Search results

As diesels go, the MF engines are all race engines. They don't put out a lot of horse power, but they do put great stress on rods and pistons when they are spun over 2500 RPM. Their true redline is around 2950 RPM unloaded, but .... Given that the engine is 40 years old, and has been worked...

I seem to recall reading somewhere that the -1C engine was 130HP, and -1D was 134HP.... and yes, I know that the dash number doesn't necessarily indicate which turbo you got. I suspect that it did when the engine was new, but after it got into the hands of the government, all bets were off. -Chuck

Try here: Free Military Army Manuals! -Chuck

I am certain that most of the battery explosions described in this thread are the result of battery abuse. Lead acid batteries are delicate for being so heavy. They don't take well to vibration, dropping, and they really don't take well to having their terminal posts flexed when making, or...

No, not really. The methanol, and lye are used to make sodium methoxide, which is a catalyst in the reaction that forms the methyl ester (mono-alkyl methyl ester) that is also known as bio-diesel. There is absolutely no lye, or methanol left behind when the bio-diesel is formed. Methyl ester...

Hopping at slow speeds on tandem trucks, with locked 4WD axles in the tandem (like all unneutered deuces) is often caused by having different tire sizes between the middle and rear axle. This can be caused by using tires with different brands, sizes, ages, conditions, etc... and by having...

Simple, it would clog the fuel filter. -Chuck

Hi Randy, The M38 Jeep is almost identical in terms of the fuel system to my '70 Bobcat. There will be problems with the fuel pump, and if a newer carburetor kit has been installed... one that has a rubber tip on the float valve, there will be problems with it sticking too. Rubber hoses...

Ah Randy, it's great that your life is so simple. I spent the early part of this winter replacing all of the rubber fuel hoses, fuel pump diaphragm, and gaskets on my Bobcat. This spring, it was the float valve on my tiller, and the fuel hose.... again. I am having good luck with my tractor...

I can't say that I like being forced to throw away 10% of the gas I paid for, but on the other hand, I really hate having to repair the carburetors every time I use my low usage engines (chippers, tillers, etc...) My daily driver has a gas mileage meter on it, and I noticed an interesting...

Ever since lead was first removed from gasoline, there have been those that have said that without the lead to act as a cushion, the engine will destroy the valve seats. I have numerous engines from the days before unleaded gas was even a dream that I have worked long and hard while burning...

If you buy one of the testing kits the marine guys use to check for alcohol percentage, that is how they do it. They have a little vial with markings that show how much water to start out with. After adding the water, you fill the vial the rest of the way with gasoline, cap it, and shake it...

The ethanol is super easy to remove, add a cup of water to a 5 gallon jug of gas, and give it a shake. Let it settle overnight, and the ethanol will all end up in the water blob on the bottom of the can. Pour off anything that isn't in the water on the bottom into your good gas can.. -Chuck

If you haven't pulled the drums off and checked all of the brake parts, you really should. There is one style of wheel cylinder spring that seems to just leak... even when the rubber parts, and cylinder look like new. It can take quite a lot of brake fluid to fill the area between the piston...

Assuming that you have all of the bleeder fittings free, and are using a pressure sprayer brake bleeder (as featured here on Steel Soldiers), it shouldn't take you more than 20 minutes to bleed the whole system. As to what can go wrong? Well, leaks. If you replaced all of the lines, and you...

Cool! After that happens, I guess that CDL drivers will start being paid as well as airline pilots? Could you please rephrase that sentence? I cannot understand what you are trying to say. -Chuck

So, did it come out? All of it? -Chuck

I'm sorry, I didn't intend to offend. The way I read what you wrote led me to think you thought it was exceptional that you got away with shifting into AWD at 55. -Chuck

The transfer case doesn't care at all what speed you are going when you shift into AWD, only what the difference between the front axle rotation, and the rear axle rotation speed is. Relative to each other, the two halves of the dog clutch, should be at, or near, zero speed difference when they...

Common sense is great, but machines don't always work the way one's intuition, or common sense, says they ought to. Intuition, and I argue common sense, would tell you that switching to AWD when your wheels are slipping and spinning is exactly what you should do. If you follow that intuition...