From: International Movie Services (ims@telus.net)
Date: Wed Feb 23 2005 - 08:47:06 PST
We ordered and paid for four pressure switches from Owens several weeks
ago-they still haven't arrived; now we know why-"The CUCV guy is out of
town!"-Hope he comes back soon.
Cheers all,
Ian
----- Original Message -----
From: "Stu Ellis" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 12:38 PM
Subject: Re: [MV] Fuel Pressure Switch
> The problem is that it gets fine cracks that allows air to leak pressure.
> Some get so bad they leak fuel. There was a military order issued to
> replace all orig switches. Guess it was lost in shuffle. I don't really
> know what it does or how, but every CUCV owner with the same problems I
> had
> change it, had no more problems. I even replaced fuel heater in filter
> base
> (on top) and bought new filter base on EBay. Switch fixed it. Ask Ted
> Hintopoulos, I'm sure he can tell you what it does
>
> "Stu"
> Southern New Hampshire, USA
> "Live Free Or Die"
>
> MVPA #14790
> 1967 M151A1 Jeep
> 1964 M416 Trailer
> 1986 M1009 Blazer
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Caleb Pal - MilVeh [mailto:m1009@defcon-3.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:29 PM
> To: Stu Ellis
> Subject: Re: [MV] CUCV Glow Plugs
>
> Hey,
>
> I am trying to order fuel pressure switches from Owens Export, put the guy
> that awnsers is a little hard to understand and said the cucv guy is out
> of
> town, so I will try back in a few days. I think my fuel pressure switch is
> done shot. Its really hard to start after sitting for more than 8-12 hrs,
> it
> sits there and won't start, smokes white puffs, and this morning was
> especially hard. Are there any other problematic parts in the fuel system
> that will cause it to lose prime, and cause a bunch of starting problems?
> What exactly fails in the fuel pressure switch? Is it allowing air in so
> it
> won't start, or allowing the system to lose prime, or does the contacts in
> the actual switch fail and cause troubles in reguards to the electrcal
> side?
> What does it tell the engine to do exactly? I would like to get a basic
> idea
> why these things fail, and what about the switch failing makes them hard
> to
> start, or maybe its a grey area where the only solution is to put a new
> one
> in and it works ;). This problem has seemed very intermittent, where it
> only
> does it sometimes, and not others, but the last week it has been
> consistent,
> the truck sits for more than 8-12 hours, and its a huge pain to start,
> anything under 8, and its fine. I pulled all of the glow plugs saturday
> and
> tested them individually, so I am 99% sure thats not it. Has to be fuel
> delivery.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Caleb
>
>
>
>
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