I am not too sure what is going on with your truck, did you try the vac
hooked up to the fuel outlet of the filter block that goes to the injection
pump? I find it hard to believe that you cant get fuel there unless you are
out of fuel or have broken hose from the tank or something. Were your
replacing the lift pump to cure a hard starting problem? If that is the
case I would highly recommend giving the truck to the professionals to fix,
seem like some hit and miss troubleshooting going on here. Heck, I will
even come and buy that truck off of you and haul it away if the price is
right with that winterization kit on it, seems like a sort of interesting
truck.
Andy
----- Original Message -----
From: Stuart Ellis <stuellis@mediaone.net>
To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 5:36 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Can't bleed air from system in 1009
> Hi all!
> Well, I am stumped. Hooked up shop vac to air bleed valve on fuel
filter.
> I could not even get fuel to come out that way. How could this be? Could
> this happen if fuel pump installed wrong? How can it be installed wrong?
> I had tried cranking first to bleed air, but that didn't work. I can't
see
> any other way but to have it towed to a dealer. This is turning into a
> money pit. Not only is it hard starting, now it won't run at all.
>
>
> Stuart J. Ellis
> East Coast Sales Manager
> Intraco USA
> Web Site: www.intraco.com.sg
> Phone: 603-437-1392 Fax: 603-437-6046
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Andy Michalski" <amichalski@earthlink.net>
> To: "Stuart Ellis" <stuellis@mediaone.net>
> Cc: "MV List" <mil-veh@uller.skylee.com>
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 3:14 PM
> Subject: Re: [MV] Can't bleed air from system
>
>
> > Hi Stuart,
> >
> > Hah, I see you fell victim to the demented GM engineer, that left side
> bolt
> > is fun, eh? Sometimes it is easier to pull the motor mount through bolt
> and
> > porta-power the motor upwards than trying to get at that bolt as the
motor
> > sits. Anyway, getting to the no-start trouble after effectively
draining
> > the fuel lines...The lift pumps on these motors aren't what you would
call
> > the most powerful pumps. The way I prime up the fuel system is via a
> small
> > wet-dry shop vac, some duct tape and a hunk of fuel line. Connect the
> fuel
> > line to the suck hose on the vac via duct tape, then connect that line
to
> > the outlet of the filter block on the firewall. About a second or two
is
> > all that is needed to prime up the system up to that point. After that,
> it
> > is all downhill (literally) to the injection pump, and there should be
> > plenty of fuel there already for the motor to get started. Note, this
> might
> > not be the safest method, but it saves lots of time and
batteries/starter
> > motors.
> >
> > Andy
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Stuart Ellis <stuellis@mediaone.net>
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 1:23 PM
> > Subject: [MV] Can't bleed air from system
> >
> >
> > > Hi all!
> > > We'll, I just don't get it. I installed new fuel lift pump in the
> Blazer.
> > > It seemed straight forward except for the bolt on left side, but got
it
> > all
> > > tightened up and lines connected. Manual says if it doesn't start, to
> > bleed
> > > air from system.
> > > I hooked clear hose to bleed valve and opened it, removed pink wire
from
> > > solenoid shut off and took gas cap off. After half an hour of trying
> all
> > I
> > > did was kill 2 new 1000 amp batteries. What am I doing wrong???
> > >
> > > Stuart J. Ellis
> > > East Coast Sales Manager
> > > Intraco USA
> > > Web Site: www.intraco.com.sg
> > > Phone: 603-437-1392 Fax: 603-437-6046
> > >
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> > >
> > >
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