APOCALYPSE TRUCK - Part 2 (Alternator & Gauges)

With elections just around the corner, get ready for the showdown in style in this BRUTAL 1996 Stewart & Stevenson 4x4 BEAST!
We install a replacement alternator to get this truck charging again, but easier said than done.
Also take care of a couple dead gauges on the dash, and it's good to go!
Owner has this truck for SALE! Details at the end of the video.
CONTACT: [e-mail] if interested.
Part 1: • Ready for the APOCALYP...
Enjoy!
Ivan

[@charlesmiller5078]

Around 1979 I was doing some communications work at the Stewart Stevenson plant in Houston Tx, and got to watch them fire up a jet engine they were developing. It was the first time they fired it up, must of been 50 Engineers there, testing and taking readings. It was amazing. There were no covers on the engine, so you really had a nice view, I was around 20 foot away soaking it all in. Doing the work I did I got to see almost everything out there from NASA to Westinghouse where they made and rebuilt huge turbines for power plants, to the Johnson Engineers where they stored all the Space Shuttle Arms (150), kept in a A/C blacked out warehouse. Watched Hughes Tool Company develop the huge 8 foot rock roller drilling bit. Basically it was 40 years of learning and watching, best job you could ever have.

[@andrewvillanueva4222]

You and Eric O make the best auto repair videos on KZbin.

[@1primacron]

You should buy the truck off him and use it as your mobile diagnostic vehicle lol. Great video!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Would be cost prohibitive haha

[@throttlebottle5906]

30 days to get there and $1500+ in fuel lol

[@LSmiata]

LOL.....My 1st thoughts!

[@bostedtap8399]

Big vehicle, big sized problems. Great fix Ivan, definitely a specialist truck. Thanks for sharing.

[@reecenewton3097]

Why couldn't it be simple like the big old Dodge Power Wagons that helped win WWII?

[@jeffland197]

Great job. Maybe install a "Solar Panel" small one to keep the battery hot. Reserve vehicles most of them have them installed.

[@mikechiodetti4482]

Put a plow on it for winter use. So it has 24 volts for starting and the "Generator" puts out 24 and 12. 12 volts for lights and other accessories. SOMEWHERE in my old Delco material, 2 of us went for training at the old Delco Training Center in 1987 at Anderson Indiana. I saw a Generator (as Delco/GM call it) that put out 12 Volts AND a Step Up Transformer of 24 (actual was 28 with engine running) Volts! It was self regulated of course, used in some large over-the-road and possibly off road equipment vehicles. I've never seen one in use, I know I still have the book and/or literature on its operation. I was really impressed with it. We also learned about series/parallel cranking/charging switches. Long time ago, GREAT TRAINING.

[@phprofYT]

"Don't know what is inside it. Looks like sand and silicone?" Sounds like a beach in California.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

All the fake tits on the So Cal beaches.

[@bostedtap8399]

@@InsideOfMyOwnMind Guys as well😉

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

@@bostedtap8399 I never heard of guys getting fake tits.

[@hendersonjp]

In the UK green nozel is for unleaded petrol . Black for derv. Holiday makers visiting normally get it wrong.

[@throttlebottle5906]

lol, they're opposite that here in USA. I could see there being issues. the diesel nozzle is larger diameter so it wont fit into most gas vehicles, but nothing stopping gas nozzle from the diesel tanks.

[@marscruz]

Perfect vehicle for downtown Portland.

[@Pr0ph3cy-k5z]

Mount some flame throwers on it. Hell yeah. Vultures like their foods cooked too lol. Grilled antifa/blm.

[@throttlebottle5906]

it's missing the automated gun turret =p

[@Kntryhart]

4:55 LOL...I like the "whatever" note on the wiring diagram!

[@johnjohannemann1220]

That’s great as always but what about the potential ground wire that was missing the eye loop? You did not reference that at the end of the video.

[@bryanlatimer-davies1222]

Principle of military vehicle design make it simple, make it strong, and make a lot.

[@NoWr2Run]

UNLESS YOU HAVE MICE ?

[@shonepolk9112]

Not in the case of the LMTV. It’s over complicated electric nightmare.

[@shonepolk9112]

Yes TL35 is supposed to be on the front lug of the regulator.

[@AP9311]

Wow, now i feel satisfied with that ending now, gremlins creeping up with those broken wires!! Glad all is fixed!! Happy camper! Great video!!

[@mikefoehr235]

How well does it do going thru a TIM HORTONS drive thru?

[@bcad4066]

"Hopefully he sells it before it breaks down again." The motto of every used car dealer.

[@andrewbancroft6174]

Great video. Wonder if the regulator had been damaged by the terminals being wrong. Wow diesel's expensive over there 3.6 litres for $10. Oh wait thats gallons.

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

I love the sound of that engine. I wish my Honda sounded that badass lol.

[@Garth2011]

What did/do they use that big heavy truck for? Doesn't seem to have much equipment on it other than room to haul loads and troops. You just have to be happy that there are real honest high quality alternators on the market but for lots of money. Nice to know they will provide 90%+ of their output amperage at idle too.

[@billziegmond4943]

Ivan solves another one. Ivan replaced the Cat on the Astra over weekend. It also had a P2088 code Intake Camshaft Position (CMP) Actuator Solenoid Control Circuit Low Voltage . Will be checking that out soon.

[@charlesadams41]

Don't let a Sergeant Major see y'all driving in that without your ACH on! :)

[@VWWRENCHIE]

Interesting to see the old Niehoff name....associated with Echlin ignition..

[@peterlworth]

Hi I was wondering about the comment that the alternator exciter was activated by the oil pressure switch, is that the way it is set up in this truck

[@TheCrazy243]

Dang lvan. You can fix anything. Bet you can fix spaceship 🚀 . That’s a cool looking truck. Last night I had a look at 2011 Dodge Avenger 2.4. Stepsister’s car. Complaint was windows don’t work (both right front/rear windows).It remind me of you when you did Subaru power window. I fixed rear right window (was due to connector wasn’t pushed in). Only problem is right front don’t work from master switch and passenger switch, only work when pressin down not up , both switch. Weird. I took notes and used wiring diagram. I had to bypass motor to get window up. I believe both switches are bad. Also lock button don’t work. But i will see (will update). I hope I’m right 😭.

[@jdtractorman7445]

I think the regulator got fried from those wires being reversed.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

I was thinking that...but it worked for a while after I got the wiring right!! We will never know

[@johnditch6357]

having potted some assemblies the sand colored stuff is a metal to conduct heat from the unit alumina is often used.

[@jeffpurtell5676]

I enjoy your electrical diagnostic vids. I get mechanical issues but to me electrics are like voodoo. Wondering why you just didn't record over the sound track with new dialogue in that stretch where that whistling was happening? It's important for us car workers to protect our hearing. We want it to last as long as we do lol. Great vid (and work)! Thanks again.

[@kennethbode2017]

They use to have these lined up off I10 in Sealy where they built them.

[@throttlebottle5906]

if it's a dual voltage output, I'd assume it would have 2 different excite input terminals, one per voltage. maybe you tracked the wrong wire to start with, guess I'll see shortly :)

[@georgeswindolljr1980]

Another fine repair, great job young man!!!!

[@ncc17701a]

I used to own 4 Deuce and a half. Unfortunately here in the UK the price of fuel was (and still is) insane - I'd burn through £400 just taking 2 of them to a show. Damn, I miss them though.

[@kevin9c1]

Circular bolted cover on top of the cab for a...turret gun?

[@djb4069]

You're definitely on his Christmas card list Ivan, well done from David UK

[@kdmq]

I think they put hand crank windows on the army truck in case they end up sinking into a river. The water could make the electric windows not work.

[@arcburn3364]

I was trying to guess what the asking price on that thing would be. I was way over in my estimate. It would be a great deal for just the right person.

[@andrewthompsonuk1]

So we will never know what the AC terminal is for?

[@tiredoldmechanic1791]

C E Niehoff is still in business. Like most things, you should by factory parts not Ebay junk parts. There are a limited number of authorized service centers.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

You can get factory parts on Ebay like I did here lol. Often times that's the only source!!

[@Saykes1994]

30:36 I agree, and you know why, because people were not considered and are not considered people. Nothing has changed as they were without rights and freedoms and remained! Переводил гугл переводчиком!

[@phprofYT]

New alternator, regulator gone. Eh? DId I miss something?

[@richardcranium5839]

rewatch it. it originally worked when the fan was screeching then after that it quit.

[@Airman..]

Definitely you're on top of your Game

[@stevewhite3424]

Late comment, but it would have been hilarious to see him pull up alongside a bro dozer at a local traffic light :-)

[@kevin9c1]

7 speed Allison in 1996. Didn't know they had that.

[@neilmurphy845]

That mystery wire is for the gauge would be my guess

[@VWWRENCHIE]

Ivan..you could buy that for a service truck to get you into those muddy construction sites..😃lol..what a beast.

[@pancho-1321]

Жесть! Техника просто космос!!! І это 1996 год

[@kevinbyrne4538]

You do beautiful work. Really admire you.

[@robertoruiz7069]

Hi IVAN ,no power windows is for WHEN THE EMP WAVE HITS,you'll still be able to ROLL down the window so the cigarette smoke doesn't bother the driver.haha That is if the blast from an IED doesn't break it out first.Just like the manual hydraulic cab lift,there needs to be two ways to do the same thing ,it's called a backup system.YOU know like when you yell at your wife to bring you more TOILET PAPER when you run out,haha

[@richardcranium5839]

dual voltage systems suck especially when they use the frame as a common. it doent take much of a bad connection for the higher voltage to show up on the low voltage system. i suspect thats what happened to the regulator. there are lots of variations on these lines most common is a 24 volt starting using 12 v charging but i 've seen a lot of 24 volt start n charge with 12v running the rest. most of them use a stack or otherwise known as a series -parallel switch of some sorts.

[@throttlebottle5906]

I wonder if the wires being reversed killed/weakened it, but you'd think it wouldn't have worked right from the start.

[@andrewlaw]

Am I missing something? Where was part 1? 🤔

[@soonerdave22]

I think during part one it was cold outside. I do remember seeing it.

[@blockbertus]

Here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJqomKKhmZqeaM0

[@WatchWesWork]

Get out of there before he asks you to set the valve and injector lash!

[@throttlebottle5906]

lmao!

[@amadafaka]

A joint video would be great like Ivan did with SMA.

[@bills6093]

34:04 $20 now gets you 3 to 4 gallons instead of 7. It's 6.49 a gallon here.

[@simonjones7785]

If the winch on that trurck is electric and not hydraulic he will keep on having overloads of probs with his alternator if he does not keep his revs up durinfg winching , he will also need good batteries and I do mean comercial grade

[@TheCowgirlNiamh]

I'd use that for the school run and grocery shopping lol 👍😂😂

[@neilmurphy845]

Were is the low hi box mode on that

[@sergeyspirin4539]

Привет, Иван! Спасибо за предупреждение! Я как раз наушники подключил.😁

[@steveo6631]

Russian is the coolest looking written language... Wish I had studied it as a young man instead of German...

[@sergeyspirin4539]

@@steveo6631 Thank you! Спасибо! Учится никогда не поздно. Когда есть возможность и желание ,то всё получится! Удачи!

[@steveo6631]

@@sergeyspirin4539 Я перевел ваш ответ, и да ... Вопреки распространенному мнению, вы можете научить старую собаку новым трюкам .... LOL

[@cliffordgallagher4531]

Great Video Ivan! Thanks Buddy!

[@kellyspeppers]

Only 6K on the beast, that engine is good for a very long time. Wonder who messed up all the wires? Most likely a person like my old neighbor, screwdriver arc testing, if it sparks good, no sparks not any good. haha

[@snoopdogie187]

I've worked with some people that would test things this way and they wonder why none of the battery chargers work.

[@dendkmac]

Go to a house store and buy some turkey basters, they work great for fluid transfer

[@throttlebottle5906]

he just needed a cone nozzle or reducer on the hose end.

[@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP]

Take that lid off, get the bubble cage/dome with 50 cal & turrett.

[@stealthg35infiniti94]

Good job on fixing all those gremlins...The question is: Why would anyone want a truck like that? I see too many handicaps to be used as a daily use vehicle.

[@sprint48219]

It wouldn’t be a daily use vehicle but it would be really cool I have it for certain occasions like when we end up with 7 foot snow drifts or somebody is buried back in the woods

[@jamesfinley1075]

Volume of a fuel tank: length (in inches) X width (in inches) X height (in inches) = cubic inches. Cubic inches divided by 231 = gallons.

[@alvydasurbonas8913]

wow you would really expect army truck alternator to be a bit more robust than this, or maybe its just bad luck. But cool truck anyway.

[@2509498788]

Yes I enjoyed this one but I enjoy all most of all of them

[@staind288]

Lol @ the AvE reference of 'magic pixies' 😂

[@Peter_Riis_DK]

Temp. Gauge seems to be working poorly unless the engine never warmed up.

[@ronaldanderson9263]

I like this video on so many levels. Good work comrade.

[@fredflintstone8048]

Lessons learned? Incomplete diagnosis of the original alternator before calling for a replacement? Did the miswiring damage the regulator on the original alternator? If one can get the regulator on ebay, why not just replace the regulator on the original (provided that a more thorough diagnosis was done), my guess is that it's cheaper.. Did the miswiring cause damage to the regulator on the new alternator that caused it to fail in a short amount of time? The hydraulic fluid didn't evaporate. Probably a leak somewhere that should be found.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Watch part 1 again... Original alternator was 100% toast 😁👍

[@fredflintstone8048]

@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics the alternator AND the regulator were both toast??? How do you know when you didn't discover the field excitation wire was connected wrong until installing the new alternator???

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

@@fredflintstone8048 original regulator had a burned pin on it, I assume from reversing polarity.

[@brianw8963]

Nice work Ivan. I cannot speak about around the corner, would get ugly fast and I would get kicked off!

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Around the corner You mean the election? Get ready for some fireworks haha

[@on-site4094]

Buy the truck ivan if an apocalypse hits you're all set .😎 ivans driving it smiling ear ear enjoy

[@gregw6251]

Where is part 1?

[@TreyCook21]

It's been a while ago. He should linked it in the description.

[@gregw6251]

@@TreyCook21 a long while ago.

[@pyralux01]

After listening to Eric O whine about "not a sponsor " for the millionth time over on his channel, i decided to drop a 20 over here where somebody actually deserves it.....It certainly isn't much but I'll do what i can...Great videos ...keep up the good work....thanks....

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

I really appreciate the support and kind words! :)

[@allanmoulton3745]

A funnel would come in handy.

[@jerrymoore7669]

Those rodents always know which wires to chew on.

[@heartlandmechanic]

COOL AND UNIQUE VIDEO .

[@ronberry5316]

Only 50mph? The 1956 army 5 ton wrecker I drove in Germany in the 80's did 70 after a little tweaking of the governor. Lol Great job as usual Ivan.

[@Methodwake]

You can reprogram them to go faster. We had ours set to 80 mph. Found a cool stew & stev guy to hook us up. Never really enjoyed the trucks for battle. Too many break downs. Actually broke a bell housing on one. After that I decided I liked our Cummins powered vehicles rather than CAT

[@zx8401ztv]

What a beast, the truck lol. That alternator looks heavy duty, no messing about with farty little things :-D Not a good vehicle to take the kids to school and back, unless there is a diesel station half way and you have a bloody massive wallet ha ha :-D

[@gsudarshan7251]

Best vehicle to trudge along the Siberian tundra

[@InsideOfMyOwnMind]

Mile after mile.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Actually Ural 6x6 is better 😁

[@DriveShaftDrew]

good job thumbs up shared

[@willienolegs8928]

That was really cool!

[@TimDyb]

Which U.S. state was this?

[@throttlebottle5906]

just what I need.... I would see what it can run over and push daily though LOL

[@liviu2004]

If I got it right, lesson learned here, you don't want an exciter coil energized, without the alternator fan spinning.

[@throttlebottle5906]

short duration with no field load wouldn't be hard on it.

[@tonycatania7264]

How much does he want for it

[@MikeMcAuliffe-g2f]

There is not a silence button for that alarm? Good grief.

[@billburkart9087]

Eric O could use the truck on his homestead lol

[@riblets1968]

The modern Army stopped by hordes of mice. Great.

[@PhillyDee215]

I love all your diags💯🔥

[@vwbusguy1020]

Super cool

[@throttlebottle5906]

I forgot about the truck fully and was thinking where in the heck is "part 1" should put a link to part1 in the info to help us old farts remember :))

[@otisplunk2599]

You can use it to pull ATM Machines off their anchor in order to get the cash to pay for the diesel.

[@RobCarstuff9112]

Do you have your CDL license

[@Pr0ph3cy-k5z]

None needed. When you're pulled over, just hit the reverse button. The reverse alarm should deter any potential issues lol.

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

@@Pr0ph3cy-k5z no reverse alarm... Or reverse lights I think lol

[@Pr0ph3cy-k5z]

@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics Well then, stealth is better lol.

[@brucecampbell3062]

Don't fight the Russians, can hear you coming 30 miles away 😂

[@dgarreis]

What State is this truck in?

[@valpanig]

probably Penn State

[@basecom70]

How much was he asking for the truck? Never mind, I watched the bonus footage and said he wants 15K

[@Hugo_Overthere]

Get a label maker and use it.

[@jefftreseder4358]

Electric windows would break after the first year!

[@throttlebottle5906]

wiring into the doors would be broken in weeks, those doors would be operated far more than the busiest delivery/taxi cab ;)

[@mateo801]

Cool

[@stevencox75]

awesome mate, wish i had one

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

It's for sale!

[@stevencox75]

@@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics im australian, i think the freight might cost me a little, maybe id have to sell my 4x4 i could definitely use it lmao

[@MA-ff5to]

Just use the regulator off the good old unit

[@PineHollowAutoDiagnostics]

Not compatible, different pinout. Also original had a burned pin

[@dans_Learning_Curve]

Like #716 Thanks for the video!