From: Stu Ellis (stuellis@attbi.com)
Date: Thu May 22 2003 - 13:19:39 PDT
Try Owens Export for the pressure switch.
"Stu"
Southern New Hampshire, USA
"Live Free Or Die"
Military Vehicle Preservation Assoc.
Merrimack Valley Military Vehicle Collectors
Green Mountain Military Vehicle Club
Vehicles:
1967 M151A1 Jeep
1964 M416 1/4 Ton Trailer
1986 M1009 CUCV Blazer
-----Original Message-----
From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On Behalf
Of Neil E. Amrhein
Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 9:50 AM
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
Subject: [MV] CUCV Fuel filter bases
List,
I had a leak coming from around my fuel filter on my CUCV. I determined
that the source of the leak was the pressure switch in the filter base, so I
replaced the O-ring with a new one from a fellow list member. That seemed to
fix the problem, but it was, apparently, not a permanent fix. Now, either
the switch is leaking, or the O-ring is leaking again, and I really don't
want to have to mess with this problem anymore in the future.
I did some research and found that, in the spirit of the glow-plug relay
setup, the military continued to use this early (and troublesome) style
throughout the CUCV production, even though GM re-designed the setup. GM
issued a TSB for these early-style filter bases, instructing technicians on
how to remove the pressure switch and tap the hole to accept a screw or
bolt.
Has anyone ever done this on their truck? It seems like an awful lot of
work, when I could probably swap on a civilian equivalent filter base and
fix the problem. I have not yet closely compared the CUCV filter base to the
one on my civilian '88 6.2, but I cannot imagine that I could not use a
civilian one on the CUCV. Any thoughts?
Thanks,
--Neil
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