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<p>[QUOTE="SpiritWolf, post: 3959076, member: 89863"]hope to get some pics up tomorrow. Its not letting me post them now for some reason. </p><p><br /></p><p>Well, good news, got the inverter running. turns out there are 2 switches that have to be turned on to get it operational. its running my laptop now. </p><p><br /></p><p>Battery wise, they look a couple of years old, so im not really surprised to find that after 2 months of sitting, one may have gone bad. Plus side is my APU (when enabled) turns on and prevents further battery drain. </p><p><br /></p><p>Of depressing news... rolling along at 65, and she started suffering momentary power losses. I limped into Miles city MT tonight. She will roll fine for a while, then suddenly loose power, drop to 1000rpm, and leave me coasting down to about 20 or 30mph. so far, she has recovered full power almost immediately all 15 or 20 times it has happened. Not entirely sure if I should park it, or try and limp at least to billings MT in the morning. </p><p>Spent 30 minutes on the phone with the dealer I got the truck from, and the only thing we can think of that makes any degree of sense is that her fuel may have gotten contaminated when she sat for 2 months before I bought her, and that now the gunk is being sucked up and clogging the filter. Down side, is ALL of my tools are at home, so i can't even pull the bowl. Oh, its also an Arctic pack truck, so the filter is a heater, and the filter bowl is metal, not glass, so I cant see in without pulling the cover. Its Saturday night, so there isnt going be a dang thing open tomorrow to get this checked out, unless I eat the bill for road side service <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies-vb/roundies/biggrin_25511.gif" class="mceSmilie" alt=":biggrin_25511:" unselectable="on" /></p><p>I have a repair fund already, so I am not completely S.O.L.....but it is seriously depressing to break down before you even START working..[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="SpiritWolf, post: 3959076, member: 89863"]hope to get some pics up tomorrow. Its not letting me post them now for some reason. Well, good news, got the inverter running. turns out there are 2 switches that have to be turned on to get it operational. its running my laptop now. Battery wise, they look a couple of years old, so im not really surprised to find that after 2 months of sitting, one may have gone bad. Plus side is my APU (when enabled) turns on and prevents further battery drain. Of depressing news... rolling along at 65, and she started suffering momentary power losses. I limped into Miles city MT tonight. She will roll fine for a while, then suddenly loose power, drop to 1000rpm, and leave me coasting down to about 20 or 30mph. so far, she has recovered full power almost immediately all 15 or 20 times it has happened. Not entirely sure if I should park it, or try and limp at least to billings MT in the morning. Spent 30 minutes on the phone with the dealer I got the truck from, and the only thing we can think of that makes any degree of sense is that her fuel may have gotten contaminated when she sat for 2 months before I bought her, and that now the gunk is being sucked up and clogging the filter. Down side, is ALL of my tools are at home, so i can't even pull the bowl. Oh, its also an Arctic pack truck, so the filter is a heater, and the filter bowl is metal, not glass, so I cant see in without pulling the cover. Its Saturday night, so there isnt going be a dang thing open tomorrow to get this checked out, unless I eat the bill for road side service :biggrin_25511: I have a repair fund already, so I am not completely S.O.L.....but it is seriously depressing to break down before you even START working..[/QUOTE]
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