Re: *SPAM* CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age

From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 09 2006 - 16:11:56 PST


Hi Robert,
    Do you have the part numbers for those?
I did have a problem a while back with hard starting, and replacing the
preassure switch did fix it.
But it would be noce to upgrade to those parts you refered to.
Bruce MVPA 23824

Robert Anderson wrote:

> I have never understood this fuel pressure switch as having ANYTHING
> to do with starting/running. It is only used if you hook up an STE-ICE
> test instrument. Now IF it started leaking fuel, yes then it would
> cause problems by leakdown. But again, after some 10+ years of running
> the CUCV 6.2's (over a dozen trucks in total) I have yet to change
> pressure switch one. Boy, this is my day for running up stream (or am
> I)!! Another HMV thread !! I am beginning to wonder if these
> changes of the pressure switch are the repair some have tried to
> eliminate fuel leakdown (leakback) where in reality they should have
> followed the GM service bulletin (it suggests a different lift pump
> and a more positive seating valve on top of the injection pump).
> Robert Anderson
>
>
>> From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age

>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:16:36 -0500
>>
>> I'll bet you have replaced the fuel pressure switch :-) lol
>> My 1008 converted to 12v with the controller card starts well in cold
>> weather also, once I undid what the local FD screwed up. They said
>> for 5 of
>> the 7 years they had it they could only use it in the summer because
>> they
>> couldn't get it started anytime else for a fire.
>>
>> They converted it to 12v and still passed the power through the
>> resisters
>> before going to the GP solenoid. The cold idle solenoid was bad
>> also. The
>> fuel pressure switch they never figured out and finally put in new
>> one for
>> big truck in it's place. They also said they replaced the 24v glow
>> plugs
>> with new 12v ones. I'm surprised it started in the summer for them.
>>
>> "Stu"
>> Southern NH, USA
>> "Live Free Or Die"
>>
>> MVPA #14790
>>
>> 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
>> 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Mike Maynard
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:48 PM
>> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age
>>
>> Wow, I guess that makes mine pretty damn rare. My truck starts as
>> low as 6
>> degrees without any effort. And I have some known bad glowplugs too!
>>
>> I guess I better count my blessings ;-)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: M35A2USA@aol.com [mailto:M35A2USA@aol.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:07 PM
>> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age
>>
>> I have converted at least 10 to manual...never had an original that
>> would
>> work right at 40 below...need finessing like using a choke on an old
>> flathead... RAM (and I would guess that George has done a hundred or
>> more over on
>> the warm side of the state, too) VT
>>
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