From: Michael J. Hill (wild800@pacbell.net)
Date: Mon Apr 10 2006 - 19:17:33 PDT
Bruce that was very "heads Up!!"
Thanks for passing that on. One more tip for on the road repairs to get
Mike Hill EMT-1A
> Hi All,
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Bruce C. Beattie wrote:
> I was on my way out to work on my M54A2, and stopped for lunch. Got
> back in started the engine,
> it ran for about 5 seconds and died. Oh s...t. This is my daily driver
> and there is no backup.
>
> It turns out that the solenoid that acts as a kill control died or the
> wiring to it died. I had had a problem with this
> joker before, but that was just a matter of the screw rattling out of
> a bracket, and I fixed that.
>
> Tip#1-Always have some bailing wire in your glove box, and a pair of
> pliers.
>
> I managed to wrap some wire around some parts and then over the slot
> in the end of the solenoid
> shaft and back to some other parts to keep the solenoid pushed in.
> Whew, started right up.
>
> Of course when I got home I had soldier B turn the key off at the
> instant I released the solenoid.
> I did this under the assumption that this solenoids function is to
> prevent dieseling. Am I correct in
> this, and is it important in a diesel engine? If I had just switched
> the ignition off, would it have
> killed the engine right away?
>
> Thanks,
> Bruce
>
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