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by push i mean how hard d oyou work it?
while i relize these are almost 25 year old trucks but i often find my self using mine like it was a tank instead of a blazer LOL. i have used my for pulling stumps, knocking trees down dragging dead vehicles around. and have been working it up to pull...
every now and then usualy when the engines warm, when i go to take off fro ma stop it seems like i am starting in 2 or 2 instead of 1 or 2 and it makes a kind of whine for a split second. any ideas or should i start refinanceing my kids to send it to a shop ?
well around here there aint much fun to be had, not enough 4x4 trails. hard to find someplace safe to shoot, and the local RCMP dont like you drag racing down main street for some reason lol.
so i figure the county fair is in early augest and they have truck pulls and since my landlord and a...
lol i went to pop the hood on my m1009 and the cable broke off under the hood at the latch. how do i get it open LOL without a sledge hammer and pry bar
ok i have doen the search thing and went through 11 pages of results and not found what i needed lol.
ok so i opened my exhuast up with duel cherry bombs and 3" rear pipes. re routed the air intake to suck cold air in from the outside of the fender 3" pipe going to a hole cut in the passenger...
in light of a previous thread i seen about a drowned CUCV figure this might be a good thread to start
now i know i am sinning in a MV sorta way that will likely end me up in MV hell.
but my M1009 is gonna be used for mudding, general off road work around my familys property. and given that...
well the other night after fixing the rear window crank and realigning the hood of my truck at my g/f's fathers place. well we met up with her brother in his ford explorer 4x4, and being the rednecks we are we just had to take advantage of the late night middle of nowhere back roads and had a...
well the warm weather is here, and i am tired of dragging stuff in and out through the front doors so i too kym truck to my g/f's dad and after removing the assembly and handle mech the only thing wrong was the ears on the crank handle it self had broken off *damn cheap pot metal* so i/we...
ok well here in town they have a mudd run every summer and i figure since i am back in town with a real truck i should put it out there to show the the boys/girls what green iron can do so i have decided to get this M1009 built up a bit.
heres what i have done so far
extended dif,trans...
ok so i lost my heater blower the other day, so searched the threads for posible problems, replaced the blower motor and resistor and still nothing. getting kinda cold ri9ght now between the rain and the night drops below 0 degrees anyone got any suggestions?
for about 3 days the motor would...
well i bought my first MV in dec as an xmas gift to myself after a nasty seperation/divorce in the process. it was an M1009 CUCV as a Daily driver well after putting it through hell since i havce gotten it and not broken anything as a result of anything besides age, i have decided i need to get...
ok so i went to check the timing on my IP and possibly turn the fuel up a hair and after pulling the air cleaner off and locating the scribe markes on the pump and timing cover the mark on the pump is about the thickness of a 14gauge elec wire to the passenger side of the mark on the timing...
ok well folks, my u-joints are pooched in the front now , just want to confirm if i got the right ones from NAPA or not *yes i did try the search feature *
the ones i got to replace the front axle u-joints * at the hub to axle connection* from napa are the 1-0297bf can anyopne confirm that...
ok so i was driving down a backroad to my girlfriends fathers place, its one of those dirt/gravel roads the township grades once a year and doesnt touch it the rest of the year and well since the grounds starting to thaw here and the snows all melted *read lots of mudd water and rutts* its like...
hey folks well now all of a sudden i am getting bad vibrations every time i accelerate or maintain a speed higher then 55-60 MPH grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
any ideas
ok so i just replaced the master cylinder on ym M1009 got thew system bled. while i did notice a considerable increase in stopping power. i am still bewildered about the front brakes. while driving down my camp road doing 10 mph if i hit the brakes the rear lock up but the front only lock if...
so somethings pooched in my brakes........
well the other night i was out with a lady friend and after i left her place i was heading down a country highway at about 3am doing 60-65mph* i was in a good mood so dont hassle me about the speed :p* there was a bit of snow on the roads and as i tap...
i am in the final stages of buying a 60ft mobile home jobby to plop on my family's land.*recently seperated and lost everything but my guns and toys to the wife*. anyway. it needs to go about 10-15 miles can my M1009 pull it? or am i gonna have to fork out a couple of grand to have someone tow...
hey guys, it sems my rear window handle is not working it just spins, some times it grabs the window but then just slips off and i end up with a window stuck half up.
while this would be ok in a nice arid climate its snowing here and cold and the female passengers dont like the cold to much...