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  1. trukhead

    Calling all Generator Owners

    I will try to get on topic and use thread etiquette. What to look for when contemplating a fresh generator purchase. If making this purchase from a private party, does the generator: Run check the oil and coolant is present owner willing to run it is it possible to load test it If from GL or...
  2. trukhead

    Calling all Generator Owners

    Therefore, idling a military unit will: cause the field modulation regulator to install too much current into the fields allowing the fields to burn out and perhaps the energy part of the regulator circuit?... I'm just hypothesizing, I have no ability to work on electronic circuits. I took a...
  3. trukhead

    Calling all Generator Owners

    I doesn't have a throttle, I just finger the throttle butterfly on the carburetor after it starts popping and I hold it to fast idle for a few seconds till the head blow tepid warm air.:whistle:
  4. trukhead

    Calling all Generator Owners

    What happens if the unit is idled for an engine warm up? I warm up a 5 kw B&S civi-cheapy unit for a few seconds to get the oil splashin around in the engine before I let'er rip with the electric zip gun. What damage or overload am I subjecting the electrics on the generator to? :shock:
  5. trukhead

    can anyone use these wheels?

    Do you still travel to the Rockford area? what is contact information?
  6. trukhead

    Wisconsin to Ohio and back

    I need an M35A3 wheel-tire assembly brought back to Wisconsin but it is located 400 miles east of WPAFB in Pennsylvania
  7. trukhead

    Spring City,PA to Madison, WI to carry an M35A3 wheel-tire aswsembly

    Is any body traveling from Spring City, PA to Madison, WI, Milwaukee, WI or Chicago IL and able to haul-carry an M35A3 wheel-tire assembly to Madison area? Thanks Dennis
  8. trukhead

    Naive question...What do you do with your Deuce?

    I had a bare, wet, slippery soybean field so I did some donuts in it with my M35A3. Remember to do a search for threads, There is a thread on this very topic. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/deuce/67703-what-did-you-do-your-deuce-week.html?highlight=duece
  9. trukhead

    ste ice

    :ditto:
  10. trukhead

    cost of ownership (the real cost of a deuce)

    rofl rofl rofl $6,000 for the M35A3 (truck, tax and GL 10% $1200 ish fluids, filters flushes $1200 ish spare parts, tools etc $700 new Hard top in box $8500 14 new tires for M35A3 3 tanks of fuel in 400 miles, I drive in low range a lot $700ish...
  11. trukhead

    Spring PoofStock 2012

    Poofstock was fun! The beans and ham was great! :) The country mix was GRREAt! :beer: I enjoyed meeting the people whom I've met here on SS!:) Weather permitting, I'd like to camp out at the next poofstock.8) I can't wait to get the truck back here and go drivin again.:driver: Thanks for...
  12. trukhead

    Oshkosh Snow plow W/ frozen motor

    Did you pull the heads? I have had success after pulling the heads and sandblasting the cylinders, tops of pistons up to the deck. Plug the waterjackets and oil returns and camshaft galley to keep most of the sand out. I used Diesel Fuel as a penetrate but I think the miracle stuff may work...
  13. trukhead

    oil coming out off the hollow stud

    Will the hub then slide off of the inner bearing without force? Without disturbing-destroying seals? Will it be possible to remove the inner bearing and seals for reuse or save for latter as a spare? I've got a spare axle sitting and I want to remove the A3 bearings and seals to keep as...
  14. trukhead

    M35A3 CTIS Hub Seal Retainer

    Thanks for your conducting your repack experiment. I was hoping to service my A3 bearings should they need service. I have a spare A3 rear axle that I intended to remove the bearings and seals without damage to keep as spares for reuse. Do you think removing them intact and functional is...
  15. trukhead

    Newbie needs help/info

    Confusing, hmmm perhaps. Just another knowledge base to build. It would be to your advantage to know it, (the alternator issue) inside and out as well as well as other aspects of the CUCV before you make the jump. Find the TMs and start with the wiring harness and learn. CUCVs a great trucks...
  16. trukhead

    Newbie needs help/info

    Like buying lottery tickets, winners and losers:mad:
  17. trukhead

    Newbie needs help/info

    Read this thread:http://www.steelsoldiers.com/cucv/30979-cucv-alternators-im-still.html Then do a search on SS for Roscoman conversion, CUCV wiring , Alternators etc... Get yourself up to speed on what these trucks are before yo get one. If you don't, you likely will find your in a situation...
  18. trukhead

    CUCV alternators - I'm still confused

    One on left does not look like an isolated ground alternator. The black looking bolt towards the center looks to be a ground attachment but it is screwed directly into the case making this alternator a chassis ground alternator. I do believe one alternator on the drivers side on the CUCV...
  19. trukhead

    Spring PoofStock 2012

    Oh sure you can, You just bopped down for a few things at the parts store required for the servicing of you 813 and driving it is part of the service routine to flush the tranny, radiator, oil filter, brake reservoir, charge the batteries, warm up the tranny for flushing, warm up the engine for...
  20. trukhead

    oil coming out off the hollow stud

    Which wheel? Is it possible to sample the oil in the axle from which the oil is occurring? What is the possibility of 10w-40 in the axle? What is the appropriate compressor cycling pattern? Mine inflated to the 100nsomething and releases through the air dryer down to70-80something and reflates...
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