Just drove about 2-3 miles around the neighborhood to "flush" the water I added when I installed my newly re-manufactured radiator. Now I can drain it and add new coolant and water.
When I got home and let it idle, the generator sounded "noisy" and the body of the generator was too hot to touch. I just read the lubrication manual and it says "do not lubricate": the generator. If the front and rear bearings have dried out, what can I do? If I squirt oil down around the rear "fan" shaft near the rear bearing, will the oil get into the rear bearing and lubricate it? What about the front bearing? It looks like there is an allen-wrench plug that might be covering a lubrication port for the front bearing? Any ideas?
I guess while I'm at it, any idea of the best way to order a pre-made plug wire set? I have a civilian distributor. Is there a particular kit where all the plug wires are long enough? Are they resister wires? The plug-wire set on there now has a few plug wires that are just barely long enough. I guess I should install a new cap and rotor. Will NAPA or Advance Auto Parts be able to look-up stock Gladiator 6-cylinder plug wires, cap and rotor? Any ideas?
Thanks in advance,