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Somebody really should make a jump pack harness that can be hooked to a jump pack in a pinch, activated...and used to start a truck that has some problem in the controller portion (wouldn't do anything of course for bad GPs).
Would be handy to keep on-board or pass around from truck to truck.
So, I talked to my brother last night. He is a real life McGyver. He adds a blinker flasher (heavy duty) to the circuit with the starter solenoid so that it pulses the GPs which highly reduces them overheating.
I will take a pic and post it when the new TSU comes in...but my TSU looked okay - but when I wiggled it the first time the WAIT light came back on and I heard it all click in. Then it went dead. When I probed it this weekend I noticed something wasn't right - that is when I saw the whole top...
Good news for the time being. My TSU was/is bad. The top just popped off it. I was able to adjust the pins and press it back on and it lit up and started like normal. Still want to get the emergency bypass set up. 12 or 24 volt??? I assumed it was 24.
I really like this idea as an emergency back-up. Mine is dead in the garage right now and I need to at least get power to the GP to start and move it out of the way. Last time I drove it I noticed the light didn't come on - but the engine was up to temp from having driven it just prior to...
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