From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU)
Date: Wed Feb 01 2006 - 13:17:47 PST
Hi Frank and list,
This turned out to be the problem. Sonny and Tim Sutter also
recomended trying to add fuel first before
wrestleing with the fuel pump. But what really convinced me to try this
first, was Caleb Pal's very explicit
directions on how to change the fuel pump, complete with the type of
vocabulary to use while doing so....
Thankyou ALL for the help, which is just another example of how
wonderfull and helpfull this list is.
`I did misss Ronzo's input on this, so he better hurry up and get
better. We can't tolerate this kindof slacking off!
Bruce
grntrks@juno.com wrote:
>Bruce,
>Just a thought - faulty guage? or float sticking in the tank giving a
>false reading of fuel level? Before changing the lift pump, why not add
>5 gals of diesel to the tank and see if that get 'er goin'?
>I once had a diesel van and it began to surge intermitantly, then it
>quite. Would not restart. I switched to the other tank and after a few
>minutes cranking she fired up. Turned out the float in one tank was stuck
>and showed a 1/4 tank when it was actually empty. Surging was caused by
>air being sucked into the line with a little fuel. When the level got low
>enough the engine quit altogether. Replaced the tank unit and never had
>the problem again.
>Food for thought,
>
>Frank Cox
>'Nam 1966, USAF
>MVPA 14530
>1945 GMC 353 DUKW " DUKTAPE "
>
>
>
>On Tue, 31 Jan 2006 20:43:50 -0800 "Bruce C. Beattie"
><bruce@EECS.Berkeley.EDU> writes:
>
>
>>Here is the report back on my little saga today.
>>
>>First tried to bleed the air out of the system.
>>After that I was able to get it to turn over for about 3 seconds and
>>
>>then it died again.
>>
>>Checked everything for potential air leaks, but didn't find any
>>likely
>>suspects.
>>
>>Replaced fuel filter, since I had a spare.
>>
>>No joy out of that. Even after bleeding air out and priming filter,
>>all
>>I am getting into the
>>bleed bottle is a little dribble.
>>
>>I am now assuming that I have a bad lift pump.
>>
>>I had to have AAA bring it home on a flat bed.
>>
>>Note: When talking to AAA you need to inform them that their dolly
>>sets
>>are not wide
>>enough to accommodate the M1008 axles. It is not enough to just tell
>>
>>them that it is 4 wheel drive.
>>
>>If anyone has any input on this, please send any suggestions etc. on
>>how
>>to replace lift pump.
>>I am assuming that it is straight forward procedure, but I haven't
>>had
>>to do this for this truck yet.
>>
>>Thanks to all the people that answered my plea for help! This has
>>got to
>>be the greatest list on earth.
>>And I sure hope they managed to get a bouquet of canvass for Ron.
>>
>>Bruce MVPA 23824
>>
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