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So here's what I would recommend doing first, pull the fuses for your 24v devices and then measure the current again. One of the things you have to be careful of is backfeeding your 24v devices. The second thing I'd check is the alternator wires for any current when the ignition is off - if...

It's not the fuel that retains the dye, it's everything it touches, and it's not the simple road-side tests you have to be worried about, it's the sample-sent-to-lab test.

Just about any truck or car can be used off-road, I used a Kia rental on Oahu, HI to take 93 out to the tidal pools, didn't even get it dirty [thumbzup] (can't quite get all the way around the outer edge of the island by old hwy 93...). For the sake of reliability I'd warn off of a 2WD only...

Takes a long time (10+ fill-ups) - they can see red dye even in the tiniest of proportions. Some 2-stroke motor oil is dyed now with a blue or green. Given the fine if red dye is found (minimum $1000 or $10/gallon in some places), it's better to stick with additives that are designed...

Alternators may have voltage regulators that feature a delay before generation or require a specific RPM before they start generating - it may not be a reliable detection method depending on your total setup. The LED would tell you that the relay is delivering power, but as such gives you some...

I have fear this is cross-posting, but in Warthog's How-To Pushbutton Glow Plug System, I posted from a PM I had with jpg (that conversation is probably due to this being dug up). The that post I have a suggested solution and schematic... I figure anyone reading this thread has read that one...

A 12V modified truck is functionally equivalent, but imagine the lower 12V battery connecting straight to the big lug on the GP relay:

You can build your own, but it won't likely be cheaper than LMC - that said it could be functionally better than theirs. My preference would be to use a 4-relay setup and fuse/drive the individual sides separately. This way if one fuse blew, you'd still have one side of headlight (high and...

I was asked about how-to on this today via PM, I agree with Warthog on its usefulness and his implementation, and will offer what I said in the PM. It is helpful to have an LED indicator to inform the driver if the glow plug (GP) relay is in fact closing, so if two conductor wire is pulled from...

California is a big state, even the northern half... can you narrow it down to at least a county so we know what we're dealin' with? I spend a lot of time up the norther coast of California (between Eureka and Crescent City), sometimes further south like Fort Bragg... I also have family up in...

I reduced the size of you images and posted them here - links to external sites are frowned on, you may delete the images later and forget it was posted here (then people reading the thread won't be able to see what you were talking about). Nice truck, I like the drop-side bed, and I'm glad...

Well my dad got fidgety, and pulled the steering wheel while I was at work today, so I had to follow that effort up with putting in the new ignition key cylinder. No pictures, one hand holding a flashlight the other a screw driver or some other tool. Everything back together, no extra parts...

Like the put a face with a truck thing, could you add the SS user IDs after each pic too?

first thing to check probably on a 30 year old truck, is the light bulb :)

Moving the horn and headlights to relays with their own fuses under the hood will remove >200Watts of load from that single fuse (almost 17Amps) - leaving the rest of the lights as the only load where a 20 Amp fuse will be adequate. Were I to have designed that Service/Blackout Control, I would...

Glad to hear it worked out, don't be afraid to ask questions. You may get inundated with information if you ask a question, but we'll walk you into an answer eventually. Follow-up question, did the wait light start working? If not, that would be the next thing to chase down - it's your...

Horn diode, and take the headlight and horn loads out of the question by using a relay harness for both.

Upload to YouTube, make it public and post the link.

Easiest way to tell is to measure the big lugs to see if there is a voltage between the two when the engine is switched off, and no voltage between the two right after the engine is switched to run. If nothing happens, do the same check again, but measure the small terminals - no voltage on the...

From positve directly to negative yes, No-ox is okay on large connectors, or in enclosed physically separated devicese Where two pins are close together, there is a risk of shorting the device out...