From: Bill & Bonnie Prestin (bprestin@chartermi.net)
Date: Fri May 16 2003 - 18:32:51 PDT
Anyone know if the Findley show is this weekend? And where I can get
directions on how to get there.
Bill,
Michigan
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From: "Bill & Bonnie Prestin" <bprestin@chartermi.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Friday, May 16, 2003 9:16 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] A challenging problem
> Have you checked your fuel tank vents. Could you be forming a vacuum in
the
> tank.
>
> Bill
>
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> Subject: Re: [MV] A challenging problem
>
>
> > M35a2 turbo multi-fuel:
> >
> > Here is what I have going on:
> >
> > If I disconnect the fuel line at the top of the fuel
> > tank and then I go an open the petcock at the fuel
> > filters on the engine and then I give it a very short
> > blast some air into the main line... messy, but a rag
> > contains most of it... then put it all back together
> > after bleeding out any ambient air at the filters...
> > the dang truck fires right up! Vrrooom, no problems!
> >
> > It's my opinion that somehow air must leaking into the
> > system and be forming an embolism or that it doesn't
> > pull fuel under enough pressure to start it.
> >
> > Once it's running I don't see any problems.
> >
> > Even after I shut it off for a few hours it fires back
> > up, but let it sit longer and I have this start and
> > die...start and die thing going on.
> >
> > I have done the following:
> >
> > 1. Changed fuel filters - it was doing the start and
> > die thing before filter change.
> >
> > 2. Inspected lines, tank and all seem clean and fine.
> >
> > 3. Pulled the tank filter it looks clean, even back
> > pressured some air thru the main line to see if
> > anything was stuck in there.
> >
> > 4. Loosened an injector and got fuel seepage with
> > accessory switch on... haven't checked it for flow
> > volume yet.
> >
> > 5. Checked the fuse and connection on the top of the
> > tank.
> >
> > So anyone got any ideas? I'm sure willing to listen,
> > got to be a real simple thing I am missing here.
> >
> > Thanks in advance you guys are great, been super
> > helpful to me in getting this beast going.
> >
> > Jack (Chico-Ca)
> >
> > http://standupforamerica.us
> >
> >
> >
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