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  1. OPCOM

    M8109 progress - onboard diesel generator cover

    I could do something with the exhaust. The way the cooling fan blows, there is a huge torrent of air carrying the exhaust away with it. I have been thinking about how to 'angle' the blast so it tangents away from the vehicle. I have had to put this off due to not being well, but I will resume...
  2. OPCOM

    M8109 progress - onboard diesel generator cover

    That is right, but offroading has never been a hobby of mine. I use ATVs (previously dirt bikes before that one crash) for that kind of fun. There is Offroading and then there is offroading. I should explain exactly what this truck is for. The M8109 truck build is a utility truck and is not...
  3. OPCOM

    M8109 progress - onboard diesel generator cover

    Lessons learned - get a quiet machine no matter what, get an 1800 (2 cyl.) or 2400RPM (usually 3-cyl.) one. a 3600 single cyl. will be very loud. a single cylinder 4-stroke will lose rpm between power strokes water cooled is best as well because it cuts down cylinder noise. think...
  4. OPCOM

    M8109 progress - onboard diesel generator cover

    pics as promised. Still to be cleaned up and painted but it fits for the most part. The rear section was already in place as was the outside lower section. The front edge of the outside section had been welded to the C-channel that supports the outside of the mounts. This will have to be...
  5. OPCOM

    M8109 progress - onboard diesel generator cover

    Today my friend Preston and I cut up the body of the previously sacrificed Kubota-powered lighting generator trailer and built the cover for the M8109's onboard genset. The main part of it anyway. I didn't have time to take pictures but I will do it soon because it was not very hard to do this...
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