Recent content by flatdog555

Hey Brian, got your email. Cheri and I will be going this year and would love to convoy up with you and Josh and anyone else driving up from the People's republic of Portland. Will try to read the thread on turning up the fuel a bit. Climbing the I-5 "hill"s last year was about as fast as a...

Great pictures! If that's the Kenai you're crossing, the last time I went across it was in '72. We used a boat. It looks like a lot more fun in a deuce!

brianp454 and I (flatdog555) will be there. I have some mil-surplus desert color camo netting you can use. We were at the Napavine campout in the two deuces (camo and desert tan) with the parachute between to knock down the sun. Ok, brianp454 is planning to be there. We both have to do some...

I wanted to chime in as well with a big thanks to Aaron and Amber for another expertly hosted event. My wife and I had a relaxing time with some really great folks, got to look at a lot of cool stuff (and buy some of it), and eat some really good food. Thanks to all who helped make this a...

Thanks Brian. I'll post pictures when I get a chance. It was amazing to take this totally rusted E-brake "spine" and using some penetrating oil and flexing it, getting it to start to move again. I thought I was going to be buying one off of ebay or one of the surplus dealers, but when I was...

Put in a Semi air-ride seat on the passenger side. Painted the base OD to match, cutting up some duffel bags and following the seat pattern to make seat covers. Also took out the park brake cable which was completely frozen, sandblasted and cleaned the outside with break-free, got it moving...

1)flatdog555 possible 2) +1 3) 1965 M35a2 4) 19th 5) N/A Never had the privilege 6) PDX (convoy w/ Brian454)

Beerslayer, I'd like to drive by it sometime with my son. I'm in West Linn. Could you PM me the location? Thanks, flatdog

Could someone post a picture of the MEP-016E solenoid linkage. Mine came incomplete during an upgrade from Ft. Hood, and I'm trying to see what the design intent was. Thanks Derf for posting the picture from the upgrade manual, that helps, but I'm looking for more detail so that I can make one...

Thanks, I took a look at both the Yanmar, and as soon as you said China 186, the whole world opened up. Seems like every engine company in China is copying every other engine company, so there are lots of choices for parts. I bought one of the shutdown solenoids off of ebay, and pretty much...

derf, Thanks for the reply in both articles. Mine appears to have been in the middle of a re-power as well. I'm missing the entire shutdown solenoid and the speed adjust cable. There is the addition of a small cylinder that takes the two wires that used to go to the solenoid and make it into...

Thanks derf, I took your advice on wiring down the compression release and used the starter to bump the engine while I drove the field with a little power supply. I could have used a lantern battery if I had one, but it worked well to hook up the field wires to about 6 volts and look at the...

26.3 ohms on the field. No shorts between any of the windings and ground. Will try a spin test tomorrow. Thanks again, flatdog555

Thanks derf, That's pretty close to what I was thinking. I had planned tomorrow to connect all 6 wires to a spare terminal bus that I have, and isolate them from the rest of the unit. I was going to hook something small to the field coil, then lock the pressure dump valve on the motor open so...

Thanks, I probably should explain it better. I've tried the internal switch in many positions, but the voltages coming out are weird. I know the purpose of the internal switch is to connect the stator windings in different combinations so that I can get single or 3 phase 120 or 240 (or 208...