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Hi all, Just recently my CUCV has not been starting as reliably as usual. I've noticed that sometimes the glow plug light will stay on an extra long time. When this happens the truck absolutely will not start, it will just crank and crank and smoke will pour out the exhaust. So, my...

Hi all, a few months driving to my parents house, something happened to my truck causing it to shake - rather SLAM back and forth whenever i hit the slightest bump - like BAD death shake - but worse. So, I've realized that I'm never going to get around to fixing it since it is 2 hours away...

Hi all. I've had my m1028 for a couple years and it has always had the occasional death wobble - and just so there isn't any confusion - when I would hit a bump just right I would get VIOLENT shaking of the truck with the steering wheel pulling side to side until I slowed down enough for it...

Hey guys, I recently changed all my fluids, and now I have a slow leak out of the drain plug on the transfer case. I tightened the plug up some more yesterday and that slowed it more, but its still slowly leaking (very slow now - like a few drips overnight). I didn't want to tighten it...

I just finished replacing all the fluids in my m1028. All went well I think but have two quick questions 1. i replaced the trans filter, and didn't pay attention when I took the old one off, but when I put the new one on, I realized that that spacer that goes over the bolt inbetween the...

Hey guys, couple more quick questions. for the oil pan, the TM says those with a ridged lip will have a gasket and those with a flat lip will have RTV sealant. So, does the m1028 have a ridged lip or flat lip? similar question - with the front and rear axle. do the differential...

Hi all, this may be a silly question, but does anyone recommend a specific brand or type of break pads/shoes for the 1008/1028? I haul a lot of wood and sometimes across a mountain and want the brakes to work as well as possible!!!! Thanks!

Hey guys, just thought I would share a quick story. I've been putting in a very large french drain around my house, and filled most of the trench with gravel (57 size). In total I put in about 45 tons of gravel - and of that at least 12 tons I hauled in my m1028 from the Quarry. When I got...

Hey guys, I just got a 91 chevy 1500 Z71 4x4 truck on a trade that I'm going to give to my dad. The truck has just over 200k miles on it but has a pretty new reman 350 in it. The guy said that it had a 700r4 tranny in it. My dad is going to do some towing (nothing huge, just junk cars)...

Hey guys, I did a search but I think my question is too dumb to have ever been asked before :) I'm heading out on a trip in the cucv (m1028) tomorrow and thought i should probably mount the spare tire back up (removed it to monkey around with the bumper). I can't remember which side is up -...

Hey guys, do you know if its possible to put a sliding rear window in a m1028? If so, is there a source for these? Any rear window out of a similar aged chevy/gmc truck should work, right? Thanks!

Hey guys, I don't know if this is the right place for this question, but I only have and know about the CUCV, so this is the only forum that I go on. Anyways, last week, on our way home from Christmas with my parents we saw the absolute coolest looking military vehicle ever (at least to me)...

I did some searches and got the biggest spectrum of information imaginable. I want to add a 4 pin trailer plug to my m1028, and I mostly just want to know if the tail lights are 12v or 24v. When i did a search I found many people saying that you had to either wire to magnetic LED lights to...

Super simple question. I live in the country on a forest service road, and am not worried about theft. I would like to leave the key to my m1028 in my ignition. Some vehicles will drain power from the battery if the key is in the ignition and I want to make sure this is not the case with...

Hi all, I've had my m1028 for a few months now. Since I've had it, I could always feel a barely perceptible wobble in the steering wheel at about exactly 45mph. a couple weeks ago, going down the road at about 35, I hit a bump and it went into a death wobble. Since that time, it has...

The backup lights don't seem to be working correctly now in my m1028. When I put the truck in reverse, the backup lights come on for a second or two, and then they go out. If I put it back in park and then back in reverse, the lights will again come on for one or two seconds, and then go out...

I want to keep the pintle hitch on my m1028, as I eventually intend on getting a 101A2 trailer, but I also want to add a regular 2" receiver as I will need it for hauling other trailers and things. My original intention was to either simply weld a 2" receiver tube directly onto the bottom of...

Well, a friend rode with me to pick up my CUCV last night and I have to said I couldn't be more happy. The truck is in great shape and runs perfectly. The seller, was awesome and knows these trucks inside and out and was very helpful and informative. I drove it 4.5 hours home last night with...

Hey guys. I'm close to being ready to sell my current truck - so am getting closer to being ready to buy a cucv. I work in the biology dept. of a university and have noticed that the university police department has two cucvs - one is a 1009 and one is a 1008. I'm wondering if they got them...

Hey guys, I just joined steel soldiers. I became interested in military vehicles about 10 years ago now (time flies) when I was doing some archeological surveys at Fort Pickett in Virginia. That base is pretty big and has some really remote areas and they issued us a couple of trucks, one of...