Huge thanks! I build a fancy gen shed with fans and it shut the whole plan down. Had to run in an open shed through Beryl. Now I can put it in the shed I built. thanks again.
Great video I'm looking to do the same. I know your videos a few years old now but the only thing different I would do is change out that extension cord to a properly rated 14 or 12 guage SOOW cable. It's rated for extended outside use and doesn't get brittle like extension cords do with age. Piece of mind if a new owner ever wants to plug a high draw appliance into it. Ask me how I know. We lost our house to the previous owners wiring job.
I just did this on my truck. I think part of the problem was also that one of my slide pins was stuck. It would not let the caliper compress back in. I even used two small clamps to try to get the compress and it just wasn't moving. I finally got aggressive and put a pry bar on and ends up ripping out part of the cup on the caliper like you had experienced.
@@diamante7620 that video is old as hell. What I currently have is 800ah battery. So the 12.5k btu dometic most people have pulls about 120amps 12v with no sun coming in. So divide the 800 by the 120. However you won’t want to just drain the battery. Also you would want at least 1kw of solar on your roof.
I just replaced the exhaust manifolds on my truck along with the up pipe and my truck is not building any boost at all, no turbo whistle, etc and I’m thinking that it’s the v band that goes from the turbo to the up pipe connection is what’s causing that. Do you think it would cause that?
Even with a sever boost leak, the truck should still spin the turbo, as there are no restrictions on turbine. I had a hole in my intercooler once and it still built boost, it just ran high egts. You could do a smoke test. Or crank it up and feel around with your hand till you feel hot air pressure escaping. With the wheel wells out so you can get your hand up in there.
@@grumpysdiy Good to know. Did the ratchet strap trick end up working for you? I’m sitting here on the engine bay of my truck currently and it has a severe leak out of that v band to up pipe connection.
Thank you so much for this great video!!! Have you cosidered adding the Ram air intake with the super scoop from banks? It might just add extra power since you won't be drawing 'hot' air anymore from underneath the hood but cooler denser air scooped up from the front. Another question: What kind of aftermarket cooling is built on your engine? i mean the cooling hose you talk about at at about 15:50. I'd love to know! Thank you again brother! Such a great video you've made!
I run the 12 valve water pump. It’s made of steel not plastic like the newer ones and flows more. I have the fleece coolant bypass, it pulls hot coolant from the 6th cylinder jacket, as this is a known problem heating up the rear cylinder. I installed a mechanical fan clutch from a 7.3 powerstroke with an adapter to fit the dodge. I have the fleece 180 degree thermostat. Rolling down the highway cruising temps are 180-185. I also had to install a higher psi rad cap. I’ll get the intake one day. Just bought land, trying to out a house on it and everything.
Thank You ! Hurricane Debbie just went through I've been restarting this thing about a dozen times . If there is so much as a tiny puff of wind in the wrong direction BAM CO shut down.
Love the video and topic of course. We don’t have internet in the rv not full time RV as of yet maybe in future but bring the furbabies. Any pet camera that runs off of cellular ? Or will the Waze run off camp grounds wifi ?
Yea I know, this video was a million years ago and I didn't know that then. Wish I had known then, I lost 3 of them under the intake and had to buy more.
Did you tape over the original sensor or is that a new replacement sensor? If it’s the original sensor, how did you reset the generator to run again. Mine will not reset once the sensor has been tripped.
No need for a c clamp, those two holes in the caliper can be used for a pry bar/screw driver and you can depress the pistons that way, also no need to bend the caliper hardware, the caliper will come out, pry the top out first then the bottom. One last thing, hammering in the ball joints is a clue that your yokes are worn, there's no way you should be able to just hammer them in, they must be pressed in or your axle yokes are worn, in that case you should use over sized ball joints, good job none the less. I didn't realize the video was older, point still stands though.
My question is.....since its been 3 years how has this pump performed? I have been considering this pump on Amazon but am used to OEM but they are pricey. I have your mechanical abilities so this looks like the most sensible approach. Thanks for the video.
This video was so long ago, I don’t even have that truck anymore. I’m sure that when I looked it up, that was what was recommended. I always research as much as possible before a video, so I don’t sound like an idiot.
@robertgeorge4064 I wasn’t being snippy my dude, I really don’t remember. I’m just one of those straight forward guys, it comes off as a$$holeish. I’m just truthful.
Sometimes you need to talk more for people that have less of a clue on how to work on a car. If you don’t like my videos Michael, it’s YT. There are a million others, just go there instead of complaining.
He was actually going over valuable information. One of the very few times I have seen that in a video. One of the most annoying things when someone does a how-to video on anything mostly automotive is that they skip over important details.
I have this same issue. Brand new out of the box. This design is ridiculous. It trips constantly in open free air. This is what you get from our illustrious federal government. This government interference is unsafe. If I needed this generator to run something important like my wife's oxygen generator that she needs because she has heart failure, she would have died. Stay out of our lives feds.
Nicely done. I NEVER seen anyone else do a temporary install like this until I did it this last weekend, almost exactly like yours, for the same reason. You had a different design than mine but I think yours would have been easier. Did you screw that directly into the window frame? Looks like it. I built a 2x4 frame for the opening, insulated the window edges with pipe insulation to protect it then sandwiched 2 pieces of ply on either side and screwed into the 2x4 frame. Cut a hole and mounted as you did. I will put mine up as well since I had nothing else to follow for this exact use case. Well done and thanks for sharing.
I did attach the plywood board to the frame of the window with 1” self tapping screws. I put that peel and stick door and window frame insulation on the edges of the window frame where the wood would contact. It’s been installed for nearly a year now with now issues. Sounds like yours is more reinforced and there’s nothing wrong with that. Thanks for the comment, and enjoy that sweet sweet cool air.
This is exactly what I needed. I have the tri-fuel version. I haven't looked yet, but suspect it has the same sensor. I built an elaborate sound reduction enclosure atconsiderable expense and effort. Even though I have 4 intake and 2 outlet fans, the sensor still cuts off the generator in about 30 seconds. There is no safety issue, as nobody can get into the enclosure with the generator. It's 11PM as I watch this. I will try your solution in the morning, and report back. Thanks so much for your help!
Field report: Taping the sensor worked! It's been running 45 minutes fully enclosed with no issues! Thanks again! [Editorial rant: It's ridiculous that customers have to jury-rig a productto work in a situation which offers NO risk to humans. If Mommy State feels it must treat us like irresponsible kids, it should require generator manifacturers include a wall-mount CO monitor to place in living areas.]
A friend had problems with a CO sensor and said it was because they also fail in direct sunlight????? I just bought a Wgen 14500tfc and I’m going to tape my sensor before I even start it and also put a box fan blowing on it when I first use it. I don’t want the sensor to trip even once in case that’s an issue too. And …I won’t get rid of my other generators - the ones that don’t have a CO sensor. We’re really on our own these days. No one is coming to save us. Be prepared. The walls in front of us. We’re gonna hit.
Thanks for the video i like the fact that its strait forward and to the point. I tried watching some other videos before i found yours and they lost me by talking about stuff that was irrelevant to the install. The other great thing about this video is you can actually see how your putting the bars on others were not so good about that.
Hello my friend,could you please tell me measurements of head bolts.I need dimentions of that..I want to try them on my 3.0 om606 diesel engine if it fits.thanks
