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We have one with the LED on the water truck and one w/o on the Mack tractor. They both seem to work well, but the non-LED unit does have a very high pitch "tone" that most times I can't hear, mostly when in direct sunlight. Highly recommend using these on any of our military trucks, since most...

You can try to rebuild the Holley, but when we did, it made no difference in fuel use. Call Saturn and get a Zenith, it is a true bolt-on. Just have to turn or reset the air cleaner to hit the carb entrance fitting. Be sure to check the following items: 1. No mice in aircleaner! 2. Fuel pump...

We were still looking into how to use our little 3 kw gen set to run the entire house on 240 volts, and I found this info on smokstak.com: "Install 12 or 10 ga. jumper between LO and TB-6 and set selector in 240 volt" or "Install jumper between S1-5 and S1-6 w/ selector in 240 volt" This...

Never saw this thread before. It looks like a Zenith carb on the V-8, is it? Also like the dual air cleaners. If the carb is the same size as a 5 ton, I wonder why dual air cleaners are needed? Maybe the 5 tons are on the edge (for CFM) using only one. Anyone know where to get rebuild...

No idea, truck was hired. Driver never even looked at the filter element. This was in 1973, so maybe no element in the can?!

When I was a kid, watched a flatbed driver dump the clutch on a Detroit in a Ford with a D9 on the trailer, causing the engine to cough and start to run backwards. Smoke was coming out of the air cleaner and the driver was wild trying to shut it down using the normal and the emergency...

Just use snow plow marker rods, Fisher Plows or something like that.

Also, if anyone likes or wants old construction equipment, this guy has a fleet of old Gradalls and a real neat old truck mounted HopTo backhoe, I think it is a 200. In back of the stuff you see in the pictures is an all wheel drive rigid frame rock truck made by IHI in the 1960's with a V12...

This stuff is owned by the guy we got the water truck and it's spare from in MA. Have seen the trencher run, everything works but some small part of the chain. Chain is directly connected to the engine (6V71 GMC) and with multi speeds. Carrier is power-shifted in normal drive, but when using...

Have jumped 24 volt construction equipment using two 12 volt trucks many times. Just have to be carefull how you hook things up. As an aside, my son started the 5 ton Mack tractor yesterday in 10 degree temps using just a single 12 volt jump to help and the on-board hot start manifold heater...

$38.50 @ Saturn in PA. Good guys to deal with.

If it runs, great price!

Power was fed using cords and boxes, not through the house system. My father worked for PSNH for 30+ years, so we know all about backfeeding!! Good to let people know anyway. Not sure how long the gen set ran, as I never looked at the hour meter before it was setup. Has to be at least 65-70...

Power finally came back on Tuesday @ about 5:00 pm. Little 3 KW ran almost the entire time, but gas use was about 60 gallons!! Never did get over 25% use/load so gas use seems high. Also, used about 4 quarts of oil total. Still better than no heat or lights! Only ran on 120 volt setting as...

I have no idea if it will work, but will try it and see. Why won't the setting for the 240 volt 1 phase work (fried heater when we tried it)? Does it have something to do with the difference between "Y" and "delta" generator setup? Thanks

We also loaned the 1.5 KW unit to the guy across the street from me, and he ran it for about 24 hrs total. This unit is really beat, and it started to miss-fire and act funny. Finally took it apart, and the carb float was sticking and one plug not firing right. Replaced plug lead with one...

Can the 5 KWs be hooked-up for 240 volts and connected direct to the house? Still can't figure out how to do this with the little 3 and 1.5 KW units. Currently the 3 KW is just being used @ 120 volts.

We had a 580 Case tractor-backhoe with a straight pipe up through the hood, was so loud that you could hear it 1/2 a mile away on a calm day. And this was only on a little 188 nonturbo engine!!

Here in NH we had a real bad ice storm on Thursday night, and power is still out for over 120,000 homes. My son took the 3 KW unit to his condo and hooked-up the icebox, the heater, a few lights and the TV and hooked up the condo across the drive so the little kids over there could have heat...

We have the Zenith carb on ours, and it runs much cleaner than the original Holley. The only problem is parts!!! Have not been able to find anything for parts, gaskets, needles, diaphragms, etc. Gov. diaphragm was no good almost from the start, and we took a Holley apart and re-used its gov...