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  1. G744

    ADDING 25KW SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER TO MEP-005A

    I have many single and 3 phase demands on the property running just fine on 208V rather than 240V. Our grid service is WYE configured 120/208, so is the backup DRASH genset. Have no worries, guy.
  2. G744

    ADDING 25KW SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER TO MEP-005A

    Power transformers have an Impedance factor to deal with, and essentially that is a tax on the current flowing thru them. You'd be better off at just using the output of the genset as is, with approximately balancing the single-phase load across the legs.
  3. G744

    ADDING 25KW SINGLE PHASE TRANSFORMER TO MEP-005A

    Are you trying to step it up to 480V? Trying to get 240V? Curious as to what is your target result.
  4. G744

    Operation: Gertrude. Kendelrios M715 restoration thread

    I flashed beck to Cheech & Chong's "Nice Dreams"...
  5. G744

    Bumper Woes.

    Cool. Somehow, the phrase "new bumper hole" conjures up a totally different meaning...
  6. G744

    Bumper Woes.

    I always thought 5-ton bumpers were rather flimsy compared to the rest of the truck. Suppose it was easier for a unit to just replace them, as a sacrificial item meant to save more complex things behind it. Not that it was easy to bend one up...
  7. G744

    MuleMacs M561 rebuild and restoration thread.

    It's Gama. One M, after Robert Gamaunt the designer of the articulated joint between the 2 sections. DO NOT run any oil other than 40WT DELO 100, or you'll coke up the rings faster than you can say damn! Nothing else available has the Detroit Diesel required low ash requirement.
  8. G744

    M37 Restomod?

    A suitably-sized Diesel repower can be a nice asset for any G741. That B series Cummins 6 is too much grunt for the little truck, IMO. All the extra HP will do is make highway driving faster, potentially increasing the danger level without considering tires, brakes and steering as well. Back...
  9. G744

    M35 Boots for Knuckles

    Are the one-piece ones silicone rubber?
  10. G744

    Hello from AZ!

    Welcome from the Northern Sonoran Desert! Sorry for the thread hijack, but... Back in late '83, I started restoring an armored M966 TOW missile carrier for a client in Prescott, AZ. It was one of the original 24 test bed trucks from AMG, S/N 00024. Several of them were sold as excess by the...
  11. G744

    Disk brake questions.

    The 90's F700 parts would work fine for the GVW of the M35. There will be no "bolt up" way, until someone makes and markets an adapter kit to go along with those parts.
  12. G744

    Disk brake questions.

    The deal on those kits is the bracketry to support the caliper, and machining the hub to allow a welded flange to mount the rotor on. Any good machinist can build those parts to fit whatever caliper/rotor you find that will take the load OK. I have a Ford F700, and the disc setups on it look...
  13. G744

    Windshield Weather Seal/strip

    Used to be one could soak rubber stuff like that in DOT3 for a while. It really lubes it up. Another thing used on rubber things is carb cleaner in the gallon can. It makes rubber really 'loose', and just about the only way to get the pedal floor seals on without destroying them. The...
  14. G744

    Windshield Weather Seal/strip

    If you mean the part that folds down on the hood, garage door bottom seal is a pretty good sub. If you mean that which goes around the flip-up glass, that is best ordered from an MV parts dealer. A hint--it is the same on G744 series 5-tons and M35 2.5 tons.
  15. G744

    Piston assessment

    Me 3. DG
  16. G744

    1980 m813 starting issues

    No worse than holding an 80lb bag of concrete mix over your head, while getting 3 bigassed bolts out...
  17. G744

    1980 m813 starting issues

    The Bendix may be jammed in the flywheel. This can cause the starter to spin very fast last time it was running, then throw some windings and lock up.
  18. G744

    Weasel: I need some Identification! T15? M28? M29?

    Some weasel may have gotten away with it!
  19. G744

    M929A2 Driveline Question

    Lugnut torque is something shops seem to think is proper when they stall out a 1" air wrench on every one. Then, if one has a flat, you'll never get them loose with hand tools. Plus, that will eventually dish out the beveled hole in the wheels, too. In many, many miles in tacticals, I've...
  20. G744

    M929A2 Driveline Question

    They are driven together by the intermediate drive shaft, AKA they are constantly locked into "4-wheel drive". It would take a very unusual event to shear off 10 wheel studs. Were you running duals or singles? Not that that really matters in your case. Offhand, I'd say you had a hard failure...
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