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What are your favorite cucv upgrades?If we keep it sweet and simple it will be easier for people searching.
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Ill start with the doghead starter relay mod.
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Glowplug Relay resistor bypass
Depending on your uses, an overdrive transmission.
Depending on your uses, an overdrive transmission.
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cucv spin on fuel filter.
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cucv headlight wireing harness upgrade
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Spin on fuel filter, oil pressure gauge, tachometer, and straight piped exhaust. Resistor bypass, power ports in cab, And lots of off road lights. Stereo with plenty of speakers
One I have not done are engine, trans, and exhaust temp gauges. Then turn up the injection pump.
Great thread thanks
One I have not done are engine, trans, and exhaust temp gauges. Then turn up the injection pump.
Great thread thanks
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Overdrive transmission, preferably a 4L80E using aftermarket controller. In the future..yes to the lockup torque converter and 25% OD.
Air conditioning has been my favorite. My SECM needed a rear view camera, that has saved my bumper. Civy hitch.
I'm still rocking the original fuel filter, this is a two stage with water indicator. Nothing wrong with the design, in fact it is better than a single stage spin on.
Air conditioning has been my favorite. My SECM needed a rear view camera, that has saved my bumper. Civy hitch.
I'm still rocking the original fuel filter, this is a two stage with water indicator. Nothing wrong with the design, in fact it is better than a single stage spin on.
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Tilt steering column with intermittent wipers and a serious stereo, amp and speakers setup.
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Don't forget to replace the harmonic balancer
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And just as important as the DH relay mod, etc. already listed
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What about Horse head relay? I laughed when I seen this is a box of CUCV parts I bought from a guy that sold his M1028. He had a lot of NOS stuff and this was the funniest part I seen. The horse head relay 1st Cav. Most of the parts he had were door parts and some brackets for alternators and starters. Since I use these relays I will add it as a spare in my parts. It is an original GM one and still works I plugged it in and tried it. Great find. It did give my Son and I a great big laugh.
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- H4 headlights
- Headlight harness
- Sound deadening (inside, underhood)
- Bigger fuel tank
- LED lighting on everything but the headlights (exterior, blackout drive light, dash-board)
- Tint
- AM/FM radio-stereo with an aux jack.
- Group 31 batteries
- Higher output alternators (>150Amp, better for fast charge on short errands)
- Spin-on fuel filter
- AC60G, with 24-to-12V regulator replacing ballast resistor
- Manual glow override switch as a backup (with a working glow controller as a primary)
- Better horn (I mean come on...
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LED lighting on everything but the headlights (exterior, blackout drive light, dash-board)
I got to ask. Why not LED head lamps? Am I seeing so much better at night with them that I am missing something? I had to ask why?
I got to ask. Why not LED head lamps? Am I seeing so much better at night with them that I am missing something? I had to ask why?
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tim292stro do you have a write up on 24-to 12v regulator set-up.which replaces the ballast resistor reducing volts to GP solenoid?With picts.
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I will be doing this to the new M1009 when I'm past some other issues - it'll be in my thread for that truck but I'll link it back here.
Material cost is about $260, so it's not a "cheap" change - but most of my projects can be priced around $250 each, which makes it easier to do installments
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Where can you find higher output alternators, I have actually been looking for isolated ground 150Amp alts.
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You have to go to a different case (like 28SI), or have them re-wound. For the M1009 I'm talking to a vendor who is custom winding me a pair of 250Amp isolated ground 28SI alternators - I never expect to run >200Amps ever (VERY hard on a single belt), but the extra design headroom means I won't be stressing the components as hard. Really the rectifiers are the part I worry about the most in an alternator - getting an alternator that can do 25% more than my expected peak load means it'll never be in danger of burning up (and it'll be fused for 225A). 
For my XM1027 build, I'm using a MRAP 450A 28.8v alternator.
For my XM1027 build, I'm using a MRAP 450A 28.8v alternator.
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