Pampered Private - M1009

[Honest Bob]

Hey guys I just picked up this pretty nice M1009. It needs a whole lot of little things addressed but runs really nice and has very little rust for my area. It seems to already have had an electric fuel pump, fuel filter, glow plug resistors and starter relay mods done. It came to me with a broken power steering bracket, dead batteries, non working wipers. a hand full of electrical issues, a replacement tailgate, and possibly a coolant leak. So far I have welded up the power steering bracket, charged the batteries (they seem to be holding but I doubt their capability for really cold starting), and gone over the gauge cluster which 75% of the bulbs were not lighting and its ground.

[Honest Bob]

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[Honest Bob]

I've been working on this truck on and off for almost two years now.

• The reverse light switch is back in its home and adjusted.
• Replaced the wiper motor and retrofitted to the electric washer pump tank.
• Reconnected the 4x4 light wires although it seems that I will need to
• check the switch in the np208 because its not turning on.
• Installed an RV license plate holder with built in light.
• Replaced fuel filter.
• Cleaned all the electrical connections on the firewall. Gas gauge started working!
• Newer batteries.
• Replaced the starter solenoid.
• Replaced the rear axle shaft seals and brake shoe that was soaked in gear oil.
• Changed all locks and ignition keyed to something other than the standard CUCV key.
• Lubed the window crank workings.
• Installed new rear window crank and tailgate latch.
• Fixed the horn by installing the fuse for it. (go figure!)
• Replaced the center link to fix the sloppy steering.

[Honest Bob]

New mirrors (originals were loosing the reflective bits), tail light lenses (rockauto had a clearance for $12 for a set!), and I had a new rear driveshaft made after noticing it was slightly tweaked while doing the ujoints. Bonus junk yard photo!

[Honest Bob]

I got tired of the fuel gauge not working and the exhaust leaks. The manifold collector bolts came right off, I was pumped thinking I was in the clear. I had to remove the rear bumper as the fuel tank shield was welded to the trailer hitch by the po, those bolts fought me for a couple hours. The fuel sender was pretty crusty and tested bad. I also cleaned the little fuel wire disconnect connection. I painted the fuel tank with por15 while it was out, tested the fuel gauge and its now working great. The exhaust kit I got was for a v8 blazer from LMC which fit perfect using the original exhaust hangers (except the little muffler brackets that I deamed unessesary) until I got to the tailpipes which ended up way to low, I got them all tucked up with a bit of fab work.

[Honest Bob]

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[LT7A]

Nice work on all the fixes. That thing is cool! I'm trying not to want one and I'm not succeeding right now. Thanks for telling us how you're working through what it needs. Gonna be a great, solid rig for you. Probably already is.

[Honest Bob]

Originally Posted by LT7A

Nice work on all the fixes. That thing is cool! I'm trying not to want one and I'm not succeeding right now. Thanks for telling us how you're working through what it needs. Gonna be a great, solid rig for you. Probably already is.

Thanks! I gotta do some work on the rear brakes next, but yeah its been pretty solid lately.

[LT7A]

Any news on this one? Such a cool rig. Cool to have something that doesn't even want to pretend to be shiny.

[Honest Bob]

The master cyl started leaking on me so Ive replaced that which also seems to have brought the rear brakes back online. Some PB blaster on the parking brake assembly got that working as well.

Other than that I just drive it when I get the chance. Might need some new shocks but I'm really trying to finish up my other projects first.