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Try Puch.at, they will ship to the USA. A little cumbersome to make the transaction but they are very responsive. https://www.puch.at/en/products-&-spare-parts/pinzgauer/pinzgauer-petrol-710-712-(austrian-army)/electrical-equipment/ignition-system/21116_12616_shop_IGNITION-CABLE-COMPL.aspx?LNG=en

Vince, as with all your projects, I'm betting this mog-wrecker is gonna set a new standard -- Matt watch out buddy

Wish I was closer to ya, I'd love to help out.

ron

I have little choice but to run E10 gas. It's a matter of practical convince. Almost W/O exception that's what your friendly gas stations sell. I've looked for pure-gas https://www.pure-gas.org/ and the options are spartan. At least I am running summer blend. E10 does bump up the Reid Vapor Pressure...

To answer Vince's question -- idling before turning the motor off might reduce Vapor lock due to heat soak. I say might because it all depends on the circumstances; idle RPM effects air flow, your current elevation, ambient temp, and fuel your using. But, when your on a very steep grade, need to jum...

I would expect Puch would have done a worse case analysis; truck loaded to max
and a wee bit of additional margin.

Kind'a don't want water hitting the fan or Ignition components.

The two Nuts that bolt the starter to the mounting plate are M12-1.75 (8)

The engine compartment of a Pinz can get pretty stressful for an electric fuel pump. Ironically worse after you turn the motor off and airflow stops. Some pumps can take a beating, most can't. If your pump is located near where the mechanical pump was I strongly suggest you move it out of the engine...

They can get tippy... Pretty narrow Track at 57" versus a stock JK at 62" for example. Somewhat high center-of-gravity due to relatively high clearance with Portal axles. The K's are more tippy than the M's -- just a bit more weight with more steel above the central tube. Generally, you ju...

Congrat's on a very nice looking Pinz'y. And welcome to the forum.

I had an interesting case of Vapor Lock on my Carb'd 712 that initially surprised me. Turned out to be a classic case of heat soak. Some context, I have a Hardi 24V electric fuel pump, located external to the engine about center line of the tank, well within the siphoning limit of this diaphragm pum...

I actually mistakenly referred to DF when I meant D+ !! There are two outputs from the alternator, D+ and B+. B+ is the high current output to charge the battery. D+ on the other hand is monitored by the regulator to control the amount of current on the "DF" the field winding to output mor...

The Alt light could appear to be working normally as long as your Battery is at least 18V AND the DF output from the Alternator is good AND there is a good connection to the regulator. Though if you look at the bulb you may see it very dimly lit. What lights the Alt lamp up is the difference in volt...

Funny I was getting the opposite impression with how GMRS is being marketed so much lately to the "overland" and group trail crowds. Indeed, the Overland community is moving to GRMS, there's a fee for a license but no test. And there are a growing number of repeaters on mountain tops that...

GMRS is just over 462 MhZ. A wavelength of about 67 CM. All you really need w.r.t. a ground plane is 1/4 wavelegnth so your down to less than a foot for a decent "ground/radial". So if you ground near a bumper it's going to be good. By way of example, CB is 27MhZ, 11M wavelength, now your ...

Yours Paul ?

Nice kit to have but you also hope you don't ever need it