Steel Soldiers now has a few new forums, read more about it at: New Munitions Forums!
Microsoft MSN, Live, Hotmail, Outlook email users may not be receiving emails. We are working to resolve this issue. Please add support@steelsoldiers.com to your trusted contacts.
OK, so you have already been jumping the starter so you already know how to do that. The fact that it runs fine means that nothing bad is going to happen. We did not have that info with the first question when I gave my somewhat crass answer. I agree that the problem is the switch or a bad wire...
Jumping the starter is easy, same as doing it in a car. Switch on, Jump hot cable to small terminal on starter solenoid. BUT! If you have major wiring issues up in the control box you can do all kinds of damage by doing this. This is why there are trouble shooting procedures that need to be...
"When I was putting it back, some of the wires looked weird so I checked all the connections and a couple of wires were out of place. A couple were on jumpers so they did not really matter, but I did find that 5 and 9 were reversed. I believe this put L1 and L3 load readings in series instead of...
Front end loader on my old Massey 20 tractor. Both of my sets are on 116 trailers now but I still use the tractor to move them around. the loader is my back, without it I would not be moving anything over 100 lbs. anymore.
Have you checked the voltages in the house at the panel with a meter? I don't care what the genset says, you need to check the voltages in the house!!! There are things that need to be checked and followed up on when installing and checking out a genset for the first time. When you tied in the...
Central air is a pretty heavy load for a 5K genset. How many ton is your compressor? I am sure it is overloading on startup and may not be catching up. I never go by those percentage meters, I have never seen an accurate one yet. I will bet that A/C compressor draws at least half of the capacity...
I would still take a sample of the drained oil and send it in to be analyzed to see if there is any metal in it. Once you drain it and put fresh oil in it you need a fair amount of run time before you can get it analyzed.
Guy, The Army spent a lot of money "figuring" out a lot of things. Doesn't always mean it was right, just meant it fit in the budget. I know that in the late 80's early 90's they converted to using 15W-40 diesel oil in all of their reciprocating engines. It was found to have the additives needed...
You really need to think of it realistically. The motor is toast so trying to justify using top grade diesel oil in it now is like bolting the door after the horse has has left the barn. You can go with a straight grade heavier oil like a 40 wt and hope for the best but nothing you do is going...
Ok, So that is actually one set of points that connects the one side to the other when they come together. Without seeing the rest of the assembly it is hard to tell what is connecting to what but it looks to me like that setup is connecting the circuit on the left to the circuit on the right...
I am guessing that unit was loaded on your trailer with a forklift judging by the width of the tires and fenders. You got a fork to get it off? I have a couple of those heaters, that was a bad deal for me since one I kind of got running using parts from the other but I basically would consider...
I would think the normal green coolant will be just fine. I don't think liner cavitation is an issue with these engines which is what the SCT is needed for. As far as the broken valve just get a wrench and take the whole valve out and replace it.
Sure, ad-blocking software does a great job at blocking ads, but it also blocks useful features of our website like our supporting vendors. Their ads help keep Steel Soldiers going. Please consider disabling your ad blockers for the site. Thanks!