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My son and I are in the midst of a full on front axle rebuild on his M1009. Ran into a question regarding the proper depth of the needle bearings that are pressed into the spindles - after looking through the TMs I cannot for the life of me find what the proper depth should be in order to allow...

Everybody, in an attempt to keep my son from being bored, I figured we would tackle what seemed like a simple project - putting the jack, the lug wrench, and the jack handle in his truck as it is supposed to be stored. Like I said, seemed like a simple enough job. If anyone has some photos...

My son and I have been trying to figure out why his M1009 has lost it's ability to fast idle/advance the pump when cold. When we purchased the truck, the old thermal switch was stuck closed and the truck idled fast with advanced pump timing all the time. Fast forward, we replaced the thermal...

Driving around tonight after getting our no start condition resolved, my son and I noticed that the dashboard seemed a little dim in spots. In looking at the TM part manual, it looks like the IP uses both 194 and 168 bulbs. Can anyone tell me what locations use what bulb? I also noticed that...

Today was rather chiller here in Michigan and I am trying to diagnose a "no start" condition on my newly acquired 1986 M1009. Seems as though it is the glow plug system. I have been going through the glow plug diagnosis manual and have found that I have 24V coming out of the ballast resistor...

Well I finally went ahead and purchased a M1009 - a 1986 with 49,000 miles. My boys and I are going to fix it up and treat it like a father and son project. In any event, we are going to start with the simple fluid/filter changes and progress from there. The vehicle is in decent...

I am currently looking at a 1986 M1009 and was wondering what the military vehicle ID means. Here is the information on the placards: Left side = DIV W I-382 Right side = HQ 83 Thanks.