From: Wayne Harris (papercu@hotmail.com)
Date: Sun Jul 24 2005 - 10:23:40 PDT
That is because the cargo beds on the M880 and M1009 are not the same. Most
dealers say they will interchange but you will have to modify a bit. Wayne
>From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Subject: Re: [MV] 1008 CUCV top & rails
>Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2005 17:42:45 -0700
>
>Hi Stu,
> There are evidently to styles of those rails with the turnbuttons on
>them. some are
>shorter than the others. I ran into this problem myself.
>
>First find a cargo cover, if you havent't already. Then set it up on the
>ground over a picnic table
>or boxes. secure it to the bows and make things look tight. You will have
>to improvise with
>2x4 s or something.
>
>Now that you have it all mocked up, get the rails and see how they attach
>to the turnbuckles.
>The discrepancies should stick out like a sore thumb.
>
>The first thing to get figured out is the placement of the bow base
>supports relative to the rails.
>You may need to drill new holes in the rails. Once this is done, bolt it
>together, still off the truck.
>
>The next place to look is at the end of each rail where it is next to the
>tail gate.
>You will find that the last turnbutton doesn't line up exactly with the
>last hole on the cover.
>If this is true, I would suggest welding on a little more angle and extend
>it out so that it is
>right at the end of the bed rail, or cut and weld a patch to extend it to
>the end.
>This will make everything nice and tight.
>
>Once this is doneyou will have to mount it on the truck. Before you do,
>measure carefully the
>distance between the turnbutton rails on each side. This will tell you
>where the rails have to be
>placed on the bed sides.
>
>I would suggest getting an 1/8" piece of flat that will fit up under the
>surface of the bed side if
>you will need to drill holes that are to close to the old ones. Secure it
>with some flat head bolts
>after the appropriate counter sinking. Be sure to prime and paint this
>before bolting
>it in place.
>
>Anyway, those are my 2 cents on this.
>Good Luck,
>If that doesn't work, you can always try Sonny's idea......:-)
>Bruce
>
>
>
>Stu wrote:
>
>>Hi all!
>>I have a t/o set of the rails I am missing on my CUCV. They are not the
>>same rails taken off. The holes on the truck from the old rails, do not
>>line up with where the holes are on the new rails. Is that common? The
>>new
>>rails don't line up with where the old top bow hinge was. Should I have
>>to
>>drill new holes in the rails?
>>
>> "Stu" Southern NH, USA
>>"Live Free Or Die"
>>
>>MVPA #14790
>>
>>1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer 1985 M1008 CUCV
>>Pickup
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