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This has been THOROUGHLY debunked as false. The sprag is a wear item and, given the age of the trucks, is simply worn out. There is a section in the TM on how to measure the sprag segments. I have measured two different transfer case sprag clutches (fwd section) and each was worn out...

Can you point me in a direction?

In case you are curious which rod bolts you have, look through the rearmost oil drain plug hole.

If your system voltage is dropping under load, it seems like the problem is not adjustment of alternator voltage but rather poor connection or weak alternator.

The only issue that I can think of is that the slave cable conductors (at least the ones I have seen) are smaller than battery cable conductors and you may have excessive voltage drop if trying to start in cold weather.

Never got electrical burns til I contacted 750VDC. My wife heard the commotion (I broke a vacuum tube), asked if I was OK, and could apparently tell I was lying by the tone of my voice. I never built a circuit again without bleeder resistors on the caps (now at 1kV).

My body has a resistance of ~8MΩ (left hand to right hand; across the chest). You would need a resistance of 14kΩ to get 1mA at 14V. Unless you impale yourself on your battery, I just don't see it happening.

Found this; no idea if it is correct: "General Motors and Chrysler do not mention brake fluid in their scheduled maintenance recommendations. A General Motors spokesman said Delco Supreme 11 DOT 3 brake fluid contains additives than many other brake fluids do not, so it is essentially a...

Can you provide any examples? With wet hands/ body, I can just begin to feel a tingle (this would be 1mA). This is a long way from electrocution.

This is not an OEM requirement; it is a dealer suggestion (probably an attempt to drum up business). BTW, I checked the owners manual from my wife's 06 Pontiac; doesn't list brake fluid replacement either. :confused:

I believe yearly flushing with DOT 3 in a vented system is better than putting in DOT 5 and assuming all will be fine thereafter.

LOL. That is how I found the water. It settles out in the low areas and rusts. Brake fluid in a closed system lasts for much longer than 2 years; replacement isn't even listed in the maintenance schedule for my dodge ram.

DOT 3 is actually designed to adsorb the water and hold it in suspension. I flush my brakes once a year and have clean brakes. An easy job with a remote reservoir. I have taken apart brake systems with DOT5, water still gets in there but now you can't get it out.

The LDS piston cooling channel only decreases piston top ring temperature by 100°F (only 50% of the squirted oil makes it into the channel). From a paper on the multifuel: "Oil is circulated through this annulus to reduce the temperature of the ring groove and thereby eliminate the...

195 at 2850rpm for LDS465-2 (however, the torque is the same as the LDS465-1 suggesting that it is only being spun faster to get the horsepower increase). 175 at 2650 for LDS465-1

I lucked out and got two freshly rebuilt wastegate turbos from ebay for $150 each. I had the other installation parts from an earlier, defective turbo setup. In this case, it was worth it. I don't know that my temperatures will be comparable since I have always had a full, rear exit exhaust...

The LDS troubleshooting manual has instructions for setting the fuel rate to get rated horsepower. Basically, you set the fuel rate for 9.8psi manifold pressure at 2400 rpm. I have the LDS turbo and, with a bypassed FDC, I get 13 psi which is the point at which the wastegate opens (I get 13...

If there is any way I can help, let me know.

Look, my point is that the Ross and Saginaw types of steering systems are ubiquitous on larger cars, pickups, light, medium, and heavy duty trucks, etc. Basically, everywhere you have a high speed over the road vehicle. Please make a technical argument why your system is better/ safer.

I'd love to see the pics.