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The main issue with the ZD30's is the weakish pistons. Rest of the motors are quite strong and the factory turbo can handle a lot of boost (30+PSI).
The pistons would either blow through (hole in...
A small battery to provide exciter power to get the field energised, after running and producing power then it could be run standalone but regulation will be shit. Use a battery on it (just a little...
The alternator doesn't settle @ 13.8V, the is the resting voltage of a healthy battery, not its charge.
I will say it again, sense wire should be a the Batt+ terminal, not on a amplifier or other...
The "Sense" wire is designed to be connected directly to the battery or as close as possible. The reasoning for it is to ensure the correct voltage is at the battery overcoming any volt-drop (Vd) and...
The factory suckers are in tighter than a nun's nasty. We used a lot of heat, bearing pullers and big hammers (use one a dolly to put mass behind bar, use other smaller hammer to smack the sucker) to...
I don't have a CRD nor worked on one. I have noted other in past finding total external boost control can make limp-mode hell along with possible de-rating power. This would be best answered by those...
As I say to any of my business clients, if you use the machine as a tool and it going down will impact your business, then leave it alone. If it is running Windows 7 or 8.1 and working fine, leave it...