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Going through auction 803a
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That's the one.
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The one the guy down the street from me was listed the same way. I can't get it to move by hand, and 2 quarts of water in the oil pan makes me afraid to even try to dead crank it. Jamawieb I think I got mine (which turned out to be a good runner) and the guy down the street all picked them up from the same auction. Next time I bid on any I will be driving the two hours to get a look at them in person. Does anyone know if I can take a breaker bar in on inspection and turn them over?
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I just reached in and turned it with the fan belt.
Some of the guys will let you try to turn the motor over with a socket and some will not. I don't believe the are supposed to let you. But if you can move the fan or crank with your hand more than an inch you should be good. Ideally you would want to make a complete revolution but that may not be possible.
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Update:
Unit was ran for 4 hours tonight with heaters and halogen lights on it. Wattage wise it added up to 12500 watts and Fluke meter read 56 amps. Voltage held perfect no matter what the load. Hertz seemed to drop from 61.5 to 59.5 under heavy load and was verified with Fluke meter. Air temp was 8F and unit fired right up. Ran just over 180F with just under 40psi on the oil if the gauges are right. Did burn some stuff out of the muffler, but not to bad at all. I did run some diesel purge through it at the same time. That did burn some stuff out and really stank while burning, but after that no smoke under load. I did turn the voltage off and on a couple times to hit it with a good load and it barely made a difference in voltage or sound. I'm guessing that many amps under a different kind of load would read higher on the meter but with this it was still only 95% at best. I need to find more stuff to load it up with to make it work more for round 2!
Unit was ran for 4 hours tonight with heaters and halogen lights on it. Wattage wise it added up to 12500 watts and Fluke meter read 56 amps. Voltage held perfect no matter what the load. Hertz seemed to drop from 61.5 to 59.5 under heavy load and was verified with Fluke meter. Air temp was 8F and unit fired right up. Ran just over 180F with just under 40psi on the oil if the gauges are right. Did burn some stuff out of the muffler, but not to bad at all. I did run some diesel purge through it at the same time. That did burn some stuff out and really stank while burning, but after that no smoke under load. I did turn the voltage off and on a couple times to hit it with a good load and it barely made a difference in voltage or sound. I'm guessing that many amps under a different kind of load would read higher on the meter but with this it was still only 95% at best. I need to find more stuff to load it up with to make it work more for round 2!
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Good idea on fan belt. I didn't want to use the fan for sure and didn't think of just the belt. I will take a breaker bar with me and hopefully they let me use to find a decent motor out of the parts units.
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Hey just thought I'd mention I found a real good use for the shrouds I took off the sides next to the fan belt. I cut them up and made covers for the holes on the bottom of the unit. No mice or critters chewing through those!
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Ya know, one day I was working on a set just like yours. I had a long rag wrapped around my hand, and checking oil. One moment it was there, (my hand too) and the next, that rag was gone. My hand traveled part way to the fan with it. Its alright to not have the fan guards on, if you NEVER forget that fan is over there waiting to bite you. And most sets I worked on didn't have the guards. That's the first thing the soldiers toss away.
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That is one of the dangers of working on running engines for sure. It will just be me in there working on it so I'm not real worried about it. I use saws with no guards just about every day. You learn to be real careful around running equipment!
I can see why the soldiers took them off. It makes it much harder to work on the front of the engine with them on. I have limited range of motion in my neck so whatever I can do to make it easier to work with that I do.
I can see why the soldiers took them off. It makes it much harder to work on the front of the engine with them on. I have limited range of motion in my neck so whatever I can do to make it easier to work with that I do.
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Guyfang I ended up with some more of the units with the same remote monitor connections on them. I opened the document storage on one and the whole binder with the modifications and directions for units with this modification was in the door. It gives more info than one would ever need. I'd say I could scan and send specific pages, but the info you posted makes me hesitant to do that!
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Might be a good idea to not post it in the net.
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Yeah I'd rather not be in trouble with the people that might care about that!