Re: [MV] Diesel engine woes, M1009 timing chain?

From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Wed Nov 24 2004 - 10:50:47 PST


Thanks,
    Did that earlier on, but I think I will go back and put on the red
locktite
to make sure that doesn't come back and bite me.
Bruce

Bones wrote:

>You might also check the tightness of the bolts holding the torque convertor
>to the flywheel, when they loosen even a bit, which they are fond of, it
>makes quite a bit of hard-to- locate extra racket on the CUCVs. Red Loctite
>cures the syndrome nicely.
>Best,
>
>T. Bones Morris
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bruce C. Beattie" <bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu>
>To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:41 AM
>Subject: Re: [MV] Diesel engine woes, M1009 timing chain?
>
>
>
>
>>Thanks Stu,
>> I hope you are right. It is probably my imagination, but it seems
>>like it is louder now.
>>Bruce
>>
>>Stu Ellis wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>>I think they all sound like that. So does mine. It only had 38,000
>>>
>>>
>miles
>
>
>>>when I got it. It now has 48,000.
>>>
>>> "Stu"
>>>Southern New Hampshire, USA
>>> "Live Free Or Die"
>>>
>>>MVPA #14790
>>>1967 M151A1 Jeep
>>>1964 M416 Trailer
>>>1986 M1009 Blazer
>>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>>>
>>>
>Behalf
>
>
>>>Of Bruce C. Beattie
>>>Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:17 PM
>>>To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>>>Subject: Re: [MV] Diesel engine woes, M1009 timing chain?
>>>Importance: High
>>>
>>>Hi Caleb,
>>> I have an M1008 and I have been hearing this noise at idle that
>>>sounds like something
>>>clanking around, almost like a bad bearing. I don't think it is any of
>>>the belt driven stuff,
>>>so I am beginning to suspect the timing chain too. Supposedly the truck
>>>only had 15k on it when
>>>I got it, and it shows about 34k now. By in large it runs pretty good,
>>>but this noise is driving me crazy.
>>>Bruce MVPA 23824
>>>
>>>Caleb Pal - MilVeh wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hello all,
>>>>
>>>>Haven't posted here in a while. I have a couple projects going on right
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>now.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Il'l start with the M1009. 84 M1009, 75,000 miles, runs great, no smoke,
>>>>sometimes a tad hard to start, usually just me not manually glowing it
>>>>
>>>>
>long
>
>
>>>>enough. What I have heard ever since I have gotten the truck just about
>>>>
>>>>
>a
>
>
>>>>year ago, is a noise coming from the front of the engine when idling. I
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>will
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>be about 5 feet in front of the truck, and even further away, I can hear
>>>>
>>>>
>a
>
>
>>>>noise, its like ball bearings rolling around in a pot. like a clicking
>>>>noise, like the fan is hitting something, but its not. I pop the hood
>>>>
>>>>
>and
>
>
>>>>listen, but the engine noise is too much to hear it. I started up the
>>>>
>>>>
>fire
>
>
>>>>departments M1008 with 72k miles on it (I think) and it doesn't have the
>>>>noise. Is it possible it could be the timing chain on the M1009 making
>>>>
>>>>
>this
>
>
>>>>noise? I know average replacement is about 100k miles, but I don't know
>>>>
>>>>
>if
>
>
>>>>the chain had a bit of slap, if it could make such a noise. I had the
>>>>
>>>>
>oil
>
>
>>>>pan off a month ago, and I could feel the tension on the chain. I can't
>>>>remeber now, but one side had quite a bit of slack on it, and the other
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>side
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>was tensioned, but not totally tight from what I could tell from the
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>bottom.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>I didn't think to do a full inspection on it then, which wasn't too
>>>>
>>>>
>bright.
>
>
>>>>So any ideas about that sound and what could cause it. I know its not
>>>>
>>>>
>that
>
>
>>>>alternators, doubt the PS pump, but not toally sure.
>>>>
>>>>Second is the vegetable oil conversion. The 4cylinder diesel engine is
>>>>
>>>>
>off
>
>
>>>>of a Carrier Transicold cooling unit. The engine was made in 1980, in
>>>>
>>>>
>the
>
>
>>>>UK. Its a inline 4 perkins 4.108, or 4108. The problem with it is that
>>>>
>>>>
>it
>
>
>>>>has sat for about 8-10 years. Last date on the oil filters and fuel
>>>>
>>>>
>filters
>
>
>>>>were 91. I got it running, and it ran like hell, rough at WOT. I took
>>>>
>>>>
>the
>
>
>>>>injectors out and cleaned them, basically just cleaned stuff off the
>>>>
>>>>
>tips.
>
>
>>>>It runs ok now, smokes a bit at idle, and puffs a good amount of smoke,
>>>>like when an injector is misfiring or something, about every 3-8 seconds
>>>>
>>>>
>.
>
>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>At
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>WOT it smokes quite a bit more, and misses and puffs a bit of smoke,
>>>>
>>>>
>about
>
>
>>>>every 2-5 seconds. I pulled all the injectors out, hooked an injector to
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>one
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>of the lines, and turned the engine over with the starter. It shoots
>>>>
>>>>
>fuel
>
>
>>>>about 4-8 inches, as a pretty straight and even stream, and about 12-14
>>>>inches out it starts to atomize and go into a mist. I know it doesnt
>>>>
>>>>
>have a
>
>
>>>>foot of space to atomize in the engine, so is the pop off pressure too
>>>>
>>>>
>low
>
>
>>>>and its not turing into a mist soon enough, and dumping too much fuel
>>>>
>>>>
>in,
>
>
>>>>hence the smoke? I tried all of the injectors, let them shoot for 2-3
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>times,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>and they all preformed the same. Its kind of a low budget project, and I
>>>>don't feel like dropping $40-$70 each into new injectors. I know if I
>>>>
>>>>
>take
>
>
>>>>the return line rail off the toppof the all, there is a allen head in
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>there,
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>is this the pop off pressure adjustment? The injectors are flat on the
>>>>
>>>>
>end,
>
>
>>>>with a little tiny tip sticking out in the middle. Any ideas for this is
>>>>greatly appriciated, I will try and grab some pictures if anyone is
>>>>interested.
>>>>
>>>>Last, is my pictures project. I have pictures of my M1009, and soon to
>>>>
>>>>
>have
>
>
>>>>pictures of my M211 (soon to be FS) and the fire departments M35A2 and
>>>>M1008, and M107A2? (I think, water buffalo). If interested, visit the
>>>>
>>>>
>site
>
>
>>>>at http://pictures.defcon-3.net
>>>>
>>>>Thanks in advance!
>>>>
>>>>Caleb
>>>>
>>>>84 M1009
>>>>52 XM211
>>>>
>>>>
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