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I have some input for members troubleshooting as well.
I have been chasing my tail because I refused to believe that my pass alternator was bad.
indications were as follows:
key in igintion on, dummy lights for alt1, alt 2 and oil illuminated
note alt 2 dim, half the illumination as alt 1...
I was home on leave a few months ago and found that Pep Boys carried the kits of the dorman cotter pins. I got them, o-rings, standard and metric bolt kits as well as some other odds and ends that the parts stores here in kodiak are always out of. The kits sure are nice to have and have saved...
I think he only has a 8K there. A freind and I fabed my mount for a 12k and it takes two ppl to pick the whole thing up. Plus I only want to pull head on so if I were to get a block it would only be to get someone around an obsticle that I could not or did not want to make my self go through.
I did a partial about 6 months ago.
It was all nasty rain sleet and snow out, I pulled up to the island knowing that I had gotten diesel there before slapped my card in and started pumping. I dumped some stanadyne cleaner in while it was pumping and noticed the smell was different. Turned...
From what I can see supply wise the initial contract awarded was to MILITARY VEHICLES OPN GENERAL MOTORS TRUCK AND BUS GROUP MS 2603-02 on 07/01/1982 for 5,201 units of m1009's with contracts totalling 9,962 units of m1009's.
I looked it up online in something alot like fedlog.
The optima's over the past few years have gone down as far as quality is concerned.
If you are looking into a higher performing battery check out the other AGM batteries like the ones Carquest has. NG31 is the P/N IIRC for group 31's and they come with the 3/8 stud so you can reterminate...
I had to do one as well. Found stacked washers where the standoff was supposed to be which was why my belts were off alignment as well. I have stopped throwing belts on a regular basis since the replacement as well.
I had gotten mine from superbrightleds.com you cannot hear them click but they work with my LED tail lights. I kinda like to not hear them click though I have always found that to be annoying...but that is the point of the click too.
you can operate on one alternator. Make sure you have the batteries fully charged first just incase you have to do several starts. I have operated with a bad alternator for months. I have a charger rigged up and charge the rear battery every few days.
I used a resource but you can find the same information on www.nsn-now.com
I used the MS90728-59 you had posted on another resources very similar to the site I mentioned but they provide the same information.
hmm I tried to copy the info and paste it from a source so here it is
Thread Class 2A
Thread Direction Right-hand
Thread Length .813" minimum and .875" Maximum
Fastener Length .813" Minimum and .875" Maximum
Head Style C1 hexagon
Head Height .226" Minimum and .243" Maximum
Width between flats...