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  1. 84cucv1ton

    Hydra boost is leaking... safe to drive?

    a friend is using my truck today. He says the Hydro boost is leaking power steering fluid. He's about two hours from Jersey. safe to drive should I get ready to go get him? thought I should ask. however I'm thinking the best thing I can do is go pick him up.. As always thanks for the help
  2. 84cucv1ton

    any tips on doing a fuel pump

    this would be my first one on any truck.. getting the pump and gasket now. some rtv to for the plate.. thought i would ask.. shes finally up and running time wot work on some of the other things thanks
  3. 84cucv1ton

    lifted m1008 be ok for hauling and towing??

    My front springs, bushings and shocks are shot. I was thinking about throwing on four-inch lift springs shackle flip in the rear. Where would like to know. Obviously the truck will be a bit taller. I have 36 inch tires on it now for more road speed. I don't think the lift would affect it much...
  4. 84cucv1ton

    wiring is smoking on start up

    Just finish up the work of my cousins truck. Everything is clean and tight the way it should be. While was a part we cleaned the grounds on back of the engine by the fuel filter.. All clean and tight. cranking the motor over to get the air out of the lines there was white smoke coming up by...
  5. 84cucv1ton

    few questions on top end work

    good morning. My cousin is now 15. Ended up with the M1009 for him. Trucks in great shape. Got a pretty cheap. Missing a few things and the motor needed work. This weekend I was going to help my cousin with the top end. Guess he didn't feel like waiting. He did the head gaskets, ARP studs...
  6. 84cucv1ton

    torque specs

    just checking.. intake goes to 40lbs and the inection pump gear bolts are 25lbs? i have the tms for some reason the reader is not working.. keeps freezing my computer.. no idea why anyway thanks
  7. 84cucv1ton

    is this normal? installing the injection pump

    is this normal? installing the injection pump center part poped out this just happened putting in the pump does this matter? i hit it on the coolant crossover.. i hope not. need to get this done.. thanks
  8. 84cucv1ton

    source for 6.2s.. need another one. near nj

    in nj. looking for another one.. found a few on the net. looking for something i can drive to. so where do you guys around here go? thanks
  9. 84cucv1ton

    changed fluid shifting hard now

    didnt flush it.. dropped the pan. filled it.. its not a neck snapping shift, but way harder than it was. fluid is at the right level.. its a stock th400.. any ideas? this never happen to me before thanks
  10. 84cucv1ton

    what would cause cold advance sensor to keep failing..

    not sure what would cause this.. any ideas what i should look for thanks
  11. 84cucv1ton

    running rough

    trying to help this kid out. got a m1008 from a town auction for 480. this thing had a hard life it looks.. got it running.. on the pass side by the firewall there is a bolt where the senser should be.. i cant think of what that senser does right now.. could that be why its running rough...
  12. 84cucv1ton

    are the right ones for the brush guard?

    my cousin bought these for his m1009.. got them from hardware store. They are for the bumper and brush guard. I would think that a grade 5 or maybe a grade 8 would be use on a bumper. All these say is BDB.. He is only 15. This is his first truck. trying to help him along a bit thanks
  13. 84cucv1ton

    how to check hydroboost.. goes right to the floor

    MC is new. thought that was my problem... never had a problem like this.. not sure where to start. as alwys thanks
  14. 84cucv1ton

    4l60e into a cucv

    just got one of these.. good shape. 20 k on it.. could it be adapted to a cucv? thanks
  15. 84cucv1ton

    putting a CTD into a m1008

    I have am1008 coming that has no motor. I bought a 6.5 and 4L 80 E out of a wrecked 98 3500. My plan was to just drop in the 6.5 and trans altogether. A friend down south says he can get his hands on early 90s Dodge 1 ton 4 x 4 that is a manual. I would think the transmission is a nv4500. my...
  16. 84cucv1ton

    nv4500 swap. need a different bell housing?

    Parts came from and 97 or 98 truck. It's up on my lift. Things are not lining up. He said he did his homework on this before he came over. So what are you missing? Is going up to an 85 6.2. Thanks
  17. 84cucv1ton

    marker lights going out. Keep blowing fuse

    I was messing around the fuel pump in the tank. Trying to get it to work. Since then the marker lights will not work. I have headlights, brake lights and turn signals. Did everything I could think of. Any ideas? Thanks
  18. 84cucv1ton

    something bent.. M1008 rear of truck 2" to driveside

    i saw this when i was following him. put the truck on a lift. went over every inch.. nothing seems to bent or broke.. any ideas? thanks
  19. 84cucv1ton

    need some fast help. Towing it a lifted m1008 with the stock m1008

    a friend is bringing his new toy back up to Jersey. He is flat telling it. His 1008 is all stock. The one he bought has a 4 inch or 6 inch lift it and 37 inch tires. the truck he's towing is jerking around the tow vehicle. he said is like the truck he's towing is trying to go side to side...
  20. 84cucv1ton

    best cucv I ever got to drive

    he got a 86 m1008 as a rolling chassis. Has and early 90s ctd nv4500/205. Such a blast to drive. Can do highway speeds. Cruises real nice real quiet to. Expensive little motor to apparently. I feel like I just drove a hot rod CUCV. next time I hope to get some pictures. Really fun truck to...
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