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good idea An amp meter will tell me if the alternator is putting any charge out or not and hence if the battery is taking a charge or not But I though a hydrometer was for testing for the density of water or in this application water to acid ratio How would it tell me if the battery had no...

Current sensor Would this do the Job? http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/20A-Range-ACS712T-ELC-20A-Module-Current-Sensor-Module-Special-Price-For-Sale-/181071055065?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Test_Measurement_Equipment_ET&hash=item2a28ad08d9 I am also looking for a meter that tells me how much current or...

This might seam daft and bizarre But I want to wire up a light or buzzer to tell me when the alternator has stopped putting current out This is to be used for my charging system so I know when the alternators has finished charging the batteries up and I can switch my engine off Yes I know the...

Is it possible to star a heavy diesel engine by hand say a 2.5 DI I knows in days gone by before the starter motor they used to start petrol engines by attaching a hand crank to the cam shaft Someone told me that with a diesel you will not get the engine to go fast enough; is this true or not...

Dont what to go into the rest of the threads as I think I have made it clear from my first post When I had nothing else available, I once used propane to crank a cold diesel. Do you know what the octane level of propane and butane are? DME has been investigated by a number of engine...

Hi I have a 2.5L DI engine that Im running on heavy oil The engine will run fine all day long on the oil however on cold start up she is not so keen to compress I have tried lighting a rag in front of the air inlet manifold while the engine is being cranked so as to let hot air in the...

Yes Bill Its an ordanary diesel engine The good news is the man will take it back But I thought I would have a quick look inside before sending it bak As you can see there is a spring in place I wondered if I put a bigger spring in there would that increase the pressure at all I know I used...

Hear I have found a pressure gage http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/63mm-Hydraulic-Pressure-Gauge-Rear-Entry-0-500-psi-/250740582174?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_3&hash=item3a614da71e I have bough gages from this firm in the past for pressure washer on cleaning plants The gages worked well However the gage is for...

Well as you can see the injectors are out and are somewhat grubby Just I though if I cleaned them up put them back on would the engine fire much easyer As dgallup says this is quite a farce If i threaded a nut onto the fuel inlet of the injector as seen in the photo and threaded a reducing...

For Mikes idea of making the attachment from an old injector This could be done I suppose, taking the inners of the injector out and cutting a thread inside it But I need a pressure gage of up to 400 psi right not 300 So what I need to do now is find a pneumatic gage of 400 psi And find a...

What kind of PSI are we talking about here for diesel engines

Hi I have been locking for a compression tester for diesel engine on ebay The ones marked for diesel seam to go for big money But the one that say petrol, start at a tenner...

If you doing it on CAD then you should be able to see what size it is What bore are you working with?

I forgot to say that I fitted this to a truckmount carpet cleaner a few years ago It was a 16bhp briggs and stration carboretor with an inline fuel filter I did the job of getting fuel from the tank under the van and pumping it to the carb with no problems with restriction from the inline filter...

Hi Has anyone hear fitted an on demand fuel pump to a vehicle http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=280584867117&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT Well I have fitted one to a Ford Transit I fitted it to the floor of the engine bay so it is not much higher then the fuel tank It pumps...