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When a 803A walks, you need to check the "Rubber Baby Buggy Bouncers, (vibration mounts) to see if they are cracked or broken. I once found a totally un repairable, (at our level of maintenance) 803A that had broken 3 of 4 vibration mounts. The movement of the fan caused the engine to shift to...

Please forgive me. I am an old fellow. What are you talking about.

So hows life in Utah? I simply loved it in Roy.

I lived right outside the gate. Roy Utah. Nice town.

Where in Utah? I lived a while there and it's one of the few places I would consider moving back to if I ever go home from Germany.

That I could never understand. Spend a bunch of money on something, then be a cheapo hooking it up. Do it once right, you will never regret it.

I put up photoelectric, (among other things) for a living. When the Master Tech figures cable size, and a 6 AWG is good, we use 4 AWG. The extra cost, is easily justified by the peace of mind of the owners, and our company. The first tine I saw this in action, I knew I had found a new home. My...

I have a garage!

We have problems with martins here. They get up into, and on, your car and chew up anything rubber. I have had several antennas destroyed, and my son has replaced his spark plug wires several times. In fact, you would have a hard time finding a car antenna around here that doesn't look like it...

Do you know anyone with an amp meter, that has a function to record? We have an amp meter that we can hook up to all three phases, and it records amps, volt fluctuations and frequency fluctuations, during a load test. We leave it hooked up for a day or two when we get done with a photoelectric...

We have the Mud Dauber problem here in Germany. it was the greatest cause of stopped up fuel systems I ever saw in my life. The soldiers would forget/lose the AUX fuel fitting cap. The mud daubers filled it up. Someone hooked up an AUX fuel line and the rest was history. Even worse, (for me...

That's why I use ONLY synthetic. In all my engines. Its wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy more expensive here in Germany, but I can still buy it on post for normal prices. Even "normal" oil is super expensive. A QT. oil cost 10-15 euro. Crazy. And if I thought I might need to run a gen set long hours, and...

Yeah, the Metropolitan Water District, in Southern California does that. They have monster diesel driven water pumps.

In the 80's, we, (the Army) went crazy on AOAP. The Army Oil Analysis Program. One of the things we found out was that oil doesn't "go bad" by just sitting there, over short times periods. And a year is not considered a long time. Not unless there is high humidity, dust or other pollutants that...

AOR, Have you read the TM 9.6115-642-12 LO? That's the Lubrication Order. There is all the info needed to service the set, with suggested durations between services. I don't think that Shell Rotella 15/40 will be a bad choice. The military have some wild ideas with all the strange MILSPEC's. I...

There are no suggested running times for units not being used often. Just procedures on how to prepare the equipment for long term storage, and how to prepare it for operation after long term storage. There were only two reasons that I ran generators under load. One, was EVERY generator that was...

Chris, here in Germany, almost EVERY roof has a lightning arrester system, and it does indeed help a lot. BUT, if you DON'T have one, the insurance will not pay a dime. No ifs, ands or buts. So most people install one just to make sure that the insurance pays off. When we install a photo...