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good answer all brand name oils are good for me its going to be 5w40 synthetic because I rarely see temps over 70 degrees and often see temps below - 10 I have delo and vavoline products available to me and plan on using them.

a weak spot on the allisons are the rear clutch pack, every thing in the trans runs through them ,if some one got it stuck and tried to rock it you can rip the internal teeth out of the clutches, than you will have no forward or reverse. I dare you to ask how I know about this. you can have an...

we also ran tires backwards on grader steering axles for the same reason it helps to prevent cupping

I was kind of joking it is too far I live at the end of the Iditarod trail in Nome the only way here is by barge which is why my lmtv is still down there in Washington till June when the shipping season starts. I gave you my phone number I will be glad to share all knowledge I have about these...

well said get it hot and the blower drive shaft will snap also always check coolant level a road oiler that gets run with out coolant on the heads will crack the heads the fire deck surface is pretty thin

I don't have much for military gen sets just a 3 k gas and a 5 gas they are way too thirsty my go to gen set now is my 8 k lister petter it will run all day on a few gallons of diesel.

I do this stuff for a living and would love to help, but I'm little too far north and west being out in western Alaska.

there are a few that suggested turbo, I have seen this before on cat engines. if you think it is a problem you just extend the draft tube out to a bucket, where you can watch it. put the truck under load as boost builds it will start blowing oil into your bucket. I did this very specifically...

its very different first your truck doesn't have safety circuits to shut down if the engine gets too hot. automotive engines also run at a variety of rpm's from idle to wide open throttle the gen set sits there and purrs at 1800 rpm and the cardboard is for heat. I object to this redneck...

I recognize those from the lsa armord cab it would be a good addition for mine when I'm opening the door in a 40mph wind

I would love a picture and some measurements of them I live in a windy area and could use something like those on mine.

I was a 52d wet stacking is caused by incomplete combustion raising the t stat temp wont help a lot. the other problem is the tqg series gen sets had a highly restrictive exhaust muffler which added to the problems caused by wet stacking your generator will run at max efficiency at 60 percent...

I was going through some of my old stuff from back then trying to help George on the phone I remember the harness better. it replaced the harness coming from the housing going up making the 90 up to the mounting plate holding the cannon plug, the vehicle harness attaches to. also for wetec II...

couldn't give me gas anything on the other hand a 455 olds would be a nice bolt in as long as you can afford the gas.

I understand what all the fuss is about on am generals part. they didn't want cheap no frills hmmwv's getting into the publics hands while they were selling 60k shwartzinhager specials to the public. the civilian models have to be emissions certified and crash tested. I don't know what crash...

it may have been through a reset program I have seen data plates indicating the year the vehicle was rebuilt at that time speedos are changed and all current production changes are added so it is the same as what is being fielded.

sounds like a bad front pump.

really an Isuzu 4bd would be a good combo too they can be found with gm adaptor plates and will bolt up to a turbo 400 trans they were used in gm badged npr trucks with the turbo 400 trans. the Isuzu is quieter and revs higher than a 4-b. there is however a lot more support out there for the 4-b

just remember it is likely to be 12 volts like the computer is

my guess is it has the heater than and it was disabled for the eather system should be easy to hook back up