From: uniquemachine@cybcon.com
Date: Mon Jun 27 2005 - 22:44:34 PDT
I have had like problems with the cummins 250 in my M923 and I
figured that it was the electric fuel shutoff solenoid. There is a
knurled screw that you can turn to bypass it and I have had to do
that before tin the middle of a trip.
Jon
On 27 Jun 2005, at 1:01, Wayne Harris wrote:
> I think a lot of those has been bypassed and now use the Emegerency shutoff
> (in the middle of the dash). There is also a box on your engine side
> firewall that could/will cause trouble, it's up high on the driver side and
> one big cable/plug going into it. When it goes bad the engine stops. It's
> repairable and there was a article about it in the MV magazine. Maybe
> someone will remember more. Wayne
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> >From: J <W7LS@BLARG.NET>
> >To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
> >Subject: [MV] Cummins engine problem. Help?
> >Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 21:21:40 -0700
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> >Our Cummins 250 small cam, 855 cubic inch powered M813A1 5 ton truck
> >suddenly lost power while driving. It came back to life after turning on
> >and off the switches that control the fuel shutoff solenoid, amongst other
> >things. I checked all the wiring and switches while jiggling all
> >connections. Everything is fine. I suspect the actual solenoid. I removed
> >it and tested it with an ohmmeter. I get 29 ohms. Is this resistance value
> >proper? Once the truck restarted, it ran fine, with full power. Is the
> >solenoid something that goes bad over time? Anyone else ever experience
> >this? Thanks. Jim
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