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Isolating the alt from engine heat would certainly help the issue. That, and the fact that the alternator picks up its cooling air from the BACK of the radiator. You are running a heat producing item, in a hot environment. If you cool the environment, the cooling capacity of the alternator...

In the grass, mine will idle the wheels around too, but you don't want to idle on engine through breakin.

If you mount the axle backwards, and spin the output with the same driveshaft rotation, the wheels will still go the right way. By driving the "wrong" side of the pinion shaft, it reverses the wheels, which cancels the reversal of the axle.

Wrap copper tubing around it and water cool it. The inside of my alternator looked a lot like the one in the original post on this thread. Only wire #5 had come loose from the regulator and arced on EVERYTHING.

Find a really big tree Put it in 6-Lo Pull up, bumper to the tree Use the hand throttle and dig 6 nice holes Come back after a coffee break and see what broke.

Well that seems to answer the 2dots on top question.

https://www.highpowermedia.com/blog/3954/rotation-of-piston-rings Interesting. I guess that's why in 2 stroke power sports motors, there is a dowel pin to keep the rings properly clocked.

(Rusty, I know you know this, but just to clarify) The taper that matters on the 2nd ring is the angle of the face that meets the cylinder wall. It has to go /| |\ so that it drags the oil away from the combustion chamber. Judging by the wear marks on Wild's 2nd ring, they were installed that...

I was just messing with you. I happened to be reading that thread because my truck isn't heating up as quickly as I'd like and found it humorous that you were now gearing up to install electric fans after making that statement a couple of years ago. Now I'm going to go look up those electric...

HA! I was just reading this thread where RustyStud decided that electric fans were a bad idea. http://www.steelsoldiers.com/showthread.php?26479-Changing-the-thermostat-questions/page5 Funny how opinions change.

IIRC, he's routing it back to the air intake.

D'OH! http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/clubpenguin/images/d/d0/Homer_facepalm.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20140714083103

The second ring is going to see more oil even with wash down.

Ah, I didn't realize they were surplus. I assume they are good rugged units then. Almost afraid to ask how much they are worth.

Given the the lack of familiarity with the part, I assumed it would be hard to find. I admit I haven't looked.

http://www.automationdirect.com/adc/Shopping/Catalog/Pushbuttons_-z-_Switches_-z-_Indicators/22mm_Plastic/Plastic_Monoblock_Indicators/LED/ECX2052-24L http://www.automationdirect.com/static/specs/plasticindlts.pdf I have one fly wired to my air buzzer just to see how it does with the backside...

And I would definitely advocate to err on the side of caution, especially with anything home made. If if the winch flies off its mount tomorrow and hurts someone, I'm just some a-hole on the Internet. Without my PE, you can't even sue me for bad advice. ��

The moment on the mounting hardware is fairly small due to the fact the cable winds on the bottom of the spool. It also doesn't change much as you go above or below horizontal with the line. The winch manufacturer likely chose the mounting hardware size (as indicated by the holes) based on the...

I get your point. That plate is tough in a shear direction, but it may buckle if pulled straight up or down. I would still expect it to give a lot of warning before something goes south. About the only thing that would fail suddenly and spectacularly would be the chinese winch!

I would assume he means the switch that activates the brake lights.