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The only hazard for me is going to a site like surplucenter. I was a very good boy this time and escaped for less than $50 all up, which just means I gritted my teeth and said 'no - can't afford that' a lot. As it is, I did pick up a battery disconnect and some other good things for the...

Rated output is 32W @ 24V, which is about 1.3 amps. Great for charging a motorcycle or lawn tractor battery string, great for charging up smallish gel-cells (which is what it's for). Probably would keep 4TLs or 6TLs topped up OK, but you'd die of old age waiting for them to charge up -...

One standard motorcycle-sized can of redkote fuel tank sealer should coat the whole tank easily and will solve the problem. Plug any holes large enough that you can see through them (solder is good) and then put the redkote down to get the fuel away from the metal. Yes, kreem also works fine...

^^^ What he said. Download the TM and read it. Particularly read the operating instructions. You can get TM-5-6115-584-12 here: Search for MEP-002A. Operating instructions are on Page 1-2.1 (page 37 of the PDF). See also the instructions on page 1-5 (Page 43 in the PDF). These sets are...

I'm a noob, but I know that one - FDC is the Fuel Density Compensator. It's one of the things that makes a Hercules Diesel into a MultiFuel engine on a deuce. The FDC is hooked up to the injection pump and alters the amount of fuel injected depending on how 'rich (dense)' it thinks the fuel...

If it has the same magneto ignition that the ZXB in tractors did, you want .020 - .025" for the spark plug gap. See this thread on smokstak forums for how to set up the magneto: ZXB Magneto Timing, spark plugs. - SmokStak

LP made a lot of sense back in the day when electricity was an awkward thing to manage in an RV. Now, small electric refrigerators are very efficient and draw very little power and inverters are drastically cheaper, better, and more efficient than they used to be. Also, most people seldom camp...

Count me in for two, please!

I wonder if one would fit on my snow blower. Right now it has a rather sickly 5 hp Tecumseh.

One thing I'd add - when pulling a loaded trailer with surge brakes in the mountains it is good to modify your driving technique a little to accommodate the way the system works. With no trailer brakes, you try to keep your speed down to a consistent and manageable level for the upcoming...

Pretty much anything oily with appropriate adjustments. They're even more omnivorous than a diesel. Aviation jet fuel has anti-gelling additives and the like because it's cold at altitude, but is otherwise plain old kerosene.

Probably SoffSeal.

I wonder where those pics from bluegrass with the M35 and the patriotic bikini are? Maybe CABELL knows...

The huge steel slabs on the tractors just to give them traction gives some idea what they're up against. Note that they threw some compressors and lighting trailers on the forward tractor just to bump the tractor's weight up. Then there's the tire count. I keep trying to guesstimate the...

I was expecting bad but sheesh. Not only do you not want to be in the tank, you don't want to be within 100 yards of the tank...

I don't think it's an electric heater - there's a sediment bowl in the fourth pic. I'll believe that it's electric powered, though...

That is some quality aeronautical engineering by the Piper Aircraft Co. of Lockhaven, PA. Given the, uh, open and airy nature of cub flight, it's obvious that the ME109 ground crew had neglected to put any golden BBs in the loadout. Sgt Stegall was a very lucky man that day. I suspect the...

Yep, that is definitely a vicegrip handle. I'm guessing that it's a field expedient repair for something and is actually clamped on to something down there by the fire extinguisher and the emergency (manual) hydraulic pump. I remember when this photography mode came out as part of Quicktime...

It's actually a P-51C You can read the North American dataplate if you zoom in on the right side of the cockpit. The other giveaway is that the engine dataplate addresses a Packard V-1650 (including 51" of manifold pressure at takeoff power) not an Allison V-1710. But yes, really cool to see...

I would definitely go with the two 5KW gens. Not only do you have 100% spare parts availability for one unit, but the vast majority of the time, you probably are using 1-3 KW anyway. A 5KW unit makes 2 KW a lot more efficiently than a 10 KW unit does. Also worth mentioning that the 70 CI Onan...