-Sorry for the novel, the truck is a pain-
Hi all, back again. So, the backstory on this truck first- she came from auction for a pretty good steal at $1500. Was running but had intermittent security no start issues, no prndl, no trans cooler hooked up and a blown brake line. Snapped a tie rod backing off the trailer. Oh, and the front end was a bit banana like from what looked to be a good hit (air bags didn't deploy).
Fixed the security issue with a toothpick, changed all the brake lines, soldered my cluster, did the tie rod etc etc.. plated it and started driving to work out the kinks I knew I'd find at this price.
Since driving- new NSBU switch and rear calipers, blower motor resistor, power steering line to keep her going. Then my g80 blew and I can't get one right now so it's disengaged to avoid any problems until I can... all of this has the body work coming along nicely haha!
Since I got it I've been pretty sure I'd need injectors (hard long starts and she was smokey at idle). The longer I've been running it with new fuel and stanadyne the better it's gotten. Almost no smoke now and a nice smooth idle but the long crank persisted. Seemed like a good time to install the lift pump I bought last year. While that was going on I rebuilt the filter head and changed the filter. Immediately a line leak appeared. But it was running better than ever and I had an hour long round trip I had to make. Didn't make it. At all.
Out of nowhere, dead on the road. Lost throttle response and maybe a second later it shut down and wouldn't fire. Assumed the line leak had gotten worse, so changed the line. Still no start. While changing the line, the fuel drained off had a lot of debris in it. I'm assuming the tank does as well and will be dropping it and cleaning it.
But now it will not fire at all. I even gave in and tried a bit of either in the air filter (I know, but was out of wd40).
I'm trying to get it to fire running a line from a fresh can of fuel to avoid the tank so I can get it the last fifty feet to my driveway. Ideas?
Could the filter head have a problem even after it ran probably 6 hours after the rebuild? Could junk be in my cp3 and it's not pulling? What do I check next? Help!
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Hi all, back again. So, the backstory on this truck first- she came from auction for a pretty good steal at $1500. Was running but had intermittent security no start issues, no prndl, no trans cooler hooked up and a blown brake line. Snapped a tie rod backing off the trailer. Oh, and the front end was a bit banana like from what looked to be a good hit (air bags didn't deploy).
Fixed the security issue with a toothpick, changed all the brake lines, soldered my cluster, did the tie rod etc etc.. plated it and started driving to work out the kinks I knew I'd find at this price.
Since driving- new NSBU switch and rear calipers, blower motor resistor, power steering line to keep her going. Then my g80 blew and I can't get one right now so it's disengaged to avoid any problems until I can... all of this has the body work coming along nicely haha!
Since I got it I've been pretty sure I'd need injectors (hard long starts and she was smokey at idle). The longer I've been running it with new fuel and stanadyne the better it's gotten. Almost no smoke now and a nice smooth idle but the long crank persisted. Seemed like a good time to install the lift pump I bought last year. While that was going on I rebuilt the filter head and changed the filter. Immediately a line leak appeared. But it was running better than ever and I had an hour long round trip I had to make. Didn't make it. At all.
Out of nowhere, dead on the road. Lost throttle response and maybe a second later it shut down and wouldn't fire. Assumed the line leak had gotten worse, so changed the line. Still no start. While changing the line, the fuel drained off had a lot of debris in it. I'm assuming the tank does as well and will be dropping it and cleaning it.
But now it will not fire at all. I even gave in and tried a bit of either in the air filter (I know, but was out of wd40).
I'm trying to get it to fire running a line from a fresh can of fuel to avoid the tank so I can get it the last fifty feet to my driveway. Ideas?
Could the filter head have a problem even after it ran probably 6 hours after the rebuild? Could junk be in my cp3 and it's not pulling? What do I check next? Help!
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