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I now have a complete copy of the M-30D36R Wisconsin Robin 3KW GenSet T.O. 35C2-3-499-1 Technical Manual, dated 15MAY1990, thanks to Baldor. Andrew Spencer at Baldor went way beyond good customer service. Baldor purchased T&J Manufacturing, the company that originally manufactured this GenSet...

Arnold, It is not that common for bearings to go bad in differentials that are in a vehicle that is not being used, unless perhaps water has gotten inside the differential housings, and even in this case I am surprised. I have had many vehicles that have not been driven for 20 - 30 years and...

I have State Farm insurance on my 1969 Kaiser Jeep. When I got the insurance, they didn't even ask the manufacturers name. I simply told them it was a 1969 M35A2 and gave them the weight and bed type. They contacted the regional office for a quote and I didn't tell them the manufacturer until...

One advantage of rebuilding the transmission is that you will know the condition of the transmission when you finish. Getting a used transmission is like buying a 'pig in a poke' so to speak. With so many of those Allison transmissions around (same model?) I can't believe the cost of the...

Very nice restoratiion!

A little off-topic, but I once saw a Japanese military three-cylinder diesel GenSet from WWII that started with explosive cartridges like a shotgun shell. There was a separate chamber with a piston that rotated the crankshaft about one revolution. This was also a direct injected diesel and did...

I have a customer, a paper mill in Alabama, that got nailed for using off-road diesel a few years ago. They had an F-250 which was used exclusively on mill property. Didn't even have a tag. They rooutinely drove it out the front gate and approximately 1/4 mile to fill it with off-road when...

I believe you have master cylinder problems. Either the fluid is leaking past the MC piston or the spring is broken. Another thought is to make sure the MC vent is not plugged up.

Welcome to Steel Soldiers! You'll find a lot of good people here and a lot of resources. You live in a beautiful part of the country!

Great photos and videos!

Chuck, you are absolutely correct. The only difference is the additives,which you mentioned, which causes the burning rate to slow. Which is why high octane fuel in an engine designed for lower octane can cause the valves to overheat.

The link to the video worked fine for me.

Good Pictures! - - I think those pictures helped bring my wife around to liking my Deuce a little more!

That's one of the reasons that aviation fuel doesn't have ethanol added -- corrosiion. There is currently a lot of research going on regarding putting ethanol in avgas. They really want to get rid of 100 LL with the TEL.

I suspect we will see the price of these GenSets coming down in the future. DRMS has been letting a lot of GenSets go to GL lately. I don't know what the overall market is for these military GenSets, but eventually if enough are released, the price will drop. On the other hand most of the...

If your engine can tolerate the high-octane, 100 LL aviation fuel does not have any ethanol added and is loaded with tetra ethyl lead. I forgot to mention, you also need to be able to tolerate the higher cost. The last I bought was $4.67 a gallon, but I've seen it over $6.00.

Sounds like fun! Are you running NDTs?

Ditto

It sounds like you definitely won that contest! Since my earlier post, mice have now chewed through another seatbelt, this time in my VW Jetta TDI. Knock on wood, they have now left my Deuce alone for awhile.

I believe the Engine Center in Ferndale, Michigan is out of business. I found their telephone number(248-399-0002), but it has been disconnected and the website is also down. I wonder what happened to their parts and manuals.