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Well, I decided to change the hoses, thermostat and give a vinegar flush to my newly acquired M1009. Normally this would be an easy job...normally. Well not today...:mad: It stated out with the bolts on the thermostat housing being seized and I mean really f'in seized. I soaked and soaked the...

OK...I have read as many of the posts as I can stand now on the GP 12v relay "bypass the resistor and connect to the firewall 12v source" mods...:cookoo: but I do thank all for their earlier informative posts. My question is simple and I just want to confirm what I think is a typo in the TM...

Hello all, Does anyone know where I can get the part number 22506637 shown in the pic below new or maybe a substitute that would work? Mine is broken and I believe it's affecting my trans shifting. The number 22506637 comes up as a GM part that's no longer available... FITTING TRANS VAC MOD...

I'm curious warm kind of warm up time everyone tends to give their trucks before they actually drive off from home in the AM. I know it's not good to let the trucks idle for long periods but what is considered a viable warm up time before driving off? Obviously ambient temp is a factor but is...

Just curious what everyone feels is the best brand of harmonic balancer thses day? I have the parts numbers...I generally just go with OEM/factory but I have heard the Dorman units are nice. I know Fluidamr makes some nice units but the price is WAY up there. Hard to believe they would make...

Well...after waiting for a couple weeks do to my flight schedule as well as the seller offering to take care of the registration and such I finally picked up my recent M1009 purchase...:) Plates and keys were handed to me and off I went. Drove home with no issues...about a 30 mile drive. I was...

So as per my other recent post I'm seriously pondering a local M1009. Now when I looked at the VIN tag it listed the build date as 10/84. But as per the VIN decoding guide it is saying it's actually a 1985. So is it '84 or an '85 based on the following plate below...? I will be receiving a...

I have a few concerns. I finally found some M1009's locally and after several phone calls and a recommendation from a friend I was invited to come look at the 2 that are available. The facility had 30 at one time... The two 1009's are being offered at $5000.00 and both have 66,000 miles on...

and a very big thanks in advance...! I'm new to these forums and will be trolling this forum quite a bit in order to educate myself as much as possible before I pick up my first M1009. I currently have a 87 Blazer which is gasoline powered and quite nice with the exception of paint which I...