever. Parts are parts. If the fit and work they are golden. Good Luck. I hope it all works out.

there are 2 or 3 brackets on the frame that look as though they need to be removed to get the larger starter out There is no need to remove any brackets from the frame. The only bracket that needs removed is the starter support (rear of starter, front of truck) bracket. That is an M8 metric...

The black wire leaving the headlamp is a ground. It needs grounded. And have you checked the bulb socket. It has a thin metal piece that makes a ground. It should extend into te bulb socket. Famous for breaking off. Report back. Good Luck.

Check at the coolant overflow tank. Ground. Also check the flasher. The socket in the left front park lamp could be dirty or have a poor ground. Good Luck. Report Back.

I get by for 25+ years with the stock glow plug system. I have changed thousands of CUCV glow plugs in hundreds of CUCV's. I experienced 20 at most that broke off in the engine. The only extraction tool I ever used was a vise grips, spray lube, a crow bar and in the past a lot of cursing. I have...

In those cases, have used the thicker head gasket or not bothered with it? To be honest I was unaware of thicker head gaskets. I just used the new Felpro head gaskets (unaware of thickness) and new head bolts everytime. I am not sure why you would want thicker head gaskets. Never gave it much...

https://youtu.be/YWa503Z6W1A Looks like a familiar vehicle at 1:06-1:10. Anyone recognize that vehicle?

Today I went out with all good itentions of working on my CUCV project. About as far as I got was the barn. I looked at the driveway and thought it is going to snow soon and the leaves are knee deep at the doors and in the cormers. I did all the leaf clean up and went to a sale at 1100 AM. My...

I resurfaced a lot of cylinder heads in my life. If the cylinder head comes off it goes to the machine shop. I have encountered many cracked heads on every type I ever worked on. My last top end on a 6.2 the heads were perfect and just needed resurfaced. I have taken 3-4 sets of 6.2 heads to he...

All CUCV's had Flat Black wheels when they were assembled at GM Truck in Flint. I was working at a Chevrolet dealer when the CUCV's were first delivered. A few local dealers also were involved in warranty and delivery of the vehicles. 1 in general was in Jonestown and they had a brand new M1009...

Do you need seat mechanism parts?

Last night was a night for gathering parts and evaluating/comparing which ones I should use on my current build. I was working on the tail lights. I had a set of taillight housings that were on the truck. They were knock offs and looked like scrap. I scrapped them and looked for another OEM set...

Tonight the weather was fair outside. Not warm but not freezing. I had the Wife and a friend help me get the front bumper and brush guard back on the M1009. I used grade 8 1/2" carriage bolt. I scuffed them, cleaned them and painted them flat black. About 45 minutes and complete. Next I want to...

You can make your own glow plug harness. I made a few for snow plow trucks. The wiring was overheated from corrosion on glow plugs. I made a new harness and used 5/16" fuel line and encased the glow plug and connection in dielectric grease at the glow plug. The harness is protected by a large 30...

No such Luck. I went out and looked 3 engines and no fuel line. All my parts engines have the heads removed thus the fuel line. And I have replaced a few so I may have used them up. I am sure someone here would have an extra one. The spacer is an easy fix. Black steel pipe nipple cut to length...

I received your PM. I am going out to the field to look for a fuel line. Also the Gen 2 block to alternator spacer is a common missing piece. I will see if I have one. I make them from pipe nipples and just cut them to length. I made a few recently. If it fell while you were working onit. Look...

https://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?137671-CUCV-head-gasket-head-or-change-engine-survey/page14 I was able to buy new GM window runs in 2015. I used a 1991 Chevy K5 Blazer as the application. They may be discontinued now. Good Luck. I will be looking into this soon also.

Did you remove the upper Gen 2 bracket when you were trying to get the complete fuel line out? And I am not sure what plastic/rubber piece you are referring to. I would NOT use a rubber hose. I would locate a replacement steel line. Used is fine or bend one to fit. Was that flare nut chewed up...

The rear bumper brackets and D ring bracket area can be a very complicated puzzle putting it back together without any to look at. I was fortunate and found a set still partially assembled. I think I would have been lost without for a while. I had the side braces already mounted when I...