Re: M1009 CUCV problem - stuck starter

From: Jeff Hain-Matson (flmv@flmv.net)
Date: Sun Mar 19 2006 - 07:21:42 PST


A lot quicker to reach up under the dash and pull the starter relay. (It is
worth the time ANY CUCV owner / operator to familiarize them selves with
this relay. I have seen this problem on 3 blazers, and one pickup
personally, and heard of it on about 15 more. This problem is not going
away!!)

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:48 AM
Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] M1009 CUCV problem

> Sounds like starter solenoid. Happen to my 1009 when my wife tried to > start > it last summer. Mine shorted.... horn started blowing....flywheel started > spinning faster and faster...battery cables started smoking and > melting....sounded like doomsday with the horn going off. Of course my > wife > sat there with her mouth open saying "but all I did was start it". The > horn > stopped going off and I fought the urge to start running like it might > explode except my wife who was still frozen behind the wheel might take a > dim view of that choice. Finally got hood open and cut battery cables > before fire broke out....whew.. exciting Sunday morning. > > > > "Stu" Southern, NH USA > "Live Free Or Die; Death Is Not The Worst Of Evils" > MVPA #14790 > 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer > 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On > Behalf > Of Mark B. Anderson > Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2006 10:33 AM > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List > Subject: *SPAM* [MV] M1009 CUCV problem > > Hi all, > > went to start my M1009 this morning. > ok manual glowed plugs truck turned over but never started tried again and > then there was smoke. lifted hood both batteries were melting and the > wires > were on fire. > > ok what happened anyone else ever had this happen? to me seems like > something stuck with shorting the 24 volt? > any ideas on what to look for or replace first?? > > any help here would be great. > > > Mark Anderson > Anderson & Anderson Airsoft > Anderson & Anderson Surplus > Anderson & Anderson Investigations > www.aaairsoft.ca and www.aasurplus.ca > Prairie Command Member - MVPA Member #25472 > M.C.C. Canada Member #3203 > ARMORED M75 APC > '56 GMC M-220 - 2-'70 Kaiser M35A2 > '78 BMW 728 ARMORED > '84 M1009 and '85 M1008 > "Your Full Line Military Surplus/Arms Dealer" > 208 Hwy 16 West > Box 692 > Neepawa, MB R0J1H0 > > > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> > To reach a human, contact <ackyle@gmail.com> > Visit the searchable archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/ > > > > ===Mil-Veh is a member-supported mailing list=== > To unsubscribe, send e-mail to <mil-veh-off@mil-veh.org> > To reach a human, contact <ackyle@gmail.com> > Visit the searchable archives at http://www.mil-veh.org/archives/ > >



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