From: Stu (stuinnh@comcast.net)
Date: Fri Jun 04 2004 - 08:41:37 PDT
Very common problem with CUCV's. One bolt is actually longer than the other
from the factory.
"Stu"
Southern New Hampshire, USA
"Live Free Or Die"
Military Vehicle Preservation Assoc.
Merrimack Valley Military Vehicle Collectors
Green Mountain Military Vehicle Club
Vehicles:
1967 M151A1 Jeep
1964 M416 1/4 Ton Trailer
1986 M1009 CUCV Blazer
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From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of Amnon
Sent: Friday, June 04, 2004 9:20 AM
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Subject: [MV] M1009 started problem
I drove the M1009 yesterday and all was working fine. After returning I
turned
it off on the driveway. Later on I opened the gate to pull it to its usuall
parking place under a roof, but when I tried to start it all I got was a
fast
spinning starter. I thought that maybe the solenoid didn't enguage so I did
it
again and again until the thought came to mind that if the solenoid did
enguage
it wouldn't even spin. Crawled under it to see if I can see anything, and
lo
and behold, the rear bolt (the one towards the rear of the vehicle) wasn't
there
at all. I went and got the right starter bolt from Car-Quest but it didn't
find
any threads to screw in to. I took the other bolt out and it looks like the
missing bolt snapped about 1/4 inch inside the hole on the engine. Looking
at
the new bolt (for those of you who know the bolts) it looked like it snapped
right at the begining of the thread, where the wider part of the bolt
starts.
The hole is so close to the bell housing that I couldn't get any kind of a
drill
bit to go straight in without any angle, unless I can find extra long bits
somewhere. I guess I could thread the wider part of the hole up to the
broken
bolt and use a different (shorter) bolt to secure it, but I am worried that
1/4
inch of thread may not be enough to do the job.
Any thought?
Shalom Ya'll
Amnon Nissan
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