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Need a little advise on were to look for the problem I have. The right Brake light does not work. Turn signal is fine. which means that the wiring front to rear is fine My problem is is it in the steering colum or some where else? Left side is fine.

Snorkle How do do this? I need this for flood season.

Just replaced the starter. Ended up checking and replacing in and out twice. Selinoid wire shorted to the main cable. When you put the neg. back on it tried to start. but the problem and it runs now

Rewire and ngetting new starter ready to go in. Hope to start it in a couple of days.

Thank you thats is what I thought. With the starter smelling like burnt wiring it si time to rebiuld the whle system it looks like.aua

Ok have problems with gen 1 or something. The gen 1 light stays on when ignition is off. Unplug gen 1 it goes out. looks to be the diode pack. Any Ideas?? Has it happened to anyone else??

working on starter selinoid toast

WELL we have the starter back in. But the front battery is dead (3.5 volts). About my son he is 30 years old and working as a sports car mechanic. Me I worked as a mechanic for 50 years on heavy equipment and in truck design for KW and Peterbilt in the test facility in Burlingto, WA.

Just getting ready for son to help me with starter

If I could find military radios to cover all the frequencies I need I would stay 24 volt. But they cost more than a new radio. But if I have to it is change everything to 12v with a new starter and glow plugs.

If I can keep the 2nd Alternator and put a deep cycle charged by it only for the radios. I have at times had to work with search and rescue here in the mountains. The vehicle will be joined by a M1008 for hauling later.

Funny thing is that I know where an old B model is sitting right now. The series parallel in the trucks I worked on worked great.

In the 80's I used to work on heavy equipment. Most of it was old and had Series Parallel switches. Start of 24 run on 12. It worked well when you had charged batteries. 24 volts gives you more starting power with less current. That being with less heat and smaller wire can be used. I have...

Reason is this truck going to be a radio truck. The radios I use are all 12 volt. Also puting a yellow warning light on top. Probably a inverter also.

OK I know that the batteries are wired in series but has anyone tried a series parallel switch out of a big truck in a cucv?