Search results

Sorry, that was 6 years ago. Long gone.

You can totally walk on it. I often use the top of the truck as mobile scaffolding, recently to paint my house with a brush & roller. I have (3) 100W flexible solar panels up there screwed into the plywood with battens, but for scaffolding I throw a blanket over them & then another piece of...

Sorry I didn't take any pics while I was doing it, and now there's not much to see. The driver's side with the DiBond is smooth & white like shower board, while the pass side is still stock. But the DiBond barely gets warm in the sun while the stock side could cook a pancake. For the ceiling, I...

Replacing the interior aluminum with DiBond made such a difference in heat conduction, the work was worth it just for that (still passenger-side wall to go, but the difference is obvious). That aluminum sheet does not come out without a fight tho, the interior corners are doubled and the upper...

Well, Chevymike's insulation is in a lot better shape than mine was, and my M1010 only has 20K miles. I've been replacing the stock bagged fiberglass with 1.5" rockwool & sheathing the inside with R2 DiBond (half the box done now). The plastic vapor barrier on the original insulation had rodent...

Wow, ya it's been almost 11 years and still just as ignorant! Har The M1009 has been my daily driver the whole time. Soon after this original post, I installed a rebuilt IP with the "1.2 cSt." It is a little harder to start in below-zero temps than my other 6.2 diesel snowplow truck, but this...

Hey Kamikaze, i've got that EXACT same sofabed, mounted in the same spot in my m1010! Except I kept the bench & bolted it to the top. Is that a bathroom foreward of the sofabed? I'd be interested in seeing some pics of how you worked that out...

Is that a slide-out??? or just a gaint box? That's nuts. Looks like he's converted to dually axles too. Interesting roof idea, maybe I can find the roof off an old VW Westfalia....

I'm in the pencil & paper stage of raising the roof on mine. I don't want to weaken the wall studs/top plate, so my plan (someone, talk me down!) is to: 1. remove the rivets & skin on the roof 2. supporting the roof from inside with (4) ceiling jacks, sawzall thru the rafters & ridgebeam flush...

I think DeadParrot is on track with SteelRubber.com, and NyOffRoad with AUVECO, looks like they will have products that will work even if not the exact same profile. Maybe even room for improvement! Thanks to everyone who PM'd me about picking up the ambo stretchers etc. I'm taking things apart...

I'm talking about the seals for the ambulance doors. I doubt I'll find them at LMC.

Hey y'all, just bought this cherry m1010 on Fleabay! Only 18K mi, no rust anywhere. After the usual replacement of rubber parts & fluids, along with a radiator & water pump, she is on the road. This may scandalize a few folks, but I bought it with the intention of making it into a camper (I'm...

Upper intake gasket usually comes with injection return line replacement kits, which you need anyway. You want to replace all the injection return lines & replace the glow plugs on the passenger side before you mount the turbo, because they will be totally inaccessible after. Use some heat...

Are you looking for the gaskets to install the turbo (only 2: exhaust manifold-to-turbo & turbo oil outlet), or are you rebuilding the turbo? I rebuilt my GM-3 and it was a big PITA, lots of little parts. If I had to do it over I would send it out for a rebuild. Either way, you can get rebuild...

Sure, entire body is fine, maybe one with good roof & bad deck if that exists, since I only want the top. I have a car-hauler double-axle trailer, i'll come get it. PM me with price/options.

Hey Cucvrus, I'm building an M1010 camper right now & was thinking of doing exactly what you proposed with the roof -- cutting out the center and adding the upper 10" from a donor box, on top of the side headers. I'm in southern NY and PA is not a long hike for me. Do you have a roof you could...

Aha, so it prevents the valley from filling up like a bathtub in case the IP leaks. I didn't see it's opening in the valley (which confused me), but it must be plugged with goo. So still have a little work to do. Thanks, Doghead!

Bought this '84 6.2 J-code motor recently, but I've never seen one with this little tube behind the flexplate before. It runs from between the oil-galley plugs to the outside of the block near the oil cooler fittings, and the end is open. Is this an air intake for the "PCV" system? If so, it...

No visible damage to the #1 cylinder wall, so I was HOPING for a slightly better outcome. But at least it's back on the road and power feels about the same. Oh yes, I have a block heater. Here in upstate NY it will be below zero pretty soon.

First off, my compression gauge is a cheapo, and I don't think very accurate as far as numbers go, but it is consistent. #1 (damaged) cyl reads 200psi; all other cyls fall between 250-300 psi. I believe the spec is 400. But it runs fine.