From: Darrell Ramsell (daram@comcast.net)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2006 - 11:40:58 PDT
This topic got me thinking. What is the best way to cut the fuel on a HMMWV
Darrell
----- Original Message -----
> The only way to stop a diesel is to either cut off the fuel or cut of the
should I ever have a runaway engine? My first thought would be to pull the
fuel line off the fuel filter container.
From: "Michael Howell" <doctormv@frontiernet.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2006 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV dies - Survival tip #1
> air. The M35 and my tractor have a hand operated manual lever that cuts
> off the fuel. If you forget to pull out the lever it won't crank when you
> hit the starter. I assume that the solenoid does the same thing when you
> turn the key on. I doubt that it would have hurt anything to have turned
> the key off and then got out and unhooked the wire. The truck would have
> continued running until the solenoid was released.
>
> If a diesel is running it is dieseling, ie running without spark plugs.
>
> Thanks for the tip. I don't know if I would have thought of wiring the
> solenoid open, I would have thought it would be internal to the pump.
>
> Mike
> Tishomingo, Mississippi
>
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