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For parts of the fuel system you can blow out afterwards with compressed air, I buy denatured alcohol by the gallon from the hardware store. If it isn't something you can blow/dry out afterwards, then diesel or kero will be fine.

Kerosene and diesel are pretty close; Kero is just much more highly refined. There shouldn't be any issues if mixed with regular diesel, but running it straight might not provide enough for the injection pump leading to premature failure. JP-8 is a 100% kerosene fuel with additives, and...

the check valves aren't really needed, so once they are removed just forget about them.

so afterglow is it's sending short bursts of voltage through the glow plugs to keep them warm. They already warmed up during the main cycle, and if you continued to apply constant voltage they would overheat and burn out. The pulse is just one way to keep them warm, but not overheat them...

I'll partially agree with papakb. Unless you are taking your truck into the middle of nowhere with no cell reception, and a dead battery might be the difference between life and death, and you're running everything off the batteries without the truck running (things like radios, lights...

DEX 6 is only backwards compatible in transmissions. GM put out a service bulletin about it causing premature failures in some type of gearbox (I think transfer cases) DEX III is readily available still, below are just a few examples...

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circuit breaker for the transmission control module.

the only reason to get a larger charger is if you expect to have to charge up the batteries from dead/low in a shorter amount of time. Since the purpose here is as a float/maintainer, you can use the smaller one no problem. Also, since it's almost that time of year, NO.CO has had some pretty...

the instructions include several different ways to manufacture mounts to hold the drum lying down, which I believe is also necessary if using the fuel can adapter. Fuel can adapter relies on a gasket to prevent leakage, whereas the instructions here are all threaded pipe fittings. The fuel can...

I can't imagine it's very complicated to do, but I'd love to see how the military thinks it should be done.

If you really want to just do 24V through the slave port, and can find a decent 24V charger, all you need to adapt it to the slave port is one of these: https://graywacke.net/product/geislv-sr/ My personal recommendation though, is to charge each battery individually with 12V rather than...

NO.CO makes some pretty decent onboard chargers. https://no.co/gen5x2 or non-permanent type https://no.co/genius2x2 They used to sell some smaller 12/24V chargers, but now the only 24V capable ones I see are around $500 and up, so unrealistic when you can use a pair of 12V maintainers at...

The exhaust pipe runs on the other side of that tunnel. It getting hot is normal. Newer trucks have better insulation, but still gets warm. I remember in the Army it felt like my leg was going to burn if I let it rest against the tunnel too long in an earlier version truck.

I took a 10 foot steel conduit, cut it in half to make two 5 foot sections. Measured out how far apart the eyelets on the flag are. Drilled holes and installed some 1/4" eyelets through the conduit. (I used nylocks to secure them) Inserted them into brackets on truck, and marked just below...

if your avatar is how you have the truck set up, then using 3/4" conduit in the loops on the troop seats should work just fine.

also, is this one of those regional type sayings? Cranking an engine, in definition, the same thing as turning over the engine. I always get confused when people talk about cranking it, then it finally turning over. Apparently, in local colloquialism, what they mean is they cranked it and it...

I took my payment information to my local DMV when registering; they took that amount off of the local sales tax I had to pay when registering my truck, so in the end for me it wouldn't matter.

I don't believe that it is a second opening, just that the guide roller is offset to the bottom of the opening. The extensions WILL make it easier to access the clutch release lever. The milemarker plate doesn't require an extension in order to reach the clutch lever on the winch, but the...

My truck started out with the same A2 winch plate as you have. From my understanding I could have just used it with the winch, but with how the brackets are set up I'd really need to put the bumper extensions to install it properly and to be able to reach the clutch lever. There always seems...