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Ball valves do not tolerate frequent opening and closing. The wipers wear out and manufacturers don't put much effort into the stem seals because the wipers wear out regardless. Be mindful of materials used in your solenoid valve. Buna-N diaphragms have a similar life expectancy to your lift...

On the opposite end of the spectrum, I've had my throttle cable break on an uphill and blind turn on a mountain highway. Truck stopped and I could hear traffic skidding behind me. It took a minute or two but I realized if I shut the engine off I could put it in 4 low without locking the hubs...

That's going to make a lot of racket when those two brackets come together. The springs need to sandwich one bracket, you have them sandwiching both. Springs or rubber, you're going to need to calculate a weight for the box if you want to suspend it properly. Bolts or shims can be used to...

I'm guessing that you don't want to use anything water based as it will be very corrosive to the rim. You could mix the water with corrosion inhibitors. Seeing the price per oz, the Hutchinson formula is likely silicone based.

Another tach option is that if you're building an engine get a 6.5 timing cover and tone ring. It's 4 pulse per rev so it should work with any v8 tach. This also lets you run a 6.5 vibration damper.

At least they kept the 6.2L engine.

In my fleet I run 25 amp float only chargers on 8D batteries (currently downsizing to group 31) for engine starting an ECM power. As long as you are not starting frequently you don't need much charger to keep a battery charged. Even a Caterpillar 3500 series engine with electronic injectors only...

The current in the stator creates a magnetic field that opposes the field from the rotor. If you put a fixed voltage into the rotor field, as the stator field increases the field current decreases and the stator output voltage decreases. Capping the output voltage from the regulator to the field...

I'm late to the thread and don't know if this has been covered but electrolytic capacitors don't tolerate long term storage. When de-energized the insulating oxides inside break down and cause the capacitor to short circuit internally. The general rule of thumb is that electrolytic capacitors...

The seal is reusable as well.

Phillips has LED H6054 framed lights that are DOT approved. https://www.summitracing.com/parts/phl-h6054led?seid=srese1&ppckw=pmax-vf-philips-auto-lighting&gclid=Cj0KCQiAh8OtBhCQARIsAIkWb6-fNrCDjp24a4L_thDla2u85s1wr2ApEYRJbfhCicOwgldH0U2L4y8aAjV1EALw_wcB Truck-Lite uses some weasel words in...

If you have algae it means you have water. Good luck getting the water out without a bottom drain. The additives don't make more algae. They simply don't get rid of what is already there. The algae lives at the interface of water and fuel in a very thin layer. There isn't much of it because the...

I like the Dakota concept but I'll have to finish some projects around the house before my wife will let me drop that kind of dough. I'm shooting for $300-500 to get two pressure and 1 temp reading with rpm optional.

Ideally with gaskets you should use some type of compression limiter. A piece of thin tubing cut slightly shorter than the thickness of the gasket installed around each bolt would allow the gasket to be torqued properly without squishing the gasket to oblivion or causing it to extrude.

I was thinking something like this except that it's OBD2 only. Maybe this is a start. It can output to OBD2. https://www.justraceparts.com.au/car-multi-gauge-base-unit-sensor-package?gclid=Cj0KCQiAh8OtBhCQARIsAIkWb69Y7wRKEvWWhVGN5C_Vr7JLIjcH7GVvVeSFMcN5kPO2TI0WEqya7QgaAqO8EALw_wcB

Joist tape sounds like it would be ideal. https://www.homedepot.com/p/1-5-8-in-x-50-ft-Butyl-Joist-Tape-for-under-Decking-Board-398228/311992207

Which RTV did you use? The Right Stuff in black is the best to use. Make sure the surfaces are clean bare metal. No paint. Trying to install the valve covers in chassis can be tricky. Those rear rocker arms like to scrape the RTV off while you snake the cover between the brake booster or fuel...

Depending on the location and extent of the damage, I would also consider an epoxy patch. Cut out the rusty area. If it's on a flat area I would use preformed flat sheets of Garolite G-10 and 3M DP100NS adhesive. Ok a curved surface I would lay up some fiberglass biaxial tape with West System...

How much waste oil does everyone have? You can blend it with diesel and it doesn't require any treatment. I have dumped oil changes straight into my tank on my M1008. That's 2 gallons into less than 20 for the 6.2 liter diesel. It ran no differently than normal and made no smoke. It did not...

Good evening. I have not done any research yet and am wondering what is already known. I have installed a 2001ish center mount turbo 6.5 engine in my CUCV. I installed the DB2 pump and did not carry over any of the later electronics. I would like to get some gauges on the truck and have all of...