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been using it all summer. got as high as 90% waste oil in summer. a little harder to start when cold. i am back to 25% waste oil now. cleveland weather is crazy this time of year. i am running veggie oil from a cafeteria. i use filter cones from gfs and pour right into my tank.

when you say slid into place, is the j shaped piece supposed to hook around the linkage or does it just ride up and down like a cam?

about 3 weeks ago i was driving down the intersate in my m1008. motor just quit. i thought i ran out of fuel. i know, the gas gauge broke a week earlier. got it towed home. added fuel and tried to start it with no luck. bled it out and still nothing. i squirted a little diesel down the intake...

you are gonna have to bite the bullet and try to find the preformed hose. any 73-87 c-k series truck with a v8 should work...

BTW its 20,000 original miles and is by far the most problematic vehicle i have ever owned!aua

first off, thank god for the internet and my fellow cucv enthusiasts! 1986 m1008 stopped running. had it towed. thought it was a fuel issue. when i pull the pink wire, turn the key to on, and touch the connector i get a spark, but no click. i checked this on my other 2 trucks and it definitely...

welcome to the club!! mine was down for 3 weeks too. i pulled the #2 alternator, took it to a great repair shop and it bench tested fine. ripped the whole friggin dash out, checked all wiring, checked relays, checked fuses, jumped relays, etc....you get the point. at the end my buddy says there...

alright after spending a few more hours looking at anything related to my problem i saw a mention of a relay for the gen2. any ideas on where it is or what it looks like?

sorry nickaru!! i bought one and then had second thoughts and bought the other one off of him the next day. he had a few left when i bought my last one. go to a GM dealer and have him put in that part number. he can tell you the closest place they are available. i think there were a few in iowa...

gen2 light not on at all. checked fuses but i think i am just gonna replace them all. do you know which fuse controls that alternator? truck has 18,000 original miles and has always given me problems. my other 2 are well over 100k and run great...

86 m1008. rear battery not charging. i had passenger alternator bench tested and came back good. reinstalled and still not showing a charge at the battery. i changed the lightbulb too and still no help. fuses look good too. am i missing a fusible link or something? will the alternator still...

gm dealer has them for 14.00 each. just bought 2 of them off of this ebay seller for 5.75 each. quick shipping too. here is item and description... 370491282917 14050445 CONNECTOR PCV VALVE GM 6.2 ENGINES 1982-1987370491282917

buy a coil of 3/16" steel line. it should be a 25 foot coil for around 30 bucks. that will cover fronts and rears from side to side. front to rear is 1/4". buy a few sections and put them together with unions. its super easy to bend steel lines if its a coil.

you gotta watch the flush jobs though. transmission fluid has a lot of detergent in it. when you introduce new fluid to the transmission you risk wiping out the seals. i worked in a few shops that would not warn people and about a week later the transmission was puking from the front pump seal...

stabilizer would be my guess. i sold autoparts for 9 years and gm trucks ate these things up like potato chips. moog brand is around $70.00. you can get a house brand, like federated, for about 30.00. moog is usually lifetime. house brands are 1 year. 5 minute fix. just did my 2 out of 3 trucks...

look for air in fuel line. mine did the same thing. line was rusted back by the tank. try the bleeding procedure and see if it starts and runs again for a little while.

driving with locked hubs will decrease fuel economy too...

i am going to vote on a bad ground.

7mph off at 65. 84 m1009 with 31x10.5 tires. shows 72 and i am really doing 65.

i use diesel 911 every second tankful. as an added bonus i go to lowes and buy the additive that you put into kerosene heaters to scent the room. sometime i smell like a pinecone, sometimes sugar cookies. it all depends on my mood. (and yes i am serious)