... think they like heavier oil than gas engines anyway - mine calls out for 15W50 and my gas car calls out 5W30... ... injection pumps fail now premature...
Howdy Scott / Brad, I was wondering about that possibility also. A simple test allowed me to become fairly sure that the engine oil is not being burned. After...
Howdy 1spook30, In recent times, NewZealand went to low sulphur diesel. Pretty shortly after, folks ran into trouble with it. The Amptramp was not too upset,...
Hi Y'all  If I may disgree, my experience is that black soot is carbon from unburned fuel - just like it is for a gas engine when it runs too rich.   ...
... Would you met me in the middle, and accept 'partially burned fuel'? I also get the black smoke. But on a cold morning, if I crank it too long (not when my...
Hi Bradley, I hope to get into it perty soon, but have been spending some time in building a backup generator. The backup produces a steady 30A at 15V to keep...
Howdy folks, I took the plunge and pulled the top off the injector pump. Being so old and solid, it was really easy to work on. I found that the coaxial...
... Great to hear. Diesels are a mystery to me. have never worked on one (they are rare here). Nice it was something simple to fix. Sounds old mechanical...
Hi George- I think you eplained better than I and more detail and if I try to cold start without hot plugs I think I get that white puff also..I forgot about...
Hi Steve-  Maybe some time you can post a "HOW TO" on you you are using your computer to control your engine- Do you have a personal computer -with some...
Congrats!   Do you think it was due to dirt or moisture getting in? Be sure to install a new fuel filter. Do you ever get water from your water separator...
Hey! ... Well... I dunno... but my first thoughts go like this: - ideally excess fuel in the combustion chamber assures you that you have burned all of the...
Brad, install a field current switch, then when you start your engine you can kill the field current in the alternators until the engine reaches operating...
Hi Terrance- Â I have the alternators switched off via the mower key switch (headlights on position= alternators powered!, start and run position = no power...
Hi Scott, Yes, those oldies are really easy to work on. There's not really much to the mechanism I was fixing. Just to avoid this problem in the future, I am...
Hi Bradley, The computer I use for the Amptramp is a home built one. It's based on the Atmel89C2051 Micro controller. This little chip manages the engine revs...
Hi Bradley, Yes, I think moisture has been getting into the system for some time. Just a little, but enough to produce light rusting of certain steel parts...
... Buying pre-built controllers gets expensive. Usually they are way overkill or just marked up. Then you have to build specialized I/O anyway. Designing your...
Hi Steve- Once you get it running, just crank it up and blow those grmelin guts out the exhuast pipe! Â My diesel has a water separator built into the...
If you are I'll post a complete set of plans in the files section called "FEMA emergency gassifier unit' it how a complete explanation of this old princible...
Hello, This email message is a notification to let you know that a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the Amptramp group. File : /FEMA...
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Hi Abe-  How is the wood converted to energy? Are we talking making a still and methanal? Steam power?  I guess I would like to see what it is about.  ...
Hi Bradley, I posted the plans in the files section, (FEMA gassifier PDF) it is not methanol production. it uses the gasses released fromthe combustion of the...
My experience with my VW Rabbit Diesel was that when I got a runaway approaching 52 MPH on a trip from Florida back to Long Island, NY was, that getting off...
Hi- Â I coudlnt get the file to open past the 1st page- got some kind of error message and my Adobe would shut down.. any one else have trouble? Â Im not...
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