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Seating in the 5 ton series is an open question, lots out there, I wanted to keep the batteries in side, I live in the Great North Woods and winters are harsh. And wanted a third jump seat thet can be quickly turned into a sneter console or cooler location. These are leather seats, full air with...
Simp , Your reports are invaluable , Thank you, they are very insight full . Couple of questions,
1. The primary tank check valve, did you change it because you had air venting up the Intake
and
2. did you run ATF in your trannys before failure ? not HYD OIL , do you think your...
Caught in the Honey DO, spiral , haven't touch my Hubby wanna DO projects in a month , Latest is a large out door kitchen and grill shack and bistro seating for three seasons use ( now she ordered a heater and asked how hard it would be to insulate , Huge griddle three different types of bar be...
Hard parts unlike consumables like tires and o rings don’t have expiration dates. They are stored world wide. They are sub assemblies. Major assemblies ect Disposition just never catches up. I have ordered and recievied Parts in the nineties for F4. Phantom j 79 jet engine parts that were made...
If I were still in Germany id take you on a tour of a real JET ENGINE shop , I was the Flight Chief of the first all new Jet Engine overhaul facility it the entire USAF in 1992. Spangdahlem AB near Treir , about four miles from Bitburg. We completed overhauls and repairs to F 16 ,engines, two...
YES, thermocouple , in jet engines they tend to be of two different types Single pole and dipole or siamese on a T56 _15 turboshaft jet engine for example their used to measure TIT. Not anatomy but Turbine Inlet Temperture and they are dipole (two circuits) (Siamese) one is used for the...
I use the term "EGT" Exhaust Gas temperature and "Pyrometer" Indicated Pyrometer Temperture universally , they are roughly the same The GTCP uses a pyrometer , not an EGT probe but its a basic alumel chromel , dissimilar metal temperature indicating circuit . In jet engines different engines...
DONT MISUNDERSTAND . and do anything silly, but if you want to test the systems and light it off IF YOU ARE SURE you have positive oil pressure and have a bad switch , just wire around it with a shunt , provide the signal, it will likely fire up and if so your on two step 2 , EMERGENCY SHUT...
Positive indicated oil pressure IS needed to complete light off, having said that , on your filter , there are two types the old style was a screen and spacer type that was cleanable, a series of mesh screens one on top of the other in sequence, you stripped them down chucked them in the ultra...
Saw that. Don’t know how it worked out though. I know I find a cure someday. Just hate to see it sit till then. Only has 49 hours. Runs GE rest when it ran. Was buying carbs from Saturn. But I think they are out now
I have an M931A2 I live in the Great North Woods of NH. We experience bigger swings in temperature than your region some winters are - 40 below plus for days at a time. You might get to 20 above in the day and plunge to 40 below or better. At night. I run two 1200 CCA batteries. And do not use...
Yes thank you. It had been a long day. And yes 7808 causes cancer. Used to swim in the stuff we all regularly sucked the stuff up the Joap ( joint Oil Anylisis Program ) sample tubes for oil wear trend analysis as well and spit it out. Mil-l -29515 sticks in my mind as the non synthetic turbine...