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If I get around to replacing mine with three separate valves, you can have mine. If you can wait that long...it's been on the list for a few years.
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I got the 32-inch Extreme Weld-On thumb. I haven't seens any reason to go bigger, but then I have not put a lot of hours on it. Works fine for picking up logs and rocks. If I were using it all the time I might go with something fancier like an Amulet hoe clamp or a hydraulic unit.Quick Q on the thumb from Titan, what size did you go with and having used it now would you go larger , smaller stay the same? Thanks
Not sure what it's supposed to be for, but I bought large shackles a while back that will go on there for towing/extraction purposes.Anybody know what this substantial lump found right there in the middle might be?
That was my assumption that it is time for a rebuild. The kits are available so here I go! Next is whether or not to keep the alcohol system or go to an air drier setup with a purge valve. It looks like it is about the same money as buying a new Mog set-up. Of course I am sure it will take some engineering to work out how to get it working right too.My HMMH has started doing that, on and off. I strongly suspect that the regulator is dirty. It's not an obstruction downstream, that I checked for.
Normally there shouldn't be any air escaping until pressure is built up in the system, but as mentioned, sometimes that unloader valve just "puffs" air out, which makes it take a very long time to reach the set pressure.
I suppose I should fix it before winter, should 4WD be needed.
You may not need the alky system. I've been running without one on the Summer SEE ever since I "borrowed" the parts to put on the Winter SEE. Not that it's been used all that much in below freezing temps, but still.That was my assumption that it is time for a rebuild. The kits are available so here I go! Next is whether or not to keep the alcohol system or go to an air drier setup with a purge valve. It looks like it is about the same money as buying a new Mog set-up. Of course I am sure it will take some engineering to work out how to get it working right too.
I live up at 8000 ft in the Uinta Mountain in Utah so I am going to need something to keep the water out. I will look back in the thread...You may not need the alky system. I've been running without one on the Summer SEE ever since I "borrowed" the parts to put on the Winter SEE. Not that it's been used all that much in below freezing temps, but still.
I think peakbagger has the air dryer setup figured out. Try searching for "air dryer" in this thread.
Maybe. You have me beat by some 500 feet.I live up at 8000 ft in the Uinta Mountain in Utah so I am going to need something to keep the water out. I will look back in the thread...
Maybe. You have me beat by some 500 feet.
I do like the idea of going with an air direr with purge but dealing with all the metric to AN to SAE fittings, hard lines, CARC paint all seems like an alternative to waterboarding. That being said I think from my limited understanding of the drier set-up, the trailer tank could be used as the purge tank. I would place the drier where the regulator and Alc Injector are. For the price those are going for I could be ahead $400 before even opening a fitting.I have the parts for an air dryer install but still haven't installed them as I park the SEE in the winter. Too many projects.
If you are planning to use the SEE in near freezing temps you need either an air dryer or alcohol injection. Plenty of simple alcohol injectors available instead of buying the OEM, the biggest hassle is figuring which thread adaptors are needed. I did get a suggestion that I might have issues installing the air dryer where the alcohol injector and pressure regulator is located as its is too close to the engine and could cause the air to be too hot. The air dryer has a pressure regulator built into it.
Since I don't use the trailer brakes, I think I could remove the alcohol injector, air pressure regulator, trailer brake air tank and a boatload of fittings by installing the air dryer/regulator where the trailer brake air tank resides. I would still need a high pressure purge tank but would plumb it up for it to sit where the tool box buried down at the back of the cab resides (later SEEs apparently don't have this toolbox?). I wish I had more documentation or understanding of what pressure air the dryer needs for a purge as it sure would be a lot easier to just tap it off the remaining air tank. Installing the dryer near the air tanks would also increase the distance between the engine air compressor and the dryer would help cool the air down but would leave a low point in the air lines, so I might still need a manual bleed valve to drain the low spot.
That should be one problem that's easy to fix. It's not a matter of the distance between the engine and dryer that counts, it's the length of the hose between them.I did get a suggestion that I might have issues installing the air dryer where the alcohol injector and pressure regulator is located as its is too close to the engine and could cause the air to be too hot. The air dryer has a pressure regulator built into it.
I have the parts for an air dryer install but still haven't installed them as I park the SEE in the winter. Too many projects.
If you are planning to use the SEE in near freezing temps you need either an air dryer or alcohol injection. Plenty of simple alcohol injectors available instead of buying the OEM, the biggest hassle is figuring which thread adaptors are needed. I did get a suggestion that I might have issues installing the air dryer where the alcohol injector and pressure regulator is located as its is too close to the engine and could cause the air to be too hot. The air dryer has a pressure regulator built into it.
Since I don't use the trailer brakes, I think I could remove the alcohol injector, air pressure regulator, trailer brake air tank and a boatload of fittings by installing the air dryer/regulator where the trailer brake air tank resides. I would still need a high pressure purge tank but would plumb it up for it to sit where the tool box buried down at the back of the cab resides (later SEEs apparently don't have this toolbox?). I wish I had more documentation or understanding of what pressure air the dryer needs for a purge as it sure would be a lot easier to just tap it off the remaining air tank. Installing the dryer near the air tanks would also increase the distance between the engine air compressor and the dryer would help cool the air down but would leave a low point in the air lines, so I might still need a manual bleed valve to drain the low spot.
The more I look at this the more it seems there would be two requirements. One, you will need another reservoir for the purge function. This can be a smaller tank mounted on the passenger side. Two, you will need a purge governor added into the system to switch the pump to vent to atmosphere for 20-30 seconds minimum for a purge cycle to occur. Our European standard system uses a constant run pump which is NOT well suited to these types of driers. Normally the pump is turned off during the purge cycle, but ours cant do that being mechanically driven direct off the engine.The air system on my FLU uses the trailer brake air tank pressure to run all the air powered accessories, like transmission splitter, 4WD, etc. If you remove that system, you would have to connect the accessory line to the main air tank. I know this is different than the student handout diagram, but unfortunately how mine is rigged.
All Class 8 tractors I've seen work that way, a gear driven compressor feeds the dryer, then the dryer feeds the so-called wet tank, and then pressure gets distributed from it.One, you will need another reservoir for the purge function. This can be a smaller tank mounted on the passenger side. Two, you will need a purge governor added into the system to switch the pump to vent to atmosphere for 20-30 seconds minimum for a purge cycle to occur. Our European standard system uses a constant run pump which is NOT well suited to these types of driers. Normally the pump is turned off during the purge cycle, but ours cant do that being mechanically driven direct off the engine.
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