Recent content by jdr2710

12 for 12 now! The new AC ignitor transformer really seems to have done the trick.

Now that it is cold again I'm fiddling with the heater once more. The parts that fixed the ignitor lasted for about 2 starts, leaving me to guess that the transformer must be bad. I checked the electronics with a scope and had a nice big 150Volt spike feeding into the transformer, but it...

I did the same for a buddy a few years ago, never did get any pics, too much beer involved. We had a designated driver with a CDL who really wanted to drive the deuce, so I let him chauffeur while I partied with the groom. We drove to a couple different 'entertainment' establishments around...

I finally got the parts to fix the ignition coil (after getting a quote from Dyna-Curtis for $450 each!!) I pulled the end cap off and found the circuit board completely embedded in some nasty rubber that was a bit of a pain to get picked out. I eventually had to do both sides which made the...

I'll have to give that a shot. Another thing I got to wondering about is the altitude adjustment it has in the fuel flow. Being that my house sits at about 7,600 feet I wonder if some adjusting of that might change the fuel/air mix and allow it to burn more cleanly. Thanks, Jeff

So after lighting instantly several times & running about 20 hours total I tried to fire it up a couple nights ago and no joy, well a little joy, the engine fired right up with no bleeding, but the burner wouldn't light. I pulled it apart again to check the burner area and it was well and truly...

I thought I should get back to this thread as I've gotten the heater to run pretty consistently now. The bleeding was pretty easy, tho I must have an air leak somewhere as it needs to be re-bled pretty much every time I run it after it sits for a week. To bleed I pull the air-diverter cover...

I just picked up this Model H-1 heater nsn: 4520-01-135-2770 and was wondering if anybody could point me towards a tech order or some such. It ran fine when I inspected it, tho it was hard to start. I also ran it for several hours the same day when I got it home (still hard to start). I'm...

The potential for a bump start is why I always leave my 'Engine Stop' pulled out. I also leave it out of gear and the parking brake set, which turns out to be a good thing when you go to the home store & they load the two pallets of rock while you're still in the store. I came out and they...

I got heat! It took a little experimentation, but I got the igniter fixed. I ended up using 20ga nichrome wire. I initially tried 40 wraps around a 1/4" rod, but that seemed to be too cool with the air blowing by it (took forever to fire, and didn't like to stay fired), so I shortened it to...

I was having similar lack of traction on mine plowing the drive the other day, luckily I had chains on the front axle otherwise I wouldn't have made it up the hill! Just for fun I tried the moderately steep hill without the front axle locked, I might as well have been in neutral.

494F hopefully that means an igniter running somewhere around there will suffice, I'll shoot for a deal hotter tho, since that shouldn't bother the wire or cause any ignition problems. I may have to experiment a bit before I seal up the repaired igniter. I did manage to get the burned up...

Unfortunately the wire broke off flush with the ceramic. I wondered about using nichrome, but was hoping for the easy solution of a replacement part... I checked out some of the specs on nichrome and found a diameter that is about what I've got now. But I'm not sure what temperature I'll need...

Now that it is getting cold & snowy here in colorado I decided to try to figure out why my arctic heater doesn't heat. I've got a Benmar I got off ebay a while ago. To make life easier I pulled it off the truck so I could work on it on the bench. Much to my amazement it actually fired up on...

When I installed the dump hoist on mine I had to slide it back a bit to reach my lift (the entry door is too short to get all the way in) so I used a bottle jack to lift the bed a little and put 3/4" PVC pipe underneath as rollers on both sides, front and back. The PCV worked ok initially, but...