I made my own alignment pins using a pair of spacers from a TV wall mount kit that were just under 1/2" OD x 1" long. Then used a 1/4-20 x 1.5" carriage bolt and ground the head down to match the spacer. They did the trick.
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1985 Chevy M1009
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Nice M1009! Did that new heater core help at all? Did you feel a difference? If you need alternator part numbers let me know.
Wish I could convince my wife into selling her Traverse and getting a M1009… Her traverse only gets 15-18mpg with her 80mph interstate speeds. With 3.08 gears, you should be getting 20-24mpg?
Any future plans for a turbo?
Wish I could convince my wife into selling her Traverse and getting a M1009… Her traverse only gets 15-18mpg with her 80mph interstate speeds. With 3.08 gears, you should be getting 20-24mpg?
Any future plans for a turbo?
The new heater core helped stop the leak but hasn't been used yet otherwise. I've only been driving it in nice weather with the top of this summer so far.
I do have an ATS turbo on the shelf that is likely going on this one with a 4L80E and 3.73 or 4.10 gears in the axles.
I do have an ATS turbo on the shelf that is likely going on this one with a 4L80E and 3.73 or 4.10 gears in the axles.
Oooooo. Please share pics of the ATS kit you have!
I don't have it in a spot easy to get photos at the moment but I'll look and see if I can find the ones I took a while back.
This thing hasn't been charging lately. I pulled the new alternator installed by a shop for the PO and it failed the test. So a new one is on the way from DB electrical. I'm also replacing the heater blower motor as well. That quit over the summer.
I just changed my blower motor, the motor was correct but I used my old fan, the one that came with it was to long by about a inch and a half.
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Shiney parts go on the bottom, right?
From the looks of the stuff around it, it won't be shiny for long 
The old transmission pan was the worst leak but the others will get fixed once the M1028 is back on the road and I don't need this one as back up.
A couple days ago I pulled the dash and gauge cluster for access to chase the heater blower not getting power and to get things cleaned up and dash lights working no lighting was functional except one intermittent bulb on the speedo.
I ended up finding the fuse block partially melted at the heater fuse, I ran a new wire with appropriate 20A fuse to bypass the failure. The blue mirror is working well again.
I then polished the clear gauge cover and installed LEDs. Had fun playing the polarity game and ended up switching the generator lights back to incandescent, I don't think they work with low resistance LEDs.
I ended up finding the fuse block partially melted at the heater fuse, I ran a new wire with appropriate 20A fuse to bypass the failure. The blue mirror is working well again.
I then polished the clear gauge cover and installed LEDs. Had fun playing the polarity game and ended up switching the generator lights back to incandescent, I don't think they work with low resistance LEDs.
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Uga duga
The lense came out nice!
I use a plastic headlight polish kit. It works fairly well.
More pics.
Racking up the miles on this one.
Time for a new u joint. The last drive had a little vibration on the way home from the office. Luckily, I wasn't driving far or fast.
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New shocks all around finally. This was long overdue. The rears were still original from 1985 while the fronts were the newish pair I pulled off my M1028 when it was lifted but they were cheap and nothing great.
Today's project. Adding the tan soft top for summer.
The best mod for a blazer!
Ensuring went together well except the joint on the header panel. They drilled the holes wrong and the spacing is off a bit leaning a spot in the top, front, center that will leak. I'll have to see if I can get a new header panel to fix it.
I also painted the hardware that bolts to the body with a black primer to cut down on the shiney.
I also painted the hardware that bolts to the body with a black primer to cut down on the shiney.
However, it does look good on there.
