no power for a week!
no power for a week!
08-30-2011, 08:09 AM
#1
Ironically I have power at home, but the next place over doesntIn all seriousness though, this sucks big time with this being the end of the month anyway, what are other peoples power situations?
This post was last modified: 08-30-2011, 08:10 AM by JB3.
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
damn this hurricane for creating whats looking to be a full week of no power at my shop for me during perfect weather! Ironically I have power at home, but the next place over doesnt
In all seriousness though, this sucks big time with this being the end of the month anyway, what are other peoples power situations?
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
08-30-2011, 04:10 PM
#2
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
Captain America
08-30-2011, 04:10 PM #2I was out for 24 hrs over the weekend here in southern Cali
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
08-30-2011, 07:37 PM
#3
(08-30-2011, 04:10 PM)Captain America I was out for 24 hrs over the weekend here in southern Cali
why? was it weather related?
Couple years ago I lost power for two days as the bonehead national grid guy cut my power, instead of my deadbeat neighbors! Took years to clean up that mistake, still occasionally get calls from collection agencies about it.
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
(08-30-2011, 04:10 PM)Captain America I was out for 24 hrs over the weekend here in southern Cali
why? was it weather related?
Couple years ago I lost power for two days as the bonehead national grid guy cut my power, instead of my deadbeat neighbors! Took years to clean up that mistake, still occasionally get calls from collection agencies about it.
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
08-30-2011, 11:16 PM
#4
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
Captain America
08-30-2011, 11:16 PM #4I dunno if it was heat related but it was 108 outside!
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
08-31-2011, 08:00 AM
#5
They are telling me september 5th!
I think I will be building that generator I spoke about for years, I have a 1.6 VW diesel sitting out, would be a perfect powerplant probably
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
look at this mess!
They are telling me september 5th!
I think I will be building that generator I spoke about for years, I have a 1.6 VW diesel sitting out, would be a perfect powerplant probably
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
08-31-2011, 09:05 AM
#6
Makes me think I better do something sooner for this type of occasion.
It would be interesting to see what you'd do with the 1.6.
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Gota love Mercedes Diesels!
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DeliveryValve
08-31-2011, 09:05 AM #6Wow. that's sucks. I've always talked about making a generator also.
Makes me think I better do something sooner for this type of occasion.
It would be interesting to see what you'd do with the 1.6.
.
Gota love Mercedes Diesels!
.
08-31-2011, 11:39 AM
#7
A guy I know has a diesel generator he powers his shop with. He runs power tools and a fairly large scale biodiesel processor from the generator and it works well. Definitely something I would look in to doing.
This post was last modified: 08-31-2011, 11:41 AM by capflya.
'98 E300 Turbo "Juliette" - Brabus wheels and almost all the options a w210 could have
'87 300D Turbo "Roxanne" - #22 head - 400E brakes - EGR Delete - 17" Staggered AMG 5 spoke rims from CLK500 - 5 Spd manual
2007 Chevy 2500HD CCSB Duramax with about 400-500 rwhp depending on the tune I use
1983 300D Silver Exterior/Black inside - Sold and will be missed, may we never meet in a PnP.
2007 Chevy 2500HD CCSB Duramax with about 400-500 rwhp depending on the tune I use
1983 300D Silver Exterior/Black inside - Sold and will be missed, may we never meet in a PnP.
I saw a OM615 (I think thats the #) on CL out here that has a governor and everything ready to be setup as a generator. I don't see why you couldn't use that 1.6 VW for a gen though. Rig something up for a throttle that could increase a little bit when there is load applied.
A guy I know has a diesel generator he powers his shop with. He runs power tools and a fairly large scale biodiesel processor from the generator and it works well. Definitely something I would look in to doing.
'98 E300 Turbo "Juliette" - Brabus wheels and almost all the options a w210 could have
'87 300D Turbo "Roxanne" - #22 head - 400E brakes - EGR Delete - 17" Staggered AMG 5 spoke rims from CLK500 - 5 Spd manual
2007 Chevy 2500HD CCSB Duramax with about 400-500 rwhp depending on the tune I use
1983 300D Silver Exterior/Black inside - Sold and will be missed, may we never meet in a PnP.
2007 Chevy 2500HD CCSB Duramax with about 400-500 rwhp depending on the tune I use
1983 300D Silver Exterior/Black inside - Sold and will be missed, may we never meet in a PnP.
08-31-2011, 12:22 PM
#8
Now, I can ......... go... back to work.
(08-31-2011, 09:05 AM)DeliveryValve Wow. that's sucks. I've always talked about making a generator also.
Makes me think I better do something sooner for this type of occasion.
It would be interesting to see what you'd do with the 1.6.
.
I found this link over on PP, I intend to eventually build exactly this. awesome read, I have also a VW manual tranny, so I might be able to do what he says about using the clutch disc as effectively a shock absorbing device for start up and shut down. that idea makes a lot of interesting sense to me.
http://www.oldengine.org/members/jdunmyer/genset/
This post was last modified: 08-31-2011, 12:26 PM by JB3.
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
YES! its back on!
Now, I can ......... go... back to work.
(08-31-2011, 09:05 AM)DeliveryValve Wow. that's sucks. I've always talked about making a generator also.
Makes me think I better do something sooner for this type of occasion.
It would be interesting to see what you'd do with the 1.6.
.
I found this link over on PP, I intend to eventually build exactly this. awesome read, I have also a VW manual tranny, so I might be able to do what he says about using the clutch disc as effectively a shock absorbing device for start up and shut down. that idea makes a lot of interesting sense to me.
http://www.oldengine.org/members/jdunmyer/genset/
1974 240D 617 turbo swap, W201 5-speed, in the works project
1983 240D 616 stock, DD
1989 Chevy Astro, 617 turbo swap, T5 5-speed, 4.56 diff, work van
08-31-2011, 02:28 PM
#9
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
Captain America
08-31-2011, 02:28 PM #9Use a OM616 or 617???
1982 300D Turbo ... 3,6xxlbs, No fan, No AC, Hood Stack, No ALDA, No rear bumper and stuffed front, A/W Intercooled, Injectors by Greezer and HUGE Pre-Chambers with help from OM616 & Simpler=Better, Fuel Cranked up, 60 Trim Compressor wheel, EGT, EMP, Boost 50" Rigid Radius bar on roof Aux tank for a total of 48 Gal Of Diesel! Odyssey PC-1750 Battery in trunk, 27"x8.5"/R14 Maxxis BigHorn Mud Terrains, In June '14 issue of Off Road Mag
AX15 Jeep Trans swap in progress....
09-01-2011, 02:38 AM
#10
(08-31-2011, 12:22 PM)dropnosky YES! its back on!
Now, I can ......... go... back to work.
.....
http://www.oldengine.org/members/jdunmyer/genset/
Pretty informative link! Now don't get comfortable, hop on to this project!
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Gota love Mercedes Diesels!
.
DeliveryValve
09-01-2011, 02:38 AM #10(08-31-2011, 12:22 PM)dropnosky YES! its back on!
Now, I can ......... go... back to work.
.....
http://www.oldengine.org/members/jdunmyer/genset/
Pretty informative link! Now don't get comfortable, hop on to this project!
.
Gota love Mercedes Diesels!
.
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