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Yellow speed limit signs are not regulatory. They're advisory/ cautionary. Like if you're going around a curve, or an off ramp.
White speed limit signs are regulatory, and hold the force of law.
I passed a yellow advisory sign, didn't reduce my speed, and got pulled over for 'speeding'...
Someone probably saw one, and said 'OMG, I can't believe they let these weapons of war on our streets for anyone to drive, THEY COULD KILL PEOPLE!'... and they either know someone in politics, or ARE in politics, and decided that they wanted it changed....
Same type of people that call the HOA...
One should probably devise an exit strategy, to flee the People's Republik of Marylandistan.
They haven't found anything that they didn't wanna control, or tax.
Doesn't help when you get pulled over for 'speeding' and have to explain to the officer what the difference is between a regulatory...
Just a heads up. Fuel lines run in a pinch area. When the engine mounts fail (rubber rot), the engine can drop enough to pinch the lines.
A blocked return line can do funny things.
A couple notes.
A full synthetic will pour better at lower temps.
When I owned my CUCV, I changed my oil every 6 months, because I didn't drive it that much. I went with 15w40 in spring, then in fall changed it to 5W40.
The difference between 15w40 conventional and 15w40 synthetic was...
You can also buy JUST the sticker... Use some alcohol to clean the reflector surface, then stick it on. They usually run about a buck a piece..
https://www.amazon.com/3M-989-72-3-Circle-2-Reflectors-Diameter/dp/B071Y3TW4K/
That's not weather resistant, and not designed to mount in the engine compartment.
In order to use that safely, you'll need to mount it in the cab, like behind the seat, then run wires to the batteries.
5A@24V is = 120W
The same 12V charger equivalent is 10A. But, that means you can get a 5A...
Water in fuel diode...
GM part # 12006337
3A/400V
https://www.amazon.com/BOJACK-Rectifier-DO-201AD-Electronic-Silicon/dp/B07NWJ514L
Here's a good resource for the future....
https://www.steelsoldiers.com/threads/cucv-switches-diodes-relays.50551/
Passive? So if you have a bad battery, it drags both of them down? ;) Unfortunately, that's how the passive balancers work. They will use the higher voltage battery to discharge into the lower voltage battery until the voltage is the same. If you have a failing battery with a dead cell, or...
Personally, I would feed 2 smaller solar panels into 2 charge controllers, one for each battery....Then it'd be practically maintenance-free with no requirement for 110v... But, that's just mission ready stuff, not bringing back dead/depleted batteries... Plus, you'd be able to tap off of one of...
Just a heads up...
The small solar panels are usually Solargizer, and they're NOT chargers, they're desulfators and maintainers.. They prevent sulfation when sitting for a while, to keep them mission ready. They will not charge batteries..
Using a 2 bank 12V charger, which charges each battery...
Was thinking about cutting down a 20' connex and removing the bed, mounting to the frame, but the prices of those have skyrocketed.
I'm leaning more towards making my own, because I really want a cabover.
I may use an M109 box, but I'm not a fan of the space limitations, and modifying sounds...
Spent about 4 hours doing a pre-trip inspection.... Probably should have taken 45 mins but... I'm a little slower these days. Ironically enough, laying under the truck checking the diffs was the easy part. heh.
Used about a gallon of DOT5 flushing the brakes. They're pretty good, but not...