Military-Vehicles: RE: [MV] testing..testing..

RE: [MV] testing..testing..

Alan Bowes (alan_bowes@phast.com)
Wed, 13 Aug 1997 17:37:45 -0600

For practical purposes, I'd agree with the other responses.

Without a capacitor tester, you can only make rudimentary tests,
such as checking for a direct short. It is also possible that there
could be a heat-sensitive problem with a condenser/capacitor that
wouldn't show up on a test.

Condensors are cheap enough that the best way to test them
is just to replace them. You could also swap a known-good unit
with the questionable one.

Are the points burning/pitting? If so, replace the condenser,
whose job it is to reduce the arcing/burning at the points.

Alan
(Salt Lake City, Utah)

-----Original Message-----
From: Hayes-Holgate, Shaun [SMTP:SHayesHolg@ea.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 13, 1997 1:15 PM
To: 'mil-veh@skylee.com'
Subject: [MV] testing..testing..

question:

1. how can i test a condensor
2. how does one clean and/or replace an oil filter
on an m-43 once i've pulled it out of its canister.

thanx a bunch.

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