Cucv mods

[@derkdiggler4634]

OUTSTANDING!! grand video!!

[@9076723311]

I've had a dozen of these cucv trucks and blazers. Nice rigs. Easy to go from 24v to 12v or a combination of both. I throw those voltage reducers in the garbage immediately!

[@christianterry2197]

Definitely recommend doing the doghead starter relay mod before anything. My m1008 near caught fire because of a runaway starter. Melted a whole bunch of wires, ended up replacing a bunch of stuff. Just now having problems with the fuel and having to bleed it every time I start her up so I'm going ahead and doing the spin on fuel filter conversion. It'd be cool if you made more videos, I've seen a lot of cucv videos and this is definitely a good one man.

[@jeepguy220]

i have a 1986 m1008 dont know how to get 24 volts my batteries are hooked up 12 volt. barely starts. less than knowledgeable people have messed with wiring. i want to make a dependable truck, can you shed more info on these trucks

[@sethtaylorm925]

Those resistors are same I use for my wind turbine, you can get them from any wind turbine dealer, but your correct, I wouldn't use them, there are plenty of 24v to 12v converters that plenty safe to use.

[@lastmanstanding6081]

It seems to be a one wire swap

[@cometboston737]

She's a smooth starter

[@harleymutt8542]

Great job and thank you!

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Thanks for watching! Please check out my other videos!!

[@12gageracing56]

Do you know anything about the wait light almost never going off? All I did to my m1009 was put leds everywhere except the wait light socket and gen 1 and 2 sockets, when it’s running it just goes dim I don’t get it.

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Id say either the led bulbs are making it mad or your glow plug card is having issues..i have a push button for the glow plugs and no more wait light.. are you sure the glow pligs are working or is it hard to cold start?

[@12gageracing56]

Last man standing she’s a hard starter during the winter time and at the point the light worked, now it’s kinda just stays on, I put in all of the new led’s, different glow plug relay even tho it ain’t the one everyone said to get because as soon as I bolted it on my truck it would start, put the other one I bought on that was labeled start solenoid and it worked! I charged my batteries and put new terminals on as well but somewhere in all of that chaos that light decided it wanted to stay on idk what it is, it starts better than ever but that light bothers me, I want to do the mod that you did and I have the spin on filter to do next but that light... I hate it

[@MrWillydawg]

Is it hard to take those resistors off? Discharge stored power or anything?

[@lastmanstanding6081]

You dont actually have to remove them you just eliminate the power wire to it from the 24v bar on the drivers side

[@christianterry2197]

I've seen some people take those resisters and make door handles out of them.

[@lastmanstanding6081]

That's because they are too little to be boat anchors LOL

[@trentslvis4332]

Question!. Are the starters 24 volt?, or are they 12 volts???.

[@lastmanstanding6081]

The starter is the only 24 volt powered item on the truck these resistors dumb it down to 12 volts for the glow plug system

[@kennyclark4510]

Just come off the last battery + an you have 12 volt ..put a fuse link..Bam Pawpaw

[@hongmihnhahn7081]

Sorry my bad English can u explain one more? You meant that you removed the resistor and then connected directly plugs to 12v battery . This will remove the lag of starting. Is it right?

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Removing the resistor eliminates a fire hazzard. Jumping the glow plugs is for when the relay is going bad. You do not leave the cable connected. My resistor failed on my and then the relay failed from getting 24v from the resistor.

[@mattlane2282]

@@lastmanstanding6081 fire hazard? lol your plugs were stuck on... that resistor is ONLY active when the plugs are... That relay does not care what voltage it sees, the ass head... i mean dog head relay... is a MOWER relay that is 12 volt rated that has 24V going though it lol. All mine have the resistor never had a problem...

[@lastmanstanding6081]

@@mattlane2282 the plugs arent stuck on with a manual switch....

[@lastmanstanding6081]

What happened was is the glow plug solenoid went bad and it fried the resistors. The glow plugs are a 12v which dont need 24v to run them eliminating the need to do so. Respectfully.

[@mattlane2282]

@@lastmanstanding6081 first the resistor failed and caused the relay to fail now the relay failed and caused the resistor to fail... the thing aint a fire hazard and works fine... telling people to do a push button is dangerous... swelled plugs can really ruin your day. I know what the plugs are, how the card works, etc... removing the resistor kills the card, push button is asking for swelling... but to call it a fire hazard.. the only real hazard is the start relay...

[@ethanevenson1037]

Man did this video just come in handy. Literally just had this issue come up!

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Hope it helped, what issue did you have?

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Lots of good information here. Learned from necessity unfortunately

[@ethanevenson1037]

@@lastmanstanding6081 those resistors behind the air cleaner started to smoke real bad.

[@lastmanstanding6081]

@@ethanevenson1037 were you able to bypass them and have the truck work again?

[@ethanevenson1037]

@@lastmanstanding6081 haven't even took it apart yet. Just saw it smoking and started to do some research. Will attempt when I get a chance!

[@ivaneljuga6474]

The altenator wires melt What it may be

[@prestochange0]

Hi I have a Cucv as well and I have a question. I went to a guy to fix my lights because I had to run the high beams because my regular beam kept blowing out. So this guy put my truck to run on 12v instead of 24v he said it was blowing out the lights. But now I have a slow start and problem with getting enough power to fire it on. He worked on the alternators, new motor for my starter. New little piggie that chrome part on on the motor wall. So my question is should I switch it back to 24v?

[@lastmanstanding6081]

The only part of the truck that sees 24v is the starter and the balast resistors. Your low beams should not be effected. The rest of the truck including all yhe lighting is still 12v

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Hard starts can be a few different things. A burnt glow plug relay or air in the fuel line are the most suspect. You can jump the glow plug relay from the 12v side of the battery or use a voltmeter to test it for power. Your lights and your " ignition" system are not really reliant on one another

[@lastmanstanding6081]

I think the guy who messed woth your truck bullshit you a little

[@prestochange0]

@@lastmanstanding6081 I wish I could change it back and not wait till the guy has anything else to do with my truck. I love thing but I have a feeling is something simple. I just learned that if I turn the key to wait for the wait light. The two bottom left lights are not both on. Only the bottom left not the right on the dashboard. I have battery light bright as can be. But there is not power to push the ignition on.

[@lastmanstanding6081]

@@prestochange0 so the truck does not turn over anymore?

[@matthewfredrickmfkrz1934]

make a bypass switch? Between 12/24 would be cool

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Matthew FredrickMFKRZ what do you mean?

[@matthewfredrickmfkrz1934]

Last man standing the voltages or the bypass for if you need 12v or that thing catches fire again... No needing to remove and add wire just put a (xor?) switch in the engine bay or go wild and wire that Mfkr to the cabin for on the fly electrical bypassing LoL I kinda have no idea what I'm talking about sorry

[@lastmanstanding6081]

Matthew FredrickMFKRZ you bypass it by removing it...inky the starter needs the 24v. This is all ran to the glow plugs which is 12v theres no need for a dumbed down 24 to 12v to power 12v when you can just have it 12v

[@matthewfredrickmfkrz1934]

I think the 24 is just nice to have for pwr... IDK I don't have one 🤤my dad listens to some old drag racer on KZbin and one time I overheard him say something about racing a "window licking fucktard"... I think this may be one of those instances but on the internet my apologies for you... I'm the fucktard no offense

[@thrall-hu5ug]

How the hell does that engine start so easily lol

[@lastmanstanding6081]

thrall 1765 its how its supposed to start.....if it didnt start this easily i would suspect bad glow plugs or relay...maybe a poor lift pump..or air in the fuel line

[@thrall-hu5ug]

Well that’s the nicest starting 6.2 I’ve heard yet. I’ve been looking at a M1008 and your vid has given me hope. Better than any new vehicles!

[@lastmanstanding6081]

thrall 1765 if you get rid of the poor engineering parts the factory put on it they become really reliable. The must do parts would be a manual gow plug switch...new glow plug relay and a spin on oil filter. I also recommend the starter relay mod. This will keep the starter from run on problems. When these mods have been made it becomes.ine of the most reliable things ever...all for less than a new car payment. If i had to do it all over again i would. Theres also a conversion from 24 to 12v systems but beyone the starter everything else is 12v so i see no reason to mess with that stuff

[@thrall-hu5ug]

Right on I’ve been doing my due diligence researching the modifications and that seems to be the perfect setup. Maybe you could do a walk around briefly pointing these out in one video for other folks. Very informative! Thank you!

[@lastmanstanding6081]

thrall 1765 all of these are documented on "steelsoldiers" forum..anything you could ever want to know about these is on there, i actually have been using mine to deliver pizzas in for the last year....but the truck has been in the family for about 6 years now..best investment ever

[@kylelaya2722]

When the resistor‘ s were bad did it not turn over

[@lastmanstanding6081]

no it fried the glow plug relay instantly