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Now working on charging the 5th group of 3 cells. Just one more to go! It has been raining on and off, so I threw a tarp over the charger and batteries so that I could keep going. http://www.cstone.net/~dk/hystertarp.JPG Still just clicks when attempting any functions. I sure hope that...

No tag on the blower shroud. It's a 1986 unit with 1320 hours showing on the meter. I'll keep a close eye on it when firing it up for the first time. Oil was about 1 quart low, I topped it off. So the oil pump appears to be working. Popped the 3 bottom caps off the fuel pumps and cleaned...

Thanks Ike. I suppose that it would be normal for the pressure gauge to not budge until it fires up then, especially on a set that has been sitting for a long time? There's an oil pressure switch that will shut it down if no/low pressure at run time I assume, so maybe I'll proceed with priming...

Thanks guys. I tried the screwdriver trick and got impressive sparking when shorting to the "S" terminal but nothing else. So I removed all the connections to the starter and pulled it. The starter motor turned over freely. Cleaned all the connectors and put it back together again. Still...

I played with it a little more just now (before reading these responses), and the clicking appears to be coming from the other side of the engine, near the fuel injection pump. The bendix does not move at all when attempting to start. There is no movement or sound from the starter side of...

So I have been tinkering with a 003A I just picked up last week. Got the fuel tank removed and am working on getting it cleaned out. Last night I removed all the filters (they all looked brand new as if this thing had just been serviced before being put away). Picked up new oil and fuel...

This fork lift has 2 levers, when you hold either lever to the left, it engages one function, and when held to the right, another. So I have lift, tilt and side shift, so I don't have rotate or clamp or whatever the 4th position may be used for. Still working on getting all the cells charged...

Got the 200A transfer switch cut in today. It was a pain dealing with that thick 200 AMP copper wire for sure! First I pulled out the 6 existing pieces. Sorry these first few pics are crappy cell phone pics as I was in a hurry to get power restored. Inside looking out: Outside looking in...

Lol yep. That's how they loaded the forklift onto my trailer.

I just checked it again (10 hours later) and they are at 2.020 V. So they settled a little. Switched back to the 60 AMP mode and am doing 6 cells at once now at 12 V. So far so good. I'm showing over 36 V now on the main plug. Just for grins, I plugged it in and the "fuel gauge" went to...

Thanks for the tip. Got one on order. Any ideas about the end part pieces? Mine are all missing. GMG sell a kit, but almost 60 bucks seem a bit pricey for for these pieces. They sell the exact same throttle cable as the above Amazon link, but at quite a premium...

I went and picked up an automatic wheeled 6/12V charger yesterday to go with the little bench-top model. I figured one of these would be more handy around the farm than just getting a used 36V charger dedicated to the forklift. It is micro processor controlled and features 2, 20 and 60 AMP...

Thanks Isaac. I checked, and the 2 + terminals and the 2 - terminals definitely appear to be connected inside the cell. I'm getting 0.000 Ohms across the + terminals and the same on the - terminals with my Fluke. Sure enough, that little car charger was flashing "dead batt" this morning. I...

Hmm, in that case, I guess I'm only charging one 1 Volt cell within each "container" right now, so basically charging 3 Volt worth of cells @ 6 volt? Probably not good.

Got a flashlight and went down to the shop and hooked up my charger to the first 3 cells (charger does have a 6V setting). Voltage ramped up to about 6.4 Volt and then settled in at 5.1 Volt initially for the charging. http://www.cstone.net/~dk/hysterbatt-01.JPG From a percentage...

Bret, that's a great idea! Isaac, those plastic covers pop off, exposing the bars. I'm going to check that out.

Oops, sorry about that. Link removed from above post.

The thing is that by putting the well pump and HVAC on the large generator, I'd need to fire that up anytime I needed water or heating or cooling. That just seems like a hassle when the small generator is likely able to handle both of those loads (and the small ones) 95% of the time. I'll know...

Do I need one rated for 850 Amp Hours, which translates to roughly 80 Amps @ 36V? I don't care if it takes several days to fully charge as I won't be using it all that much, so as long as it doesn't hurt the battery pack, I'm ok with a smaller unit.

Ok cool. I'll keep looking. I put a volt meter on the battery pack and was pleasantly surprised it was 18.32 Volts. Maybe there is some sort of safety lockout that renders it completely dead unless it is seeing at least 33 Volts or something?