From: Bruce C. Beattie (bruce@eecs.berkeley.edu)
Date: Thu Feb 09 2006 - 16:11:56 PST
Hi Robert,
Robert Anderson wrote:
> I have never understood this fuel pressure switch as having ANYTHING
Do you have the part numbers for those?
I did have a problem a while back with hard starting, and replacing the
preassure switch did fix it.
But it would be noce to upgrade to those parts you refered to.
Bruce MVPA 23824
> to do with starting/running. It is only used if you hook up an STE-ICE
> test instrument. Now IF it started leaking fuel, yes then it would
> cause problems by leakdown. But again, after some 10+ years of running
> the CUCV 6.2's (over a dozen trucks in total) I have yet to change
> pressure switch one. Boy, this is my day for running up stream (or am
> I)!! Another HMV thread !! I am beginning to wonder if these
> changes of the pressure switch are the repair some have tried to
> eliminate fuel leakdown (leakback) where in reality they should have
> followed the GM service bulletin (it suggests a different lift pump
> and a more positive seating valve on top of the injection pump).
> Robert Anderson
>
>
>> From: "Stu" <stuinnh@mvnut.us>
>> To: "Military Vehicles Mailing List" <mil-veh@mil-veh.org>
>> Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age
>> Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2006 17:16:36 -0500
>>
>> I'll bet you have replaced the fuel pressure switch :-) lol
>> My 1008 converted to 12v with the controller card starts well in cold
>> weather also, once I undid what the local FD screwed up. They said
>> for 5 of
>> the 7 years they had it they could only use it in the summer because
>> they
>> couldn't get it started anytime else for a fire.
>>
>> They converted it to 12v and still passed the power through the
>> resisters
>> before going to the GP solenoid. The cold idle solenoid was bad
>> also. The
>> fuel pressure switch they never figured out and finally put in new
>> one for
>> big truck in it's place. They also said they replaced the 24v glow
>> plugs
>> with new 12v ones. I'm surprised it started in the summer for them.
>>
>> "Stu"
>> Southern NH, USA
>> "Live Free Or Die"
>>
>> MVPA #14790
>>
>> 1967 M151A1 Jeep 1964 M416 Trailer
>> 1985 M1008 CUCV Pickup
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Military Vehicles Mailing List [mailto:mil-veh@mil-veh.org] On
>> Behalf
>> Of Mike Maynard
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:48 PM
>> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age
>>
>> Wow, I guess that makes mine pretty damn rare. My truck starts as
>> low as 6
>> degrees without any effort. And I have some known bad glowplugs too!
>>
>> I guess I better count my blessings ;-)
>>
>> Mike
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: M35A2USA@aol.com [mailto:M35A2USA@aol.com]
>> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:07 PM
>> To: Military Vehicles Mailing List
>> Subject: Re: [MV] *SPAM* [MV] CUCV 1009 Card Me... I'm under age
>>
>> I have converted at least 10 to manual...never had an original that
>> would
>> work right at 40 below...need finessing like using a choke on an old
>> flathead... RAM (and I would guess that George has done a hundred or
>> more over on
>> the warm side of the state, too) VT
>>
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