As you may know, my buddy Mark and I drove to Mizzou to pick up a box for my half ton project. Had an uneventful, fun trip down, no problems at all, until after dinner....
when my truck decides to completely loose prime. No matter what I did the truck would only run for about 15 seconds at a time. First time EVER that BBT has let me down. This is at 8:30 pm on a Sunday...so no parts stores were open, and we were in a strange town. Horrifying thought that it could've happened at any time on the freeway, too.....yikes
No, I dont have a lift pump on BBT. Havent for years. But it will now.
________________________________________________________
Enter clrussell. Corbin and Riley Gullett had both PMd me their phone numbers before we left, and told me to call them if anything happened. Well, I had to call Corbin at 9pm on a Sunday night. He dropped what he was doing, packed up a boxful of supplies that he figured he'd need to solve a fuel prime problem (filter head rebuild kit, hose, clamps, etc....), got in his truck and drove an hour to help us out. He rebuilt the head and replaced a line inside of a half hour and got us moving again. Initially wouldnt take any money other than to pay for the rebuild kit, but I insisted he do...at least to pay for fuel.
On the way home, the prime issue started back up. Would only happen at idle, though. Going down the road, the truck acted like nothing was wrong. Talk about a strange issue. 700 miles from home.....oh shit.
So stopping for anything other than fuel was a no-go. Leaving/getting back on the freeway for fuel was an adventure. Lots of downshifting, revving in neutral, running stop signs, etc.
One of us had to sit in the truck and keep it around 1500 rpm when at rest areas while the other went in, too.
I texted Riley (as we were driving down I-70 near his home) and asked for help. He replied back a little while later and was ready to help, but unfortunately we had already passed his interchange by a ways and turning around was more risky than moving on.
I even called Danville Perf, and Mark was gracious enough to call me back and discuss what he and I thought was happening and did his best to calm me down, as I was having a nervous breakdown. LOL
So, I give a huge "THANK YOU!!!!!!!!" to RGullett, MarkBroviak, and especially clrussell. Somehow we made it home, but only b/c these three DD members helped us in whatever way they could.
Thanks guys, from the bottom of my heart! :thumb:
P.S. -- Corbin's 500,000 mile white regular cab is as advertised, guys. That is one clean, good running truck.
when my truck decides to completely loose prime. No matter what I did the truck would only run for about 15 seconds at a time. First time EVER that BBT has let me down. This is at 8:30 pm on a Sunday...so no parts stores were open, and we were in a strange town. Horrifying thought that it could've happened at any time on the freeway, too.....yikes
No, I dont have a lift pump on BBT. Havent for years. But it will now.
________________________________________________________
Enter clrussell. Corbin and Riley Gullett had both PMd me their phone numbers before we left, and told me to call them if anything happened. Well, I had to call Corbin at 9pm on a Sunday night. He dropped what he was doing, packed up a boxful of supplies that he figured he'd need to solve a fuel prime problem (filter head rebuild kit, hose, clamps, etc....), got in his truck and drove an hour to help us out. He rebuilt the head and replaced a line inside of a half hour and got us moving again. Initially wouldnt take any money other than to pay for the rebuild kit, but I insisted he do...at least to pay for fuel.
On the way home, the prime issue started back up. Would only happen at idle, though. Going down the road, the truck acted like nothing was wrong. Talk about a strange issue. 700 miles from home.....oh shit.
So stopping for anything other than fuel was a no-go. Leaving/getting back on the freeway for fuel was an adventure. Lots of downshifting, revving in neutral, running stop signs, etc.
One of us had to sit in the truck and keep it around 1500 rpm when at rest areas while the other went in, too.
I texted Riley (as we were driving down I-70 near his home) and asked for help. He replied back a little while later and was ready to help, but unfortunately we had already passed his interchange by a ways and turning around was more risky than moving on.
I even called Danville Perf, and Mark was gracious enough to call me back and discuss what he and I thought was happening and did his best to calm me down, as I was having a nervous breakdown. LOL
So, I give a huge "THANK YOU!!!!!!!!" to RGullett, MarkBroviak, and especially clrussell. Somehow we made it home, but only b/c these three DD members helped us in whatever way they could.
Thanks guys, from the bottom of my heart! :thumb:
P.S. -- Corbin's 500,000 mile white regular cab is as advertised, guys. That is one clean, good running truck.
Last edited:
