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This is a great idea. Easily done with 1/4" polyethylene tube. Join all vents and route to the air cleaner. The breather caps are one-way valves which can cause a vacuum to form when a hot axle/transmission/transfer case cools down.

Get the -34 and check stator winding resistance. Sounds like there is a shorted coil. Check the wiring diagram to see which winding the convenience outlet is connected to, that will probably be the shorted coil. I wouldn't recommend reconnecting the stator windings to put this winding on the...

The 7768K65 is suitable for diesel fuel service. Good call.

Voltage is fine. This is a current issue. Check the breakers and all downstream connections. If the voltage is constant without load, then dropping with load, it is most probably connection.

Most often, it is the low oil pressure switch. Less common is the missing K1 relay, located in the upper right corner of the control cubicle. This relay can fail but it has a spare pole so take it out and flip it over. It is symmetrical with respect to rotation (you cannot install it wrong)...

Just make sure the sealing element is diesel fuel compatible. 1/8" NPT close nipples are cheap. That would convert a F-F to a F-M

Only soft copper will work. Check that the seats are not corroded, they like to do that since copper is a more noble metal (forces iron to give up electrons and oxidize). If corroded, a brass lap loaded with valve grinding compound and turned in a drill can clean it up. The bolts securing...

McMaster-Carr #7768K51 $10.69

Check the -24P. Most electronics are well identified in this manual.

If you inspect, check to see if the governor linkage on the 002/003s moves freely. Manually lift the shut-off solenoid plunger and check the injector pump lever moves up on its own accord. Injection pumps get varnished. Trying to run a varnished pump can break a host of things inside which...

Remove the glow plugs for reduced load when cranking with the pink wire disconnected from the injection pump. In reality, there is still oil in the bearings, just not pressurized.

If you have pulled the engine stop assembly (the other end of the cable you pull to stop the engine), you should be able to rotate the control collar bellcrank easily. This is what regulates the injected quantity. If it won't move easily, remove the governor linkage from the bellcrank and try...

Vegetable oil will gum the rings. Check compression, should be well over 500 PSI with the cold engine. If it is under 200, that is why the engine isn't starting. You can check the fuel delivery by loosening a line to an injector. If you are getting fuel on cranking, it isn't the injection...

The old standard gasket adhesive compound is called #2. Tough as nails, never hardens to brittle state. Try soaking it in denatured alcohol. Or aircraft paint stripper. The alcohol works, just takes time

I am impressed, Doc! Yes, freehand is how camo is applied. Well, with chalk lines out of the TM. I am also impressed with the adhesion of these paints. Paint sure has come a long way in 20 years.

The LD/LDT/LDS engines are all in the 0.45-0.55 pounds of fuel per horsepower-hour range. It takes 1 Hp to generate 746 Watts if everything is perfectly efficient. With mechanical governors (all diesels are governed), typical engines have two horsepower for every kW of generator capacity...the...

That would be TM 5-6115-585-34. In case you weren't in the Army and had the short course on TMs...the first digit is the branch. 9 is ordnance. 5 is engineering etc. The second series of digits is the federal supply class. 6115 is generators and power, this corresponds to the FSC on the...

Ah, a snow cat. Explains the belting track. Only meant to spread the load over snow. Still very interesting that Thiokol made it. They are noted more for their solid rocket motors.

Welcome, Lonestar! Yes, you want to learn because spinning wrenches on FMVs is fun. Easier than modern ones. If you have the space to park it, you want a deuce and a half.

Flyback diodes are equivalent to freewheeling diodes. Just a power diode over the terminals of the solenoid. Cathode to P66H16. Anode to P55T16. Get it wrong and it will pop the DC breaker. Or fry the diode. During normal operation of the solenoid, the diode doesn't conduct, reverse bias...