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Terra nova for me. Have a few days off, weather should be good, got some containers for fuel so I can siphon it off and remove the tank, replace gaskets, hose. Question is - for someone who's DONE this before - how much 1/4" (and/or 3/8") ID hose will I need for the job? I have a bag of hose...

6.5 kW should be SURGE draw, not continuous load, and yes, a drop in Hz like that sounds normal under the conditions. I'm relatively new to this kind of generator myself - bought last June - but I regularly set it for 61-2 Hz (approximately, for parallax error reading on the instrument and...

That 3PSI is OVERpressure. The gauge reads ZERO when exposed to atmospheric pressure. And yeah, 3 lbs is LOW, but probably just enough to keep the bead seated and run on snow/mud all day long.

Welcome to the madness.

Thanks. I just used a 10 inch Hitachi compound saw with a carbide-tipped blade. That thing will cut wood, plastic, aluminum, and soft steel - just have to make small cuts and go slow - aluminum cuts like butter. To "square it up" I used my mill and a an angle plate on the first 4" piece...

Started out with good intentions: warm up the beast, change the oil/filter and the little oil ring from the dipstick tube that's leaking a bit, but got into fabricating a box/mount for a tachometer (did poke around a bit underneath, lubing some of the shifter/TC/brake connections, drained the...

That's why vise grips were invented. I replaced the steering wheel boot on the firewall and my kids weren't around to help out. A strategically placed vise grip works like a third hand. Just have to do the 3-D placement in your head to figure out what abuts what and it's a breeze. Put a...

Look at my posts in "What have you done with your HMMWV today." I actually fabricated a (somewhat bulky) switch box and used 24 volt Marine switch panel I got off amazon: https://smile.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Marine+switch+panel+24+volt should show...

Deoxit for all electrical connections. Look it up. You can thank me later.

The words of the late Jerry Doyle come to mind here: "Remember, you're a lot happier if you're unhappy and she's happy than if she's unhappy and you're happy." I believe the same can apply to MVs, too. Then again, Saint Valentine wasn't writing letters to a chariot. NB

AFtermarket license plate frame/light. Meant to mention this. I got the frame through an amazon vendor. Looked pretty solid, got hooked into side lighting, worked. Noticed a couple nights ago it was DIM by several factors. I'd already bought a high-output LED lamp and had a BEAR of a time...

That's next weekend. I recently pulled the heater core (because the fan was dead and I couldn't get the screws loose until I had the box out and could apply some penetrating oil and a little torque) and, while it was out replaced the air intake plenum (or whatever) and a couple of short hoses...

Got mudflaps installed, and repositioned the license plate bracket. Had to redo wiring in the thing as the mfr had the wire inside right next to the bulb, insulation melted and coated the bulb. I had some packard connectors with wire pigtails handy so I patched one in, replaced the bulb with a...

Drilled holes and sank a couple of rivnuts into back of truck below left-hand brake light for repositioning license plate frame/light. Plan on installing mudflats tomorrow - bought some 12x18 generic flaps off amazon and some 2-1/2" aluminum angle bracket and flat at the same time. Have holes...

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For some that's as much of a chore as, say, dropping a fuel tank. Congratulations. Norm

Ditto from Maryland, although I'll be relocating to Hampshire, TN (between Columbia and Hohenwald) in a handful of years. Welcome to the group. Norm

D'oh, yeah, it WOULD halve it. It's late, up since 4AM. Time to go home. Dragging people, other stuff, I'll give it more thought.

What round do you use for hunting 500 lb men in Alaska? :funny:

Winch works, have new cable. PRACTICALLY speaking, has anyone else figured out how to get five HUNDRED pounds tension on the end of the cable while reeling it in as per instructions? I printed out relevant sections of TM 9-2320-280-20-3 (10-110.1) today and didnt' see any specific...