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Do you guys think that if you had an idling diesel, say a 6bt or a 6.2, mechanical injector pump and it was idling.. and then you fed propane into the air intake, would it rev up? Would you be able to drive like that? (using a tiny amount of diesel and lots of propane). I think this might be...

I run 2x 600 watt immersion heaters, one on each side of the block. I use only one until it gets close to 0*F. I use both when it's like -40*. I leave mine on overnight if the roads are real bad, because there's a good chance I'll get a call in the middle of the night to go get somebody who...

I throw a whole quart in with every fill up on the '09. To make up for ULSD fuel. Seems to help the ip. Accelerates just slightly better with the 2-stroke oil.

What I want to know is how much of this whole climate change thing is our doing, as Americans/Canadians (while the Chinese are still allowed to make 16:1 2-stroke engines) and as Humans, Global Warming: A closer look at the numbers . I'm not concerned about CO2 emissions. I think we should spend...

roflHAHAHAHA! I've never heard that one! My '09 took me almost 6 months to get reliable enough to drive every day. She was my first vehicle, much to the dislike on my mother, who my father and I told that I was buying "a little red 2 door convertible". Which is true, it has 2 doors, a short box...

I like my 86 because it has the larger single sealed-beam headlights :P but I would've bought an '84 if it were clean and just swapped the grill if it bothered me later.

^Yeah, don't rev it up before the oil gets there. On my '09 I don't touch the pedal in the summer or if she's warm, or if she's been plugged in (block heaters) and she starts fine. Like 0.5 seconds tops and she's rumbling away. If it's -40* and she's been left outside untouched for 5 days -...

I'd just like to put it out there that I don't think all biodiesel is created equally.. I have heard good things about it when purchased some places and some bad things about it when found elsewhere. I'd imagine it's highly dependent on what the base oils were (canola oil, rapeseed oil, etc) and...

I'd second the "don't buy one as a daily driver". Made that mistake :P Had to borrow my dad's old caravan for about the first 6 months as I worked my butt off putting my M1009 back together.. Drove her home too :P looks can be deceiving. Welcome from the middle of Canada! Bought my M1009 online...

I would say singles would do better than doubles. Where there's snow, they'll be ice. I have no experience with M35 size trucks, but Dually pickups are less than ideal on ice. I'd think you'd be too heavy to stay onto of the snow anyways (which is where I'd think having dual wheels would be...

I just started noticing something like that on my M1009 too.. It sounds almost like there might be movement in the calipers, so when they stop being dragged by the rotors (the truck stops), they move back to where they usually sit. I have given everything a wiggle and it all seems solid.

FM100 is a great system. I have one on my CUCV. I love it. Bought it here: 33642 Stanadyne Fuel Manager FM100 Final filter Assembly with 3/8" NPTF ports & 4.3" 5-micron element (31873) My $0.02 - Call them and get a "Water siting bowl". They don't carry them online, but they can get you one...

Check the bulb. If the bulb is burnt out(or contacts are dirty, etc), the alt won't start working. Usually alts need juice from the batt to "excite"(start) the electric magnet rotor that makes juice. Sometimes, at higher rpms there is enough "remaining magnetism" in the coils to make a voltage...

Pretty sure it's a preformed fuel line. Mine sure was(Only God who know's if it was original). I replaced it with 3/8" bulk rubber fuel line (Your's was 1/4" Ralbelt?). Worked fine. Have heard of people having trouble with bulk fuel line collapsing under the pump's vacuum. Just use enough that...

I usually leave both of mine on all night (2x 600watt in-block frost plug heaters - 1200 watts total) in the winter(-40* sometimes). If it's close to freezing temp (32*F) - i only run one (600 watts). Electricity is relatively cheap here ($0.06/KWH), and I need the truck. You should not be able...

Yup. They sell them on ebay. A friend of mine needed a weird starter for something and bought one on ebay from DBelectrical. He is happy with it. I think they carry CUCV starters. (i'm not affiliated, just thought I'd throw out a brand).

Starter motor must be no good if the solenoid has power but nothing turns. I'd try to have it rebuilt somewhere local.

I'd say the oil thing sounds about right to me. Used to happen to me when I first got the truck and it was running cheap oil (knock off parts store junk). Lucas Oil (15W40 not the additive) quieted it down alot. Switched to Shell Rotella 15W40 - even less noise on start up. Napa(Wix) filter...

Sound like it could be a Clogged return line. Return line goes off the top off the IP towards the front of the truck. I'd check that first. If pressure builds up too high in the IP it shuts off the truck. You can actually shut-off the truck by pinching the return line. Good luck.

2 speed heater blower fan switches for big vehicles (ie schoolbus) can handle lots of power and have 3 settings: Off, Output1 hot, Output2 hot. Those are cheap to get around here and would work great for off/hi/low beam switch.