Wiring Diagram

[Keith Webb]

Originally Posted by Jacques Reed

Also: avoid jury rigged fuel tanks. If you want to read a good example of that, read about the 1995 disastrous attempt to salvage a rare B-29 named "Kee Bird" from the Greenland ice. A priceless WW2 aircraft was lost because of just that.

Yes indeed, the problem with Kee Bird was a jury rigged fuel tank for the petrol APU which was bounced up and down during a taxi run causing fuel to spill, absolute tragedy as one life had already been sacrificed to get it to that point and all they could do was watch it burn. Such a sad story.

[Private_collector]

Was that loss not because the APU mount fractured and severed a fuel pipe, causing the fire?

[Ganmain Tony]

No electrical fires... but I do have a working amp gauge.

Hooked it up following Jacques wiring diagram and nothing...

Then I thought Id better put in half decent generator after inspecting it, cleaning it, checking the brushes, giving it a quick excite and bench testing it.

Hooked it all back up and gave the engine a little rev and bingo! Amp meter sprang into life.

John Mackie was great help over the phone for regular consults.

Heres the old beast when we first rescued it. Photo is an older one but the truck is roughly in the same condition.

[Jacques Reed]

Hi Tony,

Great to hear it all went well!

And no need for Silvazine burn cream on the fingers!

Cheers,