From: m35products (m35prod@optonline.net)
Date: Sun Oct 09 2005 - 08:33:21 PDT
Blow out the fuel line between the tank and the injection pump.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bill & Bonnie Prestin" <bprestin@chartermi.net>
To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 09, 2005 4:03 AM
Subject: [MV] M342 (M35A2)fuel delivery problem
> Hi,
> I have an M342 dump truck with an LDS465-1C engine, I am struggling
> with fuel delivery problems. It will drive down the road great for a
couple
> of miles (accelerates fine) then just runs out of fuel. After sitting for
a
> few minutes with the fuel pump turned on, it will start back up and drive
a
> couple of miles more. It will also idle fine forever, so a little fuel is
> getting through. I changed all the fuel filters, still no luck. I also
tried
> bleeding the valve above the fuel filters on the engine while the truck is
> idling. Plenty of fuel squirts out, so the problem must be beyond there.
The
> problem developed while I was up in northern Michigan on our clubs fall
> trail ride. The 120 mile trip home was pretty rough. It's amazing how
rude
> people are. My first response would be to stop and help if I saw someone
> broke down on the HWY. But, I saw more middle fingers than I can count.
> Nobody stopped.
>
> Anyone have any ideas where the system might be clogged? My engine has the
> sticker on the side that says
> "use diesel fuel only. Fuel compensator has been bypassed to prevent
engine
> oil dilution"
> But there is still a maze of fuel lines around the injector pump.
>
>
>
> Bill
> Michigan
>
>
>
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