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Man, you are putting a lot of faith into a piece of metal that simply was not designed for pressure. And , sure, if it develops a leak the pressure will bleed slowly and maybe your regulator won't fail either, by the way, how much pressure is in your main compressor tank? I had to empty a...

And at 6volts you can use golf cart batteries that will endure literally THOUSANDS of deep cycle discharges. Or, maybe you can keep the 24volt system and use golf cart batteries in a series-parallel combination that will endure literally THOUSANDS of deep cycle discharges. HMMMM, don't bother me...

Okay, it seems to be a chemical/hydraulic combination phenomenon that affects linered engines. Will it have the same effect on an engine like the 6.2 and 6.5 that i believe are just the solid casting bored out and fitted with a piston? The owners manual in the civilian 6.5 makes no reference...

Uh, what? Anti-freeze, what now? I know why they don't use anti-freeze in railroad diesels, but why a NO-NO in other diesels? My 6.2 came with regular old ethylene glycol. The civilian 6.5 uses the pink junk from GM, but only until i get around to a flush. What did i miss?

Be sure to put REALLY GOOD labels on each connector!!! Go ahead, ask me how i know THIS.

Yeah, you are correct. On all points. The older GE's are the worst smokers. They use a four cycle diesel engine, which was always slow to load. The steps up onto them where spaced for a nine-foot tall human being and the doors into the cabs and the cabs themselves were designed for a four-footer...

The flames aren't normal on the railroad locomotives. It happens on older units with mechanical governors. What happens is the governor responds to the throttle changes faster than the turbo can keep up. The governor opens up the injectors to the higher throttle setting efore the turbo gets the...

Maybe $25-$35 per gallon as surplus but at the local NAPA store where i satisfy my cravings for instant gratification it is twenty-five American dollars per QUART. And they smile profusely when they take the money!

You know,Stretch i got to thinking this last trip about what you said, and you are probably correct. Any water that gets into the system will migrate to the low points of the system. On most of the vehicles i've been under the low points are in the plumbing, but that is only going to matter if...

Yes, that is a fair assumption. Since the DOT5 is not hydr, uh, doesn't absorb water, it can tolerate sitting around much better than DOT3. The DOT3 fluid mixes with moisture that gets into the system then causes corrosion. When the moving parts move they sieze on the corrosion, and you get...

Well, i didn't mean to imply that the 60G plug was military spec. It was what the local Chevy store sold me as "state of the art" when i described what sort of vehicle i was dealing with. This was before i had discovered Steel Soldiers. As i understand the differences between the 60G's and the...

The GM part no. for the 60G plug is 12563554. I bought a set in early 07 at my local Chevy store (now shuttered). Paid list price, about $75, i think. Finally installed this AUG, they work great. They do require changing the ends on the wiring. The 13G's i took out had 3/16" connectors. The...

Funny you should mention it! I just paid my automotive electric guy, whom i've known professionally for all but thirty years, to repair a straight 24volt starter that he sold me in APR 2007. $145 for a new armature, new drive gear, brushes, and a new drive end housing. I had a broken starter...

I paid $954 cash in apr or may 2006 to rebuild a 400 in a two wheel one ton. A local independent rebuilder. The truck is a 350 gasser, but he put a NEW diesel torque convertor, along with all of his "tricks". Stuff he does to make them durable. I pulled it out and re-installed it myself. Cold...

But you can use 24 volts from the SYSTEM to charge batteries. I suspected triple A would just laugh if i called them and said, " come jump start my 24 volt truck". So, i put a pair of batteries in the back by the spare tire, wired in series. Then i used 10ga. wire through a double pole switch to...

If you added DOT 3 to your samples from the master cylinder and they settled out into two distinct layers in the container, then you have DOT 5 brake fluid in the master cylinder. You can buy DOT 5 brake fluid at better parts stores everywhere. I buy at NAPA because they are close. Be prepared...

Really? $1000 American Dollars ? If the other fellow isn't going to bite, i might. Does it start, run, drive, stop? How about a title? And where in MD?

Yeah, there is a way, really simple. Siphon a small (20cc) amount of brake fluid from your master cylinder. Put it in a small diameter glass or clear plastic container like a test tube. Then mix in a similar amount of DOT 3 fluid that your are sure about. The repair manuals always say " from an...

But before you go...... Many,many,many years ago my father's '65 Belair got a lube job and they left the plug out. He drove it, billowing white smoke going down the highway. As a seven or eight year old i thought it was cool. The old man was not so amused. But he had it towed and re-filled and a...

I'm in for two. I just broke the drive gear in my less than 14-month old non gear reduction 24 volt starter. Two, plus the shipping is still less than i paid for that thing, in July or August of 2007. At an independent rebuild shop i,ve dealt with for 30 years. Where do i send the check? And any...