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I thought the cold advance just gave it a little throttle. increasing idle speed until the engine warmed up. If that's not working for you, you should be able to achieve the same effect by giving it a little throttle via the accelerator pedal, right? If we're only talking about 30 seconds, and...

Once I get the M1010 fully up to speed, it will be her call. She has a Subaru Outback which currently serves as her base of operations. The M1010 would clearly get her further back into the mountains, and has more space to serve as her base camp/lab. It's also more awkward to drive around...

Put the cover on the M1101 today. The bolts and washers were sealed in plastic, yet still had white corrosion. I soaked them in Naval Jelly, hit them with rust reformer, and put them in. I'll likely need to replace them with SS hardware eventually, since they seem to be bright steel, but...

Here is the promised update: The 51" belt on the 24V alternator held up OK. 500 miles later I still have about an inch of alternator adjustment remaining. The 59" belt for the upper alternator totally stretched out. After 500 miles, it was too loose even with the alternator adjustment maxed...

Happy to help. Note that I just repeated stuff I learned here on SS. I also note that cucvrus has 30 years more experience with this than I do. You won't find me arguing against his recommendations. I lack the confidence to take on as many simultaneous tasks as he does, though. I am...

You've addressed part of the issue, but there's another factor that may be in play here. The lug nuts press the wheel against the hub. In painting both the wheel and the hub, I added layers of paint that have some initial thickness. The forces at play between the wheel and the hub could...

The 6.2 oil seals are designed to work with a slight crankcase vacuum, which is maintained by a well-sealing oil fill cap, dipstick, the CDR, and the associated vacuum hoses and fittings. There are multiple SS threads on this. My 6.2 used a quart of oil every 100 miles on the recovery drive...

The parade goes up 5th Avenue from 29th to 53rd, past the Empire State Building and the NY Public Library.

Bose makes nice noise cancelling headphones, with circuitry designed to cancel the drone of aircraft engines. They are not rated as hearing protection. Peltor makes shooting ear protection with audio. The circuitry lets you hear conversations but it suppresses peaks like gunshots. It...

Pix as we wait to join parade

My truck has mild Missouri surface rust, not the nasty road salt New England rust, so there's nothing deep. I treat the rust where I find it, by wire brushing all I can, and rust reforming the rest. The wheel and hub each had this treatment, plus the wheel was painted, so there are new...

M1010 rivet replacement for side panel sign channels. Remounted the red cross panels in preparation for the Veteran's Day parade. Several rivets holding the aluminum channel had sheared off, others were loose, so I drilled them out and replaced them. They're 3/16 rivets, and I found a 3/16...

Fresh wheel paint and loosening lug nuts. When I went over the truck looking for rust, I wire brushed the rust off the wheels, treated them with Rust Reformer, and painted them. I always worry a little about fresh paint and lug nuts. I figure the paint can act as a lubricant, allowing...

Forgive me if I state the obvious, but if tank crud keeps clogging your sock, in addition to filters, you may want to clean out your tank...

My M1010 leaked a quart every 100 miles when I got it. The 6.2l engine seals depend on maintaining a slight vacuum in the crankcase. To maintain this vacuum, it depends on a good seal at the oil fill cap and the oil dipstick. It also requires a properly functioning CDR valve, and no cracks in...

The Napa belts pictured above are rated at 17HP, so I have hope that they will work OK. NAPA also sells HD notched belts rated at lower HP. If these green belts don't work, I may try the notched belts next.

Right. My M1010 has 2 alternators, a 100A 24v and 160A 12V, and normal belts don't survive very long. That's 2400 and 1920 watts respectively, with 1/2" pulleys. I got less than 1,000 miles out of my last set of belts. They quickly stretched to the point where I no longer had enough...

Clean grounds can make lights much brighter. Throbbing can mean loose belts. At least this is true on my truck.

I'm pretty sure. The radiator connection is 1 3/4", and the water pump is 2", so the hose diameter is different on each end. If I had it backwards, one end would be too big and the other too small. I'm no mechanical genius, but I'm pretty confident I got this right. I've also tried rotating...