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I don't think you should be able to open the louvers by hand when unit is not up to temperature. When wax in capsule is solid it keeps louvers closed with quite a bit of resistance. Though, you could probably take a heat gun/hair dryer and heat up the wax cylinder to test free...

Opening only half way or less is pretty typical without any load and is also dependent on ambient air temp. (might stay closed in winter or partially open in mild temperatures). In general, the louvers mechanism if maintained is a fairly fail-safe mechanism that utilizes the melting of a type...

With your batteries being 8 yrs old and with being subjected to charging issues I think your strategy of buying 2 "new matched batteries" and installing them fully charged and then maintaining them with your external charger plugged in to convenience outlet to maintain them while running (until...

The reason you don't want to run without batteries is discussed in this thread. In particular, posts # 6, #8 & #27.

If its shutting down right after you release the Start Switch its a safety circuit issue: its either not building oil pressure, the pressure switch is defective or its wiring or an overtemp condition exists, or a bad temp switch or issue with wiring to it. What is oil pressure reading before...

Also, you should consider putting a bag of moth balls, sold in boxes where moth balls are packaged in those breathable plastic pouches, somewhere inside your ASK enclosure. Mothballs helps keep all kinds of critters out of stuff.

If it ran really hot for any length of time I would consider doing an oil change afterwards. Since these are air, as well as oil cooled via oil cooler, you want to make sure the oil is good-to-go for the next go around.