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The turbo uses some of the waste heat and turns it into extra power by increasing the amount of air entering the engine. When you compare a turbo to a non turbo engine that are otherwise the same, the turbo engine will make more power, and work much better at higher altitudes. Considering you...

https://www.expresslane.org/Pages/faqs/tar_q2.aspx Vehicles less than ten years old must have the federal odometer disclosure completed on the title, otherwise, a separate statement must be submitted. looks to me like you'll be fine as long as the HMMWV was built more than 10 years ago.

The wet sleeve vs non wet sleeve being debated simply because of available machine shops around isn't really fair to the machine. I can't speak for the 3 cylinder JD engine, but I've seen more than a few small 3 and 4 cylinder Kubota diesel engines on reefer trucks with over 15k hours on them...

Just watched the news, it's a cat 2 right now, but expected to hit cat 4 before landfall. Entire state of Florida is already declared in the state of emergency, mostly seems to be because nobody bothers to prepare for one of these until the day before it's expected to hit.

if you're keeping it purely as backup, unless something isn't working right it shouldn't be engaging unless the engine is getting too warm anyway, so doesn't leaving it as is meet what you are trying to do? As I understand it the system fails in an "engaged" position, so disabling it will do...

No voltage at startup can be not having the "start" switch held long enough. From what I've heard you have to hold it until all the gauges have stabilized, which can be 5-10 seconds after it's fired and running. As for the other issues, someone with more experience will hopefully be along soon...

the "sells with a clean sf-97" is for vehicles sold from the Marine Corps. They don't go through DLA, so don't get the same restrictions on their sale as the Army trucks do.

according to specs, max RPMs are supposed to be 3600 under load (4k no load, but what's the point?) Peak torque is supposed to be 2000-2100rpms, so if you're running it much above that you're wasting fuel. As for "over revving" to me it's anything that your cooling system can't easily keep...

6.2 and 3 speed reportedly cruises at 50-55 comfortably, with the 6.5NA and 4 speed people report 70-80. I'd imagine since the transmission is the same the 6.5 turbo will be 70-80 as well. It's more about the transmission than the engine, going from 3 speed to 4 speed makes the cruising speed...

These units run much better long term if operated above 75% of their rated load whenever possible. So if you can make it work with a smaller unit that's better. There's also the fact that the larger the unit, the more fuel it burns just to operate. My opinion would be go with the 15kw, or...

It also depends on the amount of weight in the vehicle. The rear end typically doesn't have as much weight on it, so the rear brakes lock up before the front do, especially when applying the brakes hard. I can make the brakes lock up on the rear of my M1123 even with a small load in the back...

So going by the pics, it looks like pressure dropped as oil got warmer over time, and then settled out at right around the minimum spec for the operating range. The last two it's pretty much the same pressure there, so I personally would not be worried. Probably good for your oil change you...

Normal operating pressure is supposed to be 25-60. If the gauge is reading 23 after operating for 45 minutes it's still very close, and these gauges aren't the most accurate to begin with. You said earlier it has 2 hours on the meter after going through reset, so no idea how many hours are...

A GFCI also has nothing to do with frequency. Simplified, it's just checking to see if there is a voltage showing up on the ground wire that isn't supposed to be there, then trips the circuit if it measures any (something like 100mv is enough) From my past experience with these generators...

In proper operating condition, yes, these will trip before you get that kind of droop. at 35 hz you're talking serious issues with the load if it isn't purely resistive. So yes, if your machine is drooping more than a few hz, there is something wrong with the engine that needs fixed. About...

On the plus side, you've found things that are definitely not right. I always hate troubleshooting something and not finding anything wrong, then it just starts working again.

I use the NOCO G750 as a maintainer on one of the generators I have here, it's been on there for a couple years now and I haven't had any issues with the battery. The generator came out of an RV so it doesn't actually have it's own 12V charging system, the G750 has no issues with the small draw...

First actual modification I did to mine was a keyed battery disconnect. Adds both security from unauthorized starting attempts, but also security from shorting out components by being dumb and not disconnecting batteries first. Also saves a lot of wear and tear on both the seat latches and my...

Also, if your meter leads are long enough, you can check from the positive stud on the generator back to the negative battery post. If you have good voltage it's almost certainly an issue between the battery negative post and the vehicle ground.

the #6 cable you moved might be part of the issue, but it's not the only possibility. If your ground cable isn't making a good connection to the shunt and then to vehicle ground you can check every positive connection on the truck and still not see voltage. I haven't seen it yet, but do you...