Recent content by Droolguy

There is a difference between off road camping and living out of your rig long term. The extra space goes a long way.

Also, thanks for the link to that project, it's almost exactly what I plan on doing, only difference is popouts (hopefully).

Yea I got that once I started digging into what you used for a parts vehicle, judging by the quote you probably read my response before I figured out what was in a 915. I will give serious consideration to going this route, as I am no stranger to turning wrenches. Any specific reason you...

Nope, I don't know much about large diesel engines other than what I can read. I am assuming I would need to buy a big cam as what I had read on the NHC250 is that they are *not* easily convertible to big cam engines and most people recommended just buying a used one and refurbish because unless...

That's the frame rails themselves and not the bumper caps included on the ends? Also, suppose I could swap in a Big Cam Cummins, but I am trying to stay away from engine swaps out the gate as they easily add $10-20k when all is said and done. If I was going to swap, I think I would still go the...

First off, AFAIK, no state bans onroad use of surplus military trucks, and there is no precedent that I know of nor push to do it. Not even California bans them. They are road legal trucks no different than anything else on the road in their weight class. Second, a commercial camper isn't going...

900 series. Specifically the CTA refresh just before they swapped to the FMTV. I don't like the FMTV C7 engines, and the NHC 250 is a bit of a slug.

Looking to build a Class A style offroad R.V. when I sell my house for full time living in. Anyone know the functional difference in length between an expando and a xlong cargo 5 ton frame? They are both listed as being on the xlong frame, but the cargo looks longer behind the rear wheels and...

Thanks for the quick response.

Just pulled my passenger side alternator to replace it, I noticed there is a small battery like cylinder bolted to the back with a wire and ring running to one of the posts that is not on the replacement alternator. Pic https://imgur.com/a/xyww5HW If someone could identify what it is, and what...

All you would need to do is place a resistor in the circuits so that it mimicked a standard incandescent I believe. It's something that's required in a lot of things that were originally designed for incandescent lightbulbs.

Nevermind, I found an old thread about complete LED light conversions in the dash, people say that the Gen lights stay lit all the time so it does not work.

I know that the bulbs are required for alternator operation, and that they are prone to burning out. Anyone ever put in some modern LED bulbs since they virtually never burn out? I know their resistance is a lot lower than a normal incandescent, but would the exciter circuit really care?

...and now I feel stupid. So many threads on SS just had the link to when it was hosted at rosc, didn't even think to check the stickies to see if SS had a copy hosted here. Thanks.

Thanks, the second link does look like what I remember, but is quite difficult to read/print due to the gaudy background and blue text, I ended up copy and pasting it into word so it was a bit less painful to look at. Hopefully someone can post up the original .pdf and I will just host it free...