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  1. 74M35A2

    SW 60k BTU Multifuel Heater, Not Working, Won't Light

    Got the fuel injection solenoid working. SW had 2 leads reversed on the electronics board. I didn't see detailed connection about this in the TM, but I reversed 2 that could easily be swapped mistakenly, and it atarted clicking, double rate on high, so I think that part is ok now. Should be...
  2. 74M35A2

    SW 60k BTU Multifuel Heater, Not Working, Won't Light

    Be patient, I am going throught it all now. I didn't want to be an expert on this, but it is heading that way. The fuel metering block has a heating element with a snap type thermostatic switch in series with it. The thermostat is supposed to open at 70F. It looks like that may not be...
  3. 74M35A2

    Cummins filtration filters

    My truck is always full also.
  4. 74M35A2

    Hawker battery questions.

    Those batteries are shot. Most batteries will live about 5 years. The open circuit voltage (OCV) you reported they are dead as they sit. 12.0V is heavily discharged, in the range of 80-90%. 12.8V is a full charged lead acid battery. The only true test of battery health is a load test...
  5. 74M35A2

    SW 60k BTU Multifuel Heater, Not Working, Won't Light

    All good points. Thanks team. Have been reading the manual so now ready to try your suggestions as well as check components.
  6. 74M35A2

    SW 60k BTU Multifuel Heater, Not Working, Won't Light

    Anybody have experience working with the SW 60k BTU fuel fired heaters? I have one that won't light. Power and fans are ok, but when held in start position, I don't see or feel the fuel solenoid clicking, and smoke comes from the fuel pressure regulating chamber, seems there is a heater in...
  7. 74M35A2

    New good quality block heater?

    Thanks. How long to you run them?
  8. 74M35A2

    New good quality block heater?

    OP is looking for a block heater to aid in cold starting. I don't think an oil pan heater will do it? From a principle standpoint, it should heat the oil pan and the oil within it, only. The only way that heat could heat the engine block or coolant would be if that heat could travel from the...
  9. 74M35A2

    New good quality block heater?

    Where is this 10 degree ether limit coming from? The factory ether system started my 8.3 at -18F ambient temp January 2014 with no external heaters applied.
  10. 74M35A2

    New good quality block heater?

    I just clicked the hyperlink in the article I wrote, which is referenced above, and it still works and takes you to the NAPA website and displays the part, price, pic, etc....for the 8.3L. I do this because in typing and restyling part numbers, errors can occur. The article I authored includes...
  11. 74M35A2

    M923 Brake Question

    I hate wedgies !!!!
  12. 74M35A2

    M925A2 Dump Conversion, Alternate Style Cylinder Mechanism(s)?

    That would work, but I think the dumps themselves are rare, and then to find somebody parting one out, even more rare. The pivoting roller mech is a mechanical leverage adder for the first few inches of cylinder travel, as the cylinders are sitting almost flat and the vertical push up on the...
  13. 74M35A2

    Show your 5 tons in the snow.

    Not very exciting, but I did take this pic this specifically for this thread. My 9 idling in McDonald's parking lot this morning with MI snow, just after dropping the kids off at elementary school with it.
  14. 74M35A2

    M925A2 Dump Conversion, Alternate Style Cylinder Mechanism(s)?

    Happy New Year all. In wanting to add a dump conversion to my M925A2, I was ready to pull the trigger on one of the C&C scissor kits, but I have just seen too many complaints of slow speed and disappointment in lift capability. Also, WildChild467 pointed out to me that the scissor mechanism...
  15. 74M35A2

    M925A2 Hydraulic System Mods

    http://www.northerntool.com/shop/tools/product_200329778_200329778
  16. 74M35A2

    M923 Brake Question

    If you have driven a "semi", then this should brake much the same way, as the system is about identical. We can give you benefit of the doubt, and suspect something is wrong, which at that point you will need to start reading through the operation and service manuals or pay to have it...
  17. 74M35A2

    M925A2 Hydraulic System Mods

    It won't be as easy as that, because all your pressure and volume will bleed off through the winch bypass in the control valve. Also, the 925 hydraulic pump does not operate when in "drive" and at a stop, so not sure when you need hydraulic power to your trailer and when not. Maybe easier to...
  18. 74M35A2

    Battery charger for a 923

    It is make or break now. If they are frozen , then they are shot, as the ice separates the plates and mangles the inside. The slave port makes a fabulous battery charger connection point, just put a slave end on the battery charger. Then can connect without even opening the door. Yummy.
  19. 74M35A2

    Battery charger for a 923

    Even NAPA sells a 5A 24V charger. If you want a much faster charger, I'd use a charger for a 24V forklift. They can be had for a very low cost, and most are automatic or on timers.
  20. 74M35A2

    summer vs winter gasoline

    Thread several months old, but the difference between summer and winter gasoline is the vapor pressures. For what you are doing, you won't notice the difference. Gasoline if vented to the air starts to degrade at about 6 months. At one year, it is borderline yucky. Stale fuel will be...
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