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There is a guy that made electric cooling fans work (or so he says)
What he did though was separated out every item in the cooling stack to different locations, and each of them got their own cooling fans.
The stock fan is designed to move something like 15k cfm of air.
I haven't found many...
if it hasn't been linked yet, here is the manufacturer troubleshooting guide for the 200 amp system. Pretty easy to figure out if you know how to use a multimeter
https://www.ceniehoff.com/Documents/Ctrl_Hyperlink/TG17_uid252021123202.pdf
You might also consider getting buddy buddy with an NCO or officer down in the motorpool and see if they can help you out a bit, even if it's just taking it down for an inspection and seeing what they say you need to do. Might cost you a 12 pack or two, but will likely be well worth it.
For...
definitely get a mechanical gauge and check oil pressure that way. The military gauges are pretty bad, and should only be used as reference after you get readings from real gauges.
I very much agree.
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For the last question, power steering only uses pressure when you are turning the wheels. friction in the system is likely what builds the pressure, as reading the troubleshooting pages posted below it only mentions the pump being an issue if pressure or flow is too low, and not anything else...
For future reference, if you are able to you should attach pictures of the part you are trying to figure out. On a lot of these trailers, they are what sometimes gets referred to as "trailer salad" or other such names, with the point being that just because the model says one thing, it doesn't...
it's also recommended that you use LED bulbs in the brake light position if you don't have the newer LED assemblies for the rear, to reduce the amount of current going through the brake switch which in turn reduces wear/arcing
The pulsing of the gauge isn't the alternator, it's the glow plug controller. The glow plugs are pulsed every few seconds in order to help warm up the engine faster, but can't be run constantly or they would burn up.
Some controllers do the pulse method, others use a constant lower voltage.
It...
That may be true, but when 6 cells are receiving less voltage than needed to properly charge and the other 6 are receiving more voltage than needed to properly charge, then rotating the six does help.
It's just the nature of charging batteries in series that the first one connected to positive...
I've heard this said several times, but have never seen any evidence of it.
I've also heard from Air Force load masters, and rail yard guys that they've never seen it used for that.
When my pump failed, I bought a cheap 12V pump off amazon or fleabay. I just remember it was cheap, like under $20 for the pump.
3 years later still works every time I use it. Would probably burn up if I tried to run the whole tank of washer fluid through it at once, but a few seconds here and...
Typically it's the forward battery that overcharges and rear battery undercharges. First in series charges more than later in series. Plus, no two batteries are ever perfectly identical to begin with, so usual recommendation is either install some sort of battery balancer, or swap the battery...
airing down and seeing when it hits the run flats while on a flat surface is going to be a lower pressure than when you are driving over obstacles. If you are planning on driving over obstacles, then I would say check pressure while the tire is sitting on a sharp corner of something that causes...
Typically they were an ECU at the front, and generator mounted between the fenders, though some other variants do exist.
I believe military rated these as 6k lb trailers when towed behind larger trucks, and 4200 if towed by the HMMWV. Until you get to the big trailer they rated for 12k, they...
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