From: James Shanks (n1vbn@yahoo.com)
Date: Mon May 23 2005 - 02:16:54 PDT
--- James Shanks <n1vbn@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Gents,
>
> Look carefully at your fuel filter housing
> and
> you may notice it is now damp/wet with fuel on
> the drain hose and around the bottom of the
> fuel
> filter itself. If you see this it is an
> indication of a leaking fuel pressure switch
> which sits about in the middle of the filter
> housing. A new replacement costs about $20 with
> a
> new O-ring. The only thing the pressure switch
> is
> uded for is when you hook up a diagnostic
> machine
> it will then read the pressure switch and tell
> you whether you have pressure there or a
> vacuum.
> When the O-ring or pressure switch starts
> leaking
> it lets air into the filter and drains the fuel
> back to the tank.
> I had the identical problem on my M-1009 a
> couple of months ago and mine turned out to
> have
> a good O-ring but a leaking pressure switch.
Opps! Sorry, hit the wrong key. Go here for a
replacement pressure switch and O-ring.
http://www.owens-export.com/index.html
James Shanks
85 M-1009
98 IMZ 8.103
>
> --- Mike Maynard <mike@wesleyscott.com> wrote:
> > I am interested to hear some about this as
> > well. Mine does the same thing
> > below 1/8 tank. Its almost as if the fuel
> > drains back. It will fire almost
> > instantly, then quit, and take a bunch of
> > cranking to get it runnin. Only
> > in the morning, only when the tank is that
> > low...
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Caleb Pal - MilVeh
> > [mailto:m1009@defcon-3.net]
> > Sent: Sunday, May 22, 2005 5:40 PM
> > To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
> > Subject: Re: [MV] M1009 fuel pump failure?
> >
> > Hey,
> >
> > I will add that when its hard to start and it
> > finally fires off, it runs no
> > problems, even down to a 1/4 tank or lower,
> > which I have never taken it
> > lower than 1/4. I wouldn't think a pickup
> tube
> > could cause that. It also
> > seems that when the truck is parkd on a
> slight
> > uphill, the front end facing
> > up the hill, it happens more frequenly when
> the
> > tank is low.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Caleb
> >
> >
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