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Anyone ever try converting to dual electric cooling fans? I've done this for cheap on a gas-powered blazer, using two junkyard fans from two V6 air-conditioned chevy Lumina's. That wasn't so hard since the fans came with integrated shrouds, I just cut the shrouds and joined them with a plate in...

So I've installed a couple new gauges (including a murphy-switch temp control gauge for the vegoil system) that don't have internal lights, making them unreadable at night. I've seen some folks with LED "eyebrow" hooded lights to illuminate parts of the dashboard, but I can't find them and don't...

Anyone know the injector number for the '86 M1009? Despite alot of scrubbing with a tooth brush and carb cleaner I still can't read them in the truck. Couldn't find in TM's either.

Installing a GM-3 turbo on my '86 M1009 using salvaged parts from a 93 K3500 6.5 TD. Problem is, there are no ports on the intake or exhaust manifolds at all for installing the boost and pyrometer senders. I don't mind drilling and tapping the aluminum intake, but i'm not gonna drill and tap...

Does anyone have any experience with these boost/pyro gauges? MK1 TURBO DIESEL GAUGE KIT 60PSI BOOST & EGT PYROMETER: eBay Motors (item 160500211103 end time Nov-29-10 13:52:00 PST) They're cheap, but I wonder if they're any good. What the **** is a Mookeeh?!

So I'm finally getting around to replacing my leaky valve cover gaskets, which are allowing oil to leak all over the exhaust manifolds and making alot of stinky smoke. It's going to be a real pain removing the intake manifold and injector lines, so I want to do any other maintainance while I'm...

Need a new radiator for my '85 M1009? Looks like it's leaking from the driver's side tank, but if I'm gonna take it out, might as well replace the whole thing. Anyone got a good deal?

My 86 M1009 arrived missing the torque rod that goes from the lower pass. bellhousing bolt, to the two big bolts on the pass side of the transfer case. I've got one from a civilian gasser that I've been trying to make work, but it's no walk in the park. Anybody wanna sell me one that fits?

So I'm adding a Racor heated fuel filter/water separator. I've heard that for the water separator to work, it has to be on the "suction" side of the fuel pump, not having the fuel pushed through it. Problem is, I'm already running a Walbro FRB-22 electric fuel pump, mounted with a small...

Anyone got advice on where to get a decent diesel compression tester kit, with adapters for the 6.2 (looks like it might need a right-angle adapter also for the back ones)? For under $200? I bought one from Harbor Freight, but it broke five minutes out of the box (chinese crap!!!) and didn't fit...

So here we have the absolute cheapest, easiest most convenient stereo install for the CUCV. After pulling this AM/FM/CD out of a junkyard van, I removed the unit from the sheetmetal receiver box that bolted to the van's dash. I then welded two 16ga "ears" on either side. They allow the unit to...

Does anyone know the difference between the various (i guess series 1 thru 8 GM turbochargers? I have a series 3 from a 1993 6.5L, which I believe is the last year where the wastegate is mechanically controlled. But T_F_E seems to have made his own mechanical wastegate for his series 4 turbo. Is...

Appreciate everyone's advice not to relocate the batteries to the passenger compartment, but I did it anyway. I tried to do a thorough job of it; any suggestions on how to improve the setup are welcome. The two battery boxes and lids are made from 16ga galvanized steel. The top of each box has a...

Just converted my M1009 to 12v (for alot of reasons, don't want to debate pro's and cons). Trying to find a way to still use both alternators; has anyone tried removing the internal voltage regulators and using a single external voltage regulator (like the old-style Mopar regulator on the...

Looks like the front driveshaft will be a little too short on my M1009, with 2" front add-a-leaves, if I use Zero-Rate blocks to move the front axle forward by 1". The local shop wants $200 to lengthen the driveshaft! What if I plasma-cut a disk from a 1" thick block of steel, drill four holes...

Got all the parts for installing a '93 6.5 gm-4 turbo on my '86 M1009. Just a few more questions: 1. From a quick search, the opinion seems to be that an intercooler is probably not going to make much difference, and might hurt throttle response due to turbo lag. I've got a chance to score a...

Want to make a set of jumper cables for my '86 M1009. I need the single pin style. I tried OD Iron's site but they don't seem to carry them, and although Ebay sometimes has them, they don't now. Anyone have one to sell?

I've been thinking of moving the batteries in my M1009 to the back of the bed, just inside the tailgate behind the wheelwells one on each side. The truck came with the huge Armasafe military batteries, which seem to have no vents on them. Are these safe to mount inside the passenger compartment...

...for $615, it's off a '93 6.5 and seems pretty complete (I've included the description that came with it at the bottom of this post). I've read T_F_E's excellent turbo-install thread, but I still have a few questions maybe you guys could help me with (it's going on a '86 M1009 with 40k miles)...

I own a M1009, but shopping for a M35A2. Has anyone considered mounting a shipping container as a box, for a bug-out vehicle?