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Now here is how you polarize a generator: http://web.utk.edu/~tprather/FoothillsTractorClub/TechTips/PolarizeGenerator.html My question is how do you do this to a generator that has no access to any electrical connection, one that is sealed against water getting to it for fording purposes and...

Yes, I guess that is why I was wondering if I could check the generator seaperate from the electrical system to see if I was getting any thing out of it. I have heard of polarizing a generator though, antique generators made in the early 1900's require polarization.

Ok, well I think I have a problem. Truck off, nothing on, I have 24.4 volts at the batteries. Brand new batteries. Truck running, (fan belt tight) I now have 24 volts at the batteries. Should I be expecting around 27 volts also? This is with a new regulator. Any thoughts? Bad generator?

I have used this primer with great results on old steel. IMO I would recomend it for any area prone to rust. I restored a set of trucks about 4 years ago for an antique engine that had been setting out in a field for probably 50 years. Covered with rust and scale and moss etc. Cleaned them...

That is what I figured. Don't need any problems with batteries so I guess I will stay out of there!

See, I just learned some thing else! Thanks! I know this is elementry, but electrical is not my slice of pie. I am more a wrench guy.

By sealed I mean no exposed places to put a meter. AKA water tight. I just want to check the output of the generator. Reading at the guage should be regulated, just wonder what the actual output of the generator is and how to do it.

Got a question, (me learning here again!) How do you check the charging capabilities of a sealed system, such as the generator on my M37? Put a meter on the guage on the dash? That would be post regulator, how about pre regulator? Say if you wanted to check to make sure the generator is up...

Got a question. When I put a meter on my batteries (two twelve volt hooked up in series) the only place I read 24 volt is on the two posts that my trucks cables are hooked up to. If one end of the meter is on the middle (between the batteries) cable, it reads 12 volts. So why is there so much...

Garbee, have you ever posted a photo of any thing that you have painted with the RustOleum Hunter Green & Leather Brown mix? Just curious of the final looks of that color.

Now this is what this site is all about. I have never hears of such a product and I'm sold. I am familiar with a fluid damper for an engine crank and all big shot racers use that. Plus these beads add a ton of miles to the tire life as well as make them bearable at any road speed. The...

Got the new head gasket installed and new thermostat. Only snapped one head bolt, of course it was the 4th to the last to tighten, couldn't have been the 4th one. Luckily it left a bit above the engine block to get a hold of and it came right out. BigBee, I applied a bit of OD to the red barn...

Can you post a photo of the door markings?

Got the new head gasket ordered to replace the blown one in the nearly 54 year old engine and new thermostat. Wonder if the truck could get a senior discount at the gas pump in a couple of years? The old thermostat fell apart and was clogged with all kinds of stringy junk. Head bolts all...

Head gasket it was. Now I understand everything. At first the engine seemed to be over heating by loosing coolant thru the overflow tube. But the gauge wasn't showing over heating. Well, now I know the pressure was coming from the cylinder to the coolant passages in the head via the leaking...

Re: RE: Re: im comen too Speak for your self there pilgrim~ Just kidding, but really I would love to go all the way to MD but I can't. I will just be tagging along for a bit from Columbus to Wheeling. BUT if I were going, there is no way I could go all the way on one tank. From...

I once helped a fellow change the clutch in a 4x4 Jeep Grand Cherokee and I had serious doubts weather the transmission was trashed or not. Shifting was very hard, gears grinding etc.. New clutch, everything was fine. Never been so greasy in all my life.

WillWagner, Now that is an idea, blown head gasket. I will put some pressure on it and see where the air is leaking to. If the leak is to the exhaust or carb, valve problem, to the to the other cylinder, head gasket. Thanks Clinto, fyi it is a flat head so the valves are beside the cylinders...

What other than no compression would be an indicator of a broken valve spring? I have strong compression on outside 4 cylinders and no compression on center two. I checked it with a gauge. The 230 engine that I bought thinking I would rebuild had two broken valve springs in it. Is this...

I just straightened the cable on my winch and now I have a dedicated pair of "Winch Gloves" If you remove the cable be prepared for lots of grease.