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Optima red top are not for diesels with glow plugs or grid heaters, they lack RC.

Rotors rarely go bad, same with stator coils. Bearings/bushings and brushes. I have rebuilt solenoid contact points, they can be flipped. The nose cone bushing can be pulled with a 3/8 NPT pipe tap as it is blind. The rest is just simple stuff, did my first in the field, literally...

Synthetic doesn't matter, viscosity is the difference here. Synthetics are more suited for direct injected engines where piston temps are much higher and stuck rings from oil coking in the piston crown can make for short engine life. Here, synthetics resist thermal breakdown, oxidation and...

Air cooled diesels and cooler weather. Even worse when not exercised and only lightly loaded. Two water heater elements is more than enough to properly load the generator. 10 to 15 gallons of water from room temp to boiling is enough time to get the oil up to operating temperature.

Stock is fine on the harmonic damper, the rubber ring ages and that kills damping. Running alternative fuels is a gamble on long term reliability as it cokes up combustion chambers. Filtered waste motor oil from gasoline engines can be run at 10% once every other fillup with normal diesel...

No timing belt, timing chain. Never heard of problems. Yes, the starter can be repaired DIY. Kits are available online from alternator and starter parts warehouse or something like that. You could pay to have it done too.

Replace the harmonic balancer/damper if the rubber ring is cracked. I have the puller, also works to reinstall. The big green auto parts store on F-burg road in SA, near the Tip Top Cafe, has new dampers for under $70, let me know next time you are up.

The VIN also has the HD meaning heavier springs, only 1028 and 1031s have this ID. Couldn't get the video to play to see if it has the 205 shift lever.

Leaving batteries connected on these sets will drain them, something in the voltage regulator puts a small parasitic load on the system. When the batteries are connected, there is a considerable spark like a capacitor charging. This will ruin batteries, I remember a PS article covering this...

DRW means A2 if it has the NP205.

480 burning the windings will also let a lot of magic smoke out. These are epoxy dipped which locks the windings in place as they are subject to serious mechanical stress in operation. Want to to bet that tech was on commission for any new sales leads?

Insulation breakdown due to higher voltage? Causing arcing to ground? Since this is before circuit breakers, current jump would cause the VR to go to rail, burning that out too.

Yes, electric trailer brakes are worth the cost.

About 4000 in brush. Being a 1031 SECM, it also hauls around the generator, air compressor and about 1000 pounds of tools. Had no problem getting to 55 mph, it did take a while;). Keeping 55 on the hills was not possible.

Even us CUCV owners get grief. For example, some think the 6.2 Detroit diesel is a gasoline conversion.

Bear in mind the stop solenoid has a good inductive capacity and has a snubber diode so it is biased. I only know this from repair of an 003a that had been reverse connected, causing one of the Canon plug wires to become unsoldered. The solenoid may make for some interesting system dynamics.

Flashing is only needed to restore residual magnetism, the soft iron laminations have more than enough residual magnetism once flashed. My Lima MAC generator in the M1031 SECM has a flashing procedure, it has never needed it. Not that I would ever want to do it...involves shorting one output...

Interesting, Jim. Are you ever going to make a 24 volt regulator for MEP 002/003a with a super cap or at least a polypropylene ?

Another hard dying myth. 3300 RPM is not hard on these engines, 27 year old harmonic dampers ARE. The rubber ring in the damper turns to stone, negating all harmonic damping characteristics. That is what kills these engines.

The charging system is just like that of a motorcycle, permanent magnet field with stationary coils. As such, it generates much higher voltage than needed, the regulator shuts off current when voltage gets too high. This happens many times per revolution, generating much heat which is why...