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Something to think about: "Each year more than 500 million spin-on cans wind up in North American landfills, yielding 250,000 tons of scrap metal and 30 million gallons of discarded residual waste oil. The disposal costs add up." (Parker advertisement) Racor holds the patent for the turbine...

The application info for the Dahl filters suggests that it is installed on the suction side only of the pump, so it may not be the filter of choice for the deuce.

I'm looking at these now, may be possible to make a "stand alone" magnetic filter.... http://www.oneeyeindustries.com/cat_2000series.asp The rod with an NPT plug can be used with a Tee-fitting, for example, for an in-line application.

The fuel tank, it was/is a used one and featured pinholes and rust. I cut access openings, cleaned it and sealed off one baffle with fiberglass to turn it into a 2-compartment tank. Pinholes and rusty areas were covered with fiberglass, but I obviously missed some spots. It will be replaced now...

For small loads, I like to use POL regulators (Point Of Load), simple linear voltage regulators, useful for CBs and that sort of thing, a few amps max.....

Take it far enough and you'll eliminate the forum. :-)

Thanks Don, can you specify a particular filter? I know that rust particle(s) got thru the 3 standard filters and scored the FDC plunger enough to cause it to leak on my deuce. Images of the plunger were posted some time in the past and the metal to metal seal did no longer do its job.

Interesting, but isn't it already done?..... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deuce_and_a_half

The term "fuel polishing" may have it's own meaning and be misleading here, I'm simply interested in getting rid of the micron sized hard particles. Anybody ever used a magnetic type filter? You know that fuel filtering is critical for the FDC and IP on the multifuel engine, in the sixties...

That's a good thing, Mark. Dust and dirt can still get mixed in with the fuel in a desert environment and be very abrasive to nozzles and whatever, especially at high flow rates. I'm 99% certain that my FDC and IP problems were caused by tiny rust particles from the old second hand fuel tank...

I'm more concerned about hard particles, rust in particular and thought perhaps that the Abrams image had something to do with dust (sand) in the fuel.... Thanks for responding.

I have been looking for ways to clean up the fuel to the multifuel engine and ran into this image, an M1 Abrams with a fuel "polishing" system. Can anybody elaborate on this? Thanks. PS. I'm suspecting that dirty fuel from old fuel tanks is causing some of our FDC and IP problems...

Well, what I'm saying is that after the charging system is shut down, the batteries may be equally discharged, but that doesn't help the longevity of the batteries. The batteries of our trucks spend 90% or more of the the time with the engine shut down and will need an active (as in externally...

Since I have posted about this in the past, I might as well add my two cents, an equalizer is a good solution, but will not help after the charging system is shut down. For a long battery life, what matters most is how they are treated after engine shut-down.

A good friend to have, for sure (dma251), and you deserve it, I'll never forget how you went out of your way to help me with the rear end seal on my deuce... Have you thought much about where to mount the hydraulic pump or did I miss that? Looks solid, lots of weight on that rear axle. :-)

Kenny, for sideboards, I would recommend pressure treated pine, which you can find at you Home Depot.

Chris Stansbury, please keep the old steelsoldiers site intact (even if locked) with all images and PS Magazines for reference, it's lightweight, powerful, bright, fun to visit and userfriendly. The real technology advance is in data download rates, images pop up in seconds, no need for silly...

Let's see if this will post a few images.... Not like it used to be, but enough to show how the float sinks in image #1 and how the older unit works correctly in image #3.

It turns out that the solder joint on the float was imperfect...the float was partially filled with fluid..

Wanted to check the calibration of the fuel gauge and removed the sending unit. Found something very interesting, the FLOAT SINKS!!! I measured the buoyancy of the float and its less than required to float it in diesel or biodiesel. An older sending unit only needed 15 grams to to register, the...