This one was converted to 12 volt before I picked it up. The M1009 is still original.
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New life for an old GI, 1984 Chevy M1028
- Thread starter kennyw
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I finished bleeding the brakes and drove it out of the shop today... I really need to bolt down the seat though.
I tried out my new power bleeder today. This is much better than any other method I've used in the past. The supplied hardware doesn't hold the cap tight enough but a large C clamp did the trick. And that is $120 worth of DOT 5 brake fluid there.
How’d they do it? I remember there being a variety of ways to do it.
I love my power bleeder. Well worth the money.
I found the front inner seals were leaking because I skipped replacing them since they were not leaking at the time of redoing the king pins... so it all came apart again and it is back together after cleaning out the axle tubes and replacing the seals.
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As soon as you touch it the darn things always seem to start leaking.
I ordered a front Driveshaft tonight and noticed a little transmission fluid on the new transmission pan while i was measuring. Likely leaking from the input shaft seal...
New Driveshaft from Tom Woods arrived and installed today.
Looking at adding some flood lights behind the grill to take the place of the blackout headlight and slave receptacle as nether is functional any longer. I'm not happy with the first attempt using an existing hole.
Second attempt is looking much better.
That looks good!
I always intended on doing that to Big Ugly.
Wired up the new lights repurposing the blackout marker light wiring. Grill is now reassembled.
Working on electrical gremlins. I'm currently seeing a 3.2 mA draw with the key off. Now to start chasing down the source of the problem.
I drug home a tall camper shell for it. I will strip the paint and paint it to match the truck in warmer weather.
A little change in direction. I stumbled upon this S250/G comm shelter on marketplace yesterday. The canopy will come off so this can be used as a camper and Ham Radio shelter instead.
I already have the shelter brackets for the rear of the bed and went on the hunt for one of these front brackets today. I ended up finding a complete set for the M1028 shelter carrier locally. Just have to wait for the guy to get home next week to pick them up.
The shelter is now moved over to free up the trailer.
The black h2 rims are the best
