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What a day.... Wife and I drove to the mountains on Saturday to shoot a pistol I picked up on a police auction. We drove the Grand Cherokee but as soon as we hit the National Forest I heard a chime and the oil can light on the dash flashed on, then went out. The oil checked good and then the...

Hey, how about some updates? Some of us are living our 1078 dream vicariously ya know... ;)

Very cool trailer! You might trying calling the manufacturer and see if they'll give or sell you a manual on DVD, I imagine they were contractually required to provide one. If you know the contract number pass it along and I'll look it up. Surge brakes tend to be trouble free, at least the...

Picked up? Where does one buy those beasts?

For those of you with 33s; is this a case of appearance to the detriment of performance, or does the Detroit Diesel not notice them? ...assuming you're running the stock 3.08 axels...

With that out of the way I got to work on it this afternoon. Used practically every tool I own on Step 1, disconnect the batteries. I shouldn't get frustrated; it's always that way. I really need to look into replacing the cables. Went pretty smoothly after that. I opted to put my old...

Heard a loud THUMP on the front stoop, sounds like an alternator. So here's the new one. What's supposed to be happening in (unthreaded) hole R there? I have a wire going there on the old alternator.

I had the charger on immediately and left it going all night. When I left for work in the morning I took it off (it's not an auto) and later in the day when I got home it started right up like normal. The bad news is that my alternator that was supposed to be delivered FEDEX yesterday was...

I opened the inside door of the garage last night to make sure both overheads were closed before going to bed. I heard a strange rhythmic knocking, or popping sound coming from the driveway. :unsure: Put some shoes on and went outside the see what it was. Turns out I left the Whelen siren/pa...

Here's a shot of the alternator, looks to be an isolated ground given the fiber washer under the ground bolt? I tightened the belt and took some readings from the front battery. First pic is post to post on the front battery, at (warmed up) idle, the second is with the prybar jammed...

The custom tarp finally arrived. Very happy with the fit. The back of the tarp comes down just over the top of the tailgate and you can see the other sides. I had to add some loops for the 550 cord. Fortunately all the loops and screws/washers/bolts were stuff I had on hand, so no run to the...

I think I read in the stickies that the '75 Cadillac is a good replacement. The K5 isn't?

Hit another snag- nobody locally rebuilds alternators anymore. Is there a reasonable rebuilder I can ship to, or can I just do it myself with a kit? Wait, since this is the driver's side alternator, it's NOT isolated ground? I can replace with an off the shelf alternator then?

Oops, yes. Engine running voltage at the front battery (gen1) is 13.98 and the back battery is 14.77.

EDIT to correct: Gen 1 is making 13.98v Gen 2 is making just barely under 14.77v The volt meter rides about 1/3rd in the green, and always has. Since the Gen 1 light, it goes to the high side of green, touches yellow, then corrects back to green when the engine RPM goes up. With the plug...

13.98v on the front battery and 14.77v at the rear.

Telling me where that diode is might save me years of searching randomly around the engine compartment. ;)

Suddenly I'm noticing the Gen 1 light is glowing softly while the motor is running. Everything else appears normal. I would estimate the bulb is 35% as bright as it is when I turn the key and the Wait light is on. It goes out completely when I put a high load on the electrical system...

Yikes that coulda got ugly, glad you're ok! My full weight on the tailgate of my M1101 won't do anything, but that can make me complacent. Thanks for the reminder!

Don't buy anything until you check the vacuum lines first. It might be an easy fix, like mine was.