M916 maiden voyage from Texarkana TX to Richmond VA

[Plane Fast]

Man.. One stop and you put them out of business!

Glad you made it home.

 

[NDT]

Can you post a picture of your alternator? We will need to know what you have to assist with diagnosis. The stock set up is a Leece Neville 130 amp with piggyback transformer rectifier unit.

 

[ev2bfree]

This is a 7/2012 Red River Army Depot rebuild, so it has a newer divorced regulator. I do not have a pic of mine, but it looks just like Artisan's
View attachment M916 alt reg.pdf

 

[Artisan]

The unit is all one piece, as in the alt and reg are one
unit UNLESS your truck was upgraded.

Is there a bracket next to the alt where a regulator
might have been attached?

Maybe a pic of that area?

 

[NDT]

Your 12 volt dash voltmeter pegged out tells me your regulator crapped out. The headlights were never converted to 24 volt to the best of my knowledge.

 

[ev2bfree]

I will test the headlight socket now that the regulator is removed to see if it is now 12 volt while running on the batteries only. My guess is when the regulator died it some how feed 24 volts to some circuits like the head lights. I did find some 24 volt sealed beam headlights that are a direct replacement.

 

[ev2bfree]

The unit is all one piece, as in the alt and reg are one
unit UNLESS your truck was upgraded.

Is there a bracket next to the alt where a regulator
might have been attached?

Maybe a pic of that area?

Yes it has the bracket and divorced regulator.

 

[ev2bfree]

Can you post a picture of your alternator? We will need to know what you have to assist with diagnosis. The stock set up is a Leece Neville 130 amp with piggyback transformer rectifier unit.

Yes here are the photos of the Alternator and Regulator that was removed.

 

[Artisan]

WHY WAS IT REMOVED! OMG! Those are "the good parts" . !

 

[Artisan]

I have one of those special alts that needs to be rebuilt.
PM if interested.

 

[ev2bfree]

Well the Maiden Voyage of the HULK is finally over! The M916 is on the family Base and fixed. The regulator came, all is back together and works great. She is ready to haul some green friends home to keep her company. The first friend will be a M1074 PLS when the EUC is ready. That will be a separate thread.

 

[CGarbee]

Good to hear that the M916 is at home...
Looking forward to seeing her at the VA Rally (Graves Mountain - Labor Day Weekend) if not sooner.

 

[Artisan]

That is a good feeling, all home and safe...

 

[AZK9]

... The M916 is on the family Base and fixed. The regulator came, all is back together and works great. She is ready to haul some green friends home to keep her company. ...

That is great news!

I've been following this thread and have remained hopeful that everything would work out for you.
Glad to see that things are fixed, working well... and looking good!

You've got a beautiful truck! Have fun with it!!