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  1. J

    New Progress on Wisconsin Ex-Military Vehciles

    If anyone has interest. I'm not sure who I talked to, D.O.T or D.M.V, but they won't give me back the title to my Blazer, that is without changing the title to say that it is a MV. They further went on to explain that in 2 months they will be sending out letters demanding you turn your title in...
  2. J

    6.2 Civi Vs. Military

    I lost the bottom end of the motor in my first M1009, replaced it with a 6.2l from my 1982 suburban, think it was a C-code. As for power I know the J-code should make more, the civi engine I put in runs like a gas engine, makes much less noise then the military engine, and I don't think I lost...
  3. J

    New Wisconsin HMV law in effect Oct 1st.

    I'm not sure how many digits in the vin I'll have to try to find the paperwork. I did the carfax thing on my other blaze and it came up as a D10 military blazer, the new one came up the same I think. PM replied to.
  4. J

    New Wisconsin HMV law in effect Oct 1st.

    Thanks for the reply. Yes, I have been calling it a Blazer, that's pretty much all that it is. Took a quick look, the cold motivated me to hurry, my quick look resulted in no find of a sticker, just the standard door plates and optional equipment sticker in the glove box.
  5. J

    New Wisconsin HMV law in effect Oct 1st.

    Well I just ran into a problem with the new MV plates. I'm trying to get plates for my M1009 Blazer, of course they say that's the only plate that i can put on. Well I bought the thing to drive not just sit around in the yard and with the MV plates I would never get to drive it. Is the MV...
  6. J

    Broke an axle, now what ?

    Well just with what I looked at so far it would be close or over what I paid for the truck to get a new axle and regear the front or get new axles all the way around, so not sure how I'll handle getting a new axle unless it's just a junker 10 bolt. Mind you I never messed around with axles...
  7. J

    Broke an axle, now what ?

    Thanks for all the replies, didn't think this would make it to 3 pages. Well I tried to fix it myself, didn't work. I can't get the broken axle end to move so I can get to the c clip, so for the time I'm giving up on just changing the broken axle. So now I guess I'm exploring axle options...
  8. J

    Broke an axle, now what ?

    It was in 2H. It wasn't bouncing at all, the tires were barley moving if at all. I wasn't giving it much throttle, just enough to try to get it to move. I guess I should also add, the left tire dug down about 21 inches and the right tire dug down about 8 inches, not sure if that means anything...
  9. J

    Broke an axle, now what ?

    Yeah I heard a pop when it went, knew right away I broke something back there. Thats the funny thing, I was going to get 33s, but figured I would break the axle so I stayed with the stock size and got 31s.
  10. J

    Broke an axle, now what ?

    Well I just broke my first axle today on my M1009. Not sure how it happened wasn't beating on the truck too hard or anything. If you want a good laugh, it did happen in my yard :cookoo: Feel free to rub it in and tell me how to not break an axle if you'd like. I'm totally lost on this one and...
  11. J

    Downshift Switch

    I just got back from a trip, hitting the same big hills that I have with all my other trucks, and I didn't have too much of a problem this time. I was running between 55-60 MPH, puttered down to 50 MPH on one hill, another steep hill starting at the bottom I was able to get close to 50 MPH, but...
  12. J

    is there an HID kit for the CUCV/H6054 lights?

    I do a lot of night driving (8-10 hours a day) and once I get the headlamp size figured out, putting Hella E-codes on my M1009 will be the first thing I add on this summer. I had a '09 Jeep and the headlights totally sucked on that, how I drove it at night I have no idea. What I did was get...
  13. J

    No power what could be wrong ?

    Once I get the time Ill have to try bypassing the filter and check the lift pump like said. With the little I did you can notice an improvement and I'm sure there's still a small leak somewhere but its good enough for now to keep me happy.
  14. J

    No power what could be wrong ?

    Negative, I pulled the return line off of the injection pump and shot air thru it to bleed it. Done it before a few times and worked well with no troubles, think it may be something with the new base its self, tired 2 bases and had now luck untill I put the old base back on.
  15. J

    Downshift Switch

    I feel your pain, my newest M1009 does the same thing. I did have a bit of an air leak on the fuel filter base which fixing did give a little power back but I have yet to try going up a hill, still think it will be tough going. My other M1009 has an engine form a '83 6.2L Suburban in it and a...
  16. J

    No power what could be wrong ?

    Update, I got a new filter base which didn't go well, couldn't get the truck started after changing it, not sure if it was sucking in air or what. I ended up messing around with the old filter base and switching some parts out, I think the problem was it was sucking in air. It's making a little...
  17. J

    Downshift Switch

    Only works for me when I mash the peddle into the floor, think they're set up for WOT only and can't be adjusted either. If you're looking for it to get up to speed faster I think it depends on the truck and how the transmission is set up. My one M1009 pulls hard all the way and gets up to speed...
  18. J

    No power what could be wrong ?

    The breaks were dragging, just got that fixed today and it didn't help a bit. I think stampy might be on the right path, oddly enough I just got back in from messing around with the fuel filter, went to see if it was clogged or what have you. Went to drain it to see if I had water in there, the...
  19. J

    No power what could be wrong ?

    Hi all, guess I have to start off my first post on a bad note. I have a M1009 that's way short on power, can't maintain speed going up hill or accelerate going up hill, it also sucks on flats trying to get up to speed it takes about a mile to hit 55mph, can't pass either. Off road it sucks too...
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