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Guy, The Army spent a lot of money "figuring" out a lot of things. Doesn't always mean it was right, just meant it fit in the budget. I know that in the late 80's early 90's they converted to using 15W-40 diesel oil in all of their reciprocating engines. It was found to have the additives needed...

You really need to think of it realistically. The motor is toast so trying to justify using top grade diesel oil in it now is like bolting the door after the horse has has left the barn. You can go with a straight grade heavier oil like a 40 wt and hope for the best but nothing you do is going...

Has anyone ever done this test with the older 002-003 sets?

Ok, So that is actually one set of points that connects the one side to the other when they come together. Without seeing the rest of the assembly it is hard to tell what is connecting to what but it looks to me like that setup is connecting the circuit on the left to the circuit on the right...

RIP? :ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: I NEED one of those mini's!!!!

I am guessing that unit was loaded on your trailer with a forklift judging by the width of the tires and fenders. You got a fork to get it off? I have a couple of those heaters, that was a bad deal for me since one I kind of got running using parts from the other but I basically would consider...

I would think the normal green coolant will be just fine. I don't think liner cavitation is an issue with these engines which is what the SCT is needed for. As far as the broken valve just get a wrench and take the whole valve out and replace it.

Soot is carbon and carbon is conductive so I can see where there could be all kinds of issues with contacts and switches.

But what is your oil pressure gauge reading? And like Ray said, did you try holding the arm up to see if it stays running and I would ad to that to closely monitor the oil pressure gauge while doing it. The other sensor that can shut it down is the overheat sensor. I think that one would be more...

Was your oil pressure staying steady and at a reasonable pressure or was it very low at the time? Will it start when cold but do this when warmed up? Sounds like an oil pressure issue to me. You have checked the oil level haven't you?

I admire the skill and patience of you guys that can take these electronics apart and make them work. AND track down replacements!! Icesythe7, I now understand why you are always wanting to put the replacement meters and senders in. LOL.

Remember, those people in the military did not have to pay for the parts they were pulling out of the parts supply. And the manuals were written for guys right out of high school with very little or even no experience working on equipment. It is much easier to tell them to replace it than to...

There is a lesson to be learned here, don't overthink things. We have all done it. I still do at times and then I say wait a minute, Sit down and clear the slate and start over here. Sometimes you get laser focused on something and you do not look at your options.

You are correct, if the sender is out of spec and it is 9.00 them replace it. BUT, you are expecting $9.00 senders and $25.00 meters to do the jobs of $50.00 senders and $500.00 meters and that is simply not going to happen. The gauges on these units tell the operator it is working...

You are headed in a bad direction with the oil!!!!!! I wish I had gotten to you before you drained the old oil. You really needed to have that oil sent out and analyzed and that would tell you the condition of the inside of the engine. But whatever you do do NOT run straight ATF as oil!!! That...

Or you could buy an installed and turn key commercial unit and probably save money over all those options. PLUS, you have readily available parts and service. There are many ways to look at this. In days gone by military surplus equipment was the way to go to get decent equipment for a really...

I don't remember Guy, I will look at it the next time I am out back. I need to get it in the garage and put a new carb on it, if I can find the carb I bought about 6 years ago. It is one of those small gasoline screamers that whine like no tomorrow. I have that and it's 1500 watt 110/220 brother...

I have a 1500 watt 24 volt generator that I use to start my equipment when I can't get to it with another 24 volt vehicle. I have a slave cable hardwired to that set that I can just plug into whatever I am trying to start. Small engine stuff like compressors and such will start right up just on...

Well, we are talking about the common person that does not have those skills. I am one of them. I know how to do household wiring and I can read directions well but I am not good with making up my own controls and I would not trust my house and family to them. I am the common sense emergence...

If what you have now is the old style tank type water heater it will have plenty of stored hot water stored for breakfast. And the coffee maker keeping coffee hot is very little draw for very short periods. Again, emergency situations call for common sense solutions. If you want to live the full...