Mopar1973Man

Paint job looks good... Nice to build boost now?

Not exactly a wise idea. A guy is firing a weapon at night and your going to to sneak around trying to catch him in the act. You are asking to possibly be shot at. This is why I would suggest law enforcement before. Like my neighbor had some kids doing the same thing I step out and yell at them to cut it out. The bullets start flying my direction. People do weird things when intoxicated or on drugs so I would do the smart thing and just notify the law before sticking your own neck out.

Holy cow... I couldn't even think of getting one of those. I'm having a tough time justifying 1,200 for a old school riding lawn mower and mine is on it last leg.

I would make a call to the police for disturbing the peace.

Glad to hear you doing good... As for me... Another rainy day. So MoparMom and myself went to McCall, ID shopping before breakfast and then came home around 1pm so breakfast was lost again. Late brunch???

Man... This crazy to listen to but real. Sad to say our country is turning this way but you have to defend your property and stock any way you can. Can't rely on police enforcement. Average response time for 911 calls in some areas can be quite alarming. I was just talking to MoparMom about the fact I've got to finish fencing the front of the property off. Most people don't want to try to climb over a bared wired fence in a hurry when there is a Doberman Pincher hot on his tail. Not to mention when the land owner happens to be packing as well.

I just shove a long piece of hose over the nipple of the pump and then a long piece of hose to extend the power steering pump return to a waste bucket.

That's exactly how I started out. Was a little portable 400w Inverter (cigarette lighter). Worked but larger surge loads like older TV's and my laptop would bury that little inverter and get the fan running. This is why my panels are NOT mounted to the RV. It so the RV can be in the shade but the panels can be located in the sun. So I don't require air conditioning while camping.

Well I finished my transfer switch mod. The switch is a 3 position DPDT switch so its a ON OFF ON. One ON Side is Inverter then the other ON side is city power. The center off is a nice touch to give a absolute break between both ON positions insuring that there is no cross feeding of power between the city and inverter. Added my cord and plugged into the inverter. Really sweet setup. Walk in flip on the inverter and toggle the switch and presto all outlets are powered. The only kicker is remember to turn fridge from Auto to LP because it complains about AC HI. I know its not the cleanest inverter but it will handle charging cell phones, laptop, run my old school 13" TV, A/D TV tuner, VCR or DVD player. So now I can grab the little lamp from the closet (Compact Florescent Bulb) and plug in the bedroom for reading light which is much mellower than the over head lights. Maybe I want to lay in bed with the laptop awhile. I would have to say this project is finished in my book. Working as planned.

Well today I sat in my chair watching the rain storms come and go. So I'm just a guilty today.

I see what happen you pulled the stock filter off and didn't replace the bolts. So Pop! The gasket was weak right there and blew out. Also with the 2 bolts missing the boost pressure would been whistling out the two holes. How to pull the injector lines. http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/25-fuel-system/60-injection-lines-removal Then just pull the remaining bolts and replace. Just make sure to get 2 shorter bolts for the stock filter location. The filter bolts are too long they will bottom out.

No. I'm wanting to clean up my wood dumping area before this weekend so I have somewhere to dump the new wood. Not to mention I would rather split firewood on cool mornings than hot summers days. That's working smarter not harder. Hey at least you won't have any issues with your axles on your RV.

I live off of 400w worth of solar, 820 Amp/hours of batteries and about 200w of hydro-generator if full blown two story house for the last 15 years. In the winter all we have is 400w of solar but once again your right shorter days in the winter. Just to make you think. I've run all different kind of modes on the inverter (Turn off the city, low battery transfer, choked/limited city power). But when power goes out I'm not too worried. I've tried all the different modes I've actually done dry runs with no city power at all. Yes I can still survive on 400w of solar for normal every day. But if you learn about economizing on power it will go a long ways. Yeah one of my projects is going to be efficient lighting for the RV but that's whole other subject. As for usage I typically use my RV in the warm part of the summer so furnace usage is pretty minimal. I really hate to run the A/C much its just way too loud and obnoxious for me. Never the less I live here in this two story house without A/C for 25 years with outside temps as high as 90-100*F in the summer. Yes a generator is a good back up plan for days that sun is limits because of storms or winter time. But still in all I avoid using my generator (RV 2kw or 6.5kw house) because the noise, fuel requirements, etc. If I was to plan a trip in the fall like hunting I would most likely just take a generator knowing the sunlight hours is short. But if I'm just out Rv'ing (relaxing) I'm not going to sweat it so I got to turn my toys off and let the batteries charge a bit before bed. Just some food for thought...

Oh for MnTom here is my raspberry rhubarb just gotta get it to the pie shell.

Well I've gone it. I've gone back out set back up and slit another big trailer load of firewood before dinner. I know what I'll be doing before breakfast again. In between all this managed to upgrade the Article Database software from Joomla 2.5.x to Joomla 3.3.x... You guys are just a bunch of slackers. Eating pie and not working a lick.

You might want to stop by here and pick my rhubarb. Fresh Idaho grown. Heck just before lunch I managed to stack nearly all of it. By later this evening I can have it loaded back up for stacking tomorrow.

Tom got a valid point did you check to see if the power was reaching the circuit board with DVM?

Me... I went out and split about 2 cords of firewood.

So far I'm about $280 bucks into this project. I'm sure you paid more in that Honda generator. Then the constant need for fuel for the generator (added cost), solar is free power. Then the constant noise of it running, solar is total silent. Just food for thought...

Well Now that I've had my test run with the RV and the solar system and quite please so far. I'm now going to modify the system a bit more. Since my RV has a single breaker for all the wall outlet in the RV it gave me an idea. So what I'm going to do is wire in a home brew transfer switch for one circuit. For example I use this picture below which is a DPDT (Double Pole Double Throw) switch mine is a 30A with screw terminals. A. Hot leg of the inverter. B. Neutral leg of the inverter. C. Hot going to the RV. D. Neutral leg going to the RV. E. Hot leg of the city power. F. Neutral leg of the city power. What this will do is absolutely isolate the inverter from the city power and allow me to select what power source I want. I did a dry run with just using a old computer cord and wiring directly to the circuit. Presto! All outlets work and power anywhere in the RV. Even ended up having the bonus of the fridge being on that circuit too. But the fridge doesn't like my inverter complains about AC HI. So no biggy just force it to LP mode (propane) and not worry about it. Anyways it would eats the batteries in very short order. The little time I got the fridge to run the inverter handled the load but the volts where falling fast. So I got to pick up some small wiring supplies in the near future and finish this small project.

The only problem is you need deep pockets for the calibration machine (Bosch 815 Test Stand) http://articles.mopar1973man.com/2nd-generation-24v-dodge-cummins/25-fuel-system/247-bosch-certified-vp44-injection-pump-rebuilders

It's up to you. I don't look at pull the starter as being a big deal thing. Just a few bolts and nuts, out it comes. Contact kit would be my big thing but you might want to open the starter up and check the brushes too.

+50HP injector in my truck plus Edge Comp on 5x3 bury the the boost gauge at 35 PSI. No issues here.

Stock injectors should do about 28-30 PSI typically. I use to just tip in at 32 PSI.

You got to hold constant air to the system. Just like my video I hook up a regulated air hose to the system and leave it hooked up. Not like inflating a tire and expecting to hold air. There is all kinds of natural air leaks like past the rings so it will never hold air. That why you hook up to a constant air source.