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Re: Brake fluid change?
Brake fluid must be exposed to atmospheric PRESSURE for the brakes to work properly. Most brake fluid reservoirs have a tiny hole in the cap for that purpose. Except GM vehicles. Every GM vehicle I ever owned had rubber membrane separating brake fluid from atmospheric MOISTURE thus GM does not insist on regular brake fluid changes. How ever there is nothing wrong with changing it every two years.451Views0likes0CommentsRe: Nuts and bolts. SAE, Metric, or both
If it was so easy to design perfect system right from the start we would not have imperial system, bias ply tires, beta vs VHS, 4x8 sheets of plywood, 2x4 lumber, NTSC vs PAL vs SECAM, 120V/60Hz vs 220V/50Hz etc. You can go on and on. Things evolve. It is called progress. The thing is to recognize what is better and adjust accordingly.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Nuts and bolts. SAE, Metric, or both
There must be a reason why most of the world adopted metric system, including UK, South Africa, New Zealand, Canada and Australia. Metric system uses 7 basic units for measurement in science, engineering, industry and commerce and all the rest of units are derived from these basic units. Imperial system uses 56 basic units. The beauty of metric system is the use of multiples of ten, hundred, thousand etc. with metric multipliers like micro, milli, centi, deci, deca, hecto, kilo, mega, giga, tera etc. For example one metric ton is 1000kg, one kilogram(kg) is 1000g(gram) In metric system you are dealing with whole numbers instead of fractions. I will take metric system anytime. Definition of basic metric units were fine tuned over the years mainly to facilitate verification of standards by any country any time.1KViews0likes0CommentsRe: Nuts and bolts. SAE, Metric, or both
1 millimeter is 1/25 of an inch.If you have full metric set next metric size is 1/25 of an inch larger than previous. Standard sizes increase in 1/16 of an inch increments which is bigger than 1/25. 9/16 is 14.287mm so if 14mm does not work 15mm will work for sure. 3/8 is 9.525mm so if 9mm does not work 10mm will work for sure. If you use 15mm socket on 9/16 head it will be .028 of an inch oversize If you use 10mm socket on 3/8 head it will be .0187 of an inch oversize. Can you live with that? If USA actually switched in 1905 to metric system when they accepted the system we would not have this mess today.317Views0likes0CommentsRe: Di-Directional Isolator
Bird is a voltage sensitive switch that monitors house and starting batteries voltage all the time. Its output is 1A maximum on coil terminal and it operates the coil of the relay only.The coil is isolated from relay megacurrents. I would want to know the voltage on ignition terminal of the BIRD in actual operation on the road(slow running diesel). You can temporarily install length of wire just for measuring purposes. Just remember there is full voltage on it. The other thing to remember is that there is a delay about 2.5 minutes before relay closes and when it closes, coil terminal has full voltage on it for a short time and then it drops to about 4V just to hold relay closed and to prevent overheating relay308Views0likes0CommentsRe: Di-Directional Isolator
Check the voltage on Ignition terminal of the BIRD in normal driving. There might not be high enough voltage to keep BIRD operating due to voltage drop in the system. Your alternator might need smaller pulley to speed it up. Also the link you provided is for gasoline(4-pin) BIRD version 00-00362-00, you should use Diesel 2 version 00-00839-00 which has 5 terminals. Wiring the relay coil directly to the ignition could result in situation when trying to start the engine starting battery would be heavily loaded by deeply discharged house battery. Better solution would be to wire coil thru the oil pressure switch so the relay would close after the engine was already running.308Views0likes0Comments
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