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A single pair of Group 31's can deliver 1100CCA at 24V. If you are finding yourself needing more than that - something is probably very wrong with your truck... If you want to do dual bank, use an isolator to charge both banks simultaneously from your single alternator, and use a Blue-Sea...

The XM1027 will be using the Cummins serpentine - so belt HP will not be as much of a design problem like with a V-belt. For V-belts the design of the system is more critical - standard Industrial belts are rated for 2HP or less (1.5kW TOTAL) and most aren't rated for high temperature. If...

You have to go to a different case (like 28SI), or have them re-wound. For the M1009 I'm talking to a vendor who is custom winding me a pair of 250Amp isolated ground 28SI alternators - I never expect to run >200Amps ever (VERY hard on a single belt), but the extra design headroom means I won't...

Good to see a CUCV can be driven on the wrong side of the road too [thumbzup] :beer:

I will be doing this to the new M1009 when I'm past some other issues - it'll be in my thread for that truck but I'll link it back here. Material cost is about $260, so it's not a "cheap" change - but most of my projects can be priced around $250 each, which makes it easier to do installments...

This is what I meant by people driving out of class BTW. It's exceptionally common, but that doesn't make it right. It's also not the kind of thing where you just get a ticket, someone with the correct class would have to complete the trip, or the LEO could tow it (i.e., they won't let you move...

Indeed, the wording of the current CVC is what you want to bank on, not DMV docs or infographics which may have been editorialized (intentionally, or otherwise). Really, I'd think about what you want to do first, and the develop a plan to make it happen. Bobbing a deuce or going historic are...

So we can't turn this into a CDL thread or it'll get shut down - but read the DMV page I linked, that's what the law is... Yes, to a certain extent bobbing can be undone (the spring pack in a Deuce may make this difficult). 5-tons have air brakes, Deuces have air-over hydraulic (hydraulic is...

I hate to doubt, but when they say "US made CREE" and "DOT Approved"... Okay it's looking like a China import for $40 more than China direct, and a blatant knockoff of J.W. Speaker to boot. Just so you know, "DOT" does not approve anything. They define a specification (usually by adopting an...

Harder for a 939 series to be "all legal" under a Class-C unless you have the expansible van version (M934/M935) which you can register as an RV with appropriate fixtures inside (sleeping, cooking, bathroom). You can go historic, but you are limited in your use, unless you want to take your...

Self exciting alternators should still go to sleep 1uA or less (0.000001) - they wait to see a frequency on the stator coils before waking up and turning on. For those of you who do electronics with embedded microprocessors, the most common way is to use a counter on the input, and then wake...

That's why I made the the design decisions I made for the XM1027 - yeah I want a generator and an air compressor, but I don't want to give up the bed to achieve that... 2cents

It's a two man bed viewed from the driver's seat. you can see the rear passenger side footwell cover in the lowest left corner of the bed.

Better scan of information in #4 available in this thread.

The factory glass is glued to the head with a silicone ahesive in 5 dots (US quarter, or a one Euro coin). I taped the entire face with painter's tape, put on some safety glasses, and used a putty knife around the edge of the glass to slowly pry it off. Only broke towards the end, my theory is...

Happy Halloween! I finally had a moment without kids or work to re-attempt the inside rearview mirror, and do the passenger convex. Here is the before (factory) mirror: And here's the after (Burco 3031): Even when I'm kid free, I can never truly be kid free - my oldest came outside to "help"

H4 headlights Headlight harness Sound deadening (inside, underhood) Bigger fuel tank LED lighting on everything but the headlights (exterior, blackout drive light, dash-board) Tint AM/FM radio-stereo with an aux jack. Group 31 batteries Higher output alternators (>150Amp, better for fast charge...

Did you have the block and head decked when you installed it last time? Sounds to me like you have something wonky on the block or they weren't matched when installed last time - heads shouldn't fail after 15K miles of use (unless you're doing something wrong with them). Small cracks can...

Leave them alone. The heads are too light on the material as built and that is causing the crack (case in point the simpler smaller 5.9l Cummins weighs about 150% of what a 6.2l GM does - that's strenght by adding material). The size of the holes in the head gasket are supposed to control the...