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Old 06-05-2013, 05:42 AM   #341
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Re: La Tortuga...update 05-26-13 (front ac install)

It was a step up from our metal tent

hopefully get time to get bus bled and primed this weekend, and I cant wait to be parked beside the river

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Old 06-06-2013, 10:11 AM   #342
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Just a small update

First inspection plate off, oops they only missed hole location by 5 inches





So I found the sending unit, I will pull and clean and check resistance for possible gage replacement

next inspection plate(looking for an electric in tank pump)
mmmmmm they forgot to saw all the way through???


ugh nope, they glued it back in.....the hole to nowhere



So I just need some time off from work...
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Old 06-07-2013, 10:19 PM   #343
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*lol* I have that same shirt.
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Old 06-08-2013, 02:38 PM   #344
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Running yet?!
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Old 06-09-2013, 02:40 PM   #345
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Running yet?!
SO she LIVES

what a journey, it's been to get re-primed and running with this simple 5.9

This is long and I hope it will help someone else in the future



lets back up 2 weeks to when this started

We got home, and after letting oil/turbo etc cool; I turned switch off and it ran on for about 5 seconds, I thought it was weird, oh'well she shutoff and I could always just move lever on intake

I then proceeded to change out the fuel filter, I had no luck getting it primed, even after filling the filter and pushing the stupid little primer pump....so I quit and grabbed a beer this is where the story left off


worked all week,etc...

So friday after work Lisa and I grabbed a glass of wine and went to the bus to prime and get her started

I still had the lines cracked open, so I pumped the primer pump and hit the key...CLICK.....nothing..I said I left the key on I guess and need to charge the battery

I checked voltage and I had good voltage, headlights and horn worked so I thought

1)not enough amps
2) or starter/solinoid is bad

So I grabbed a srewdriver,had her turn key on(click main solinoid) and proceed to bypass solinojd on starter.she spun right up......mmm...plenty of battery

So I grabbed my meter and put it on the solinoid lug coming from the key, Lisa turned key "click" no 12V at lug...but it's clicking.WTF??????

Lisa said it's not clicking at the starter is it?

I grabbed the starter solinoid and had her hit the key "click" but didn't feel it...so we got to looking


tucked away was another soliniod......and the main feed was broken (the last pc of green copper wire just broke, maybe 2 strands left,

So I cut wire and crimped on another ends and attatched it

Guess what? The starter now engaged via dash key....woop,woop

So I preceeded to pump while she would crank.....even had a dodge tech on the phone(friend)

The battery was about dead now and still no fuel out of the lines...argh....bed time now after hooking up battery charger


So I had Lisa bring home a fuel pump and I was bound and determined to get her running today, only issue was no real way to get to the lines to splice into them.

I noticed an "extra" line coming from the tank and hanging below the "crash cage"...I rolled out and went to filler neck...woop...woop...a non vented cap!!! so that was a vent line

So I now was able to pressurize the tank!





okay I am in business, turned pump on and it went to about 10 lbs or so....jumped under bus, and filled pre filter....next was filter at engine, and I had fuel coming out of the top bleed hole on filter going to pump..in business

I cranked over, 15 more seconds,repeat no fuel from lines on injectors....I said I am not getting fuel shut off must not be working??I could hear the solinoid and "feel" it clicking

Problem was

It was clicking but not pulling the lever up to allow fuel into pump

I could turn the key one, shutoff would click, and you could push lever up and it would hold....


fuel shutoff solinoid,round thing with wire out of top



So I researched and found some diagrams and instructions,when cranking it gets voltage to "pull" the lever up,while running it is in "hold" mode,when key turns off it releases and a spring pushes lever down and engine stops

So the "pull" function during cranking wasn't working


So I tracked wires from the "secondary" solinoid that goes through a nother fuse to the "pull" side of the shut off...............see...........


so I replaced the fuse.

pumped primer 50 times and turned the air compressor back on.....walla I had fuel at lines in a bout 15 seconds


I tightened lines and she puffed alittle smoke but not enough speed to start

So I moved my truck in closer...it was tight


I let it charge for 15 min and VROOM.....the beast spit forth fire and brimestone......


Sorry so long
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Old 06-09-2013, 08:28 PM   #346
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Nice write up! I always wondered how the older diesels were shut down without an ignition system.
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Old 06-10-2013, 11:55 AM   #347
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Wow, what am ordeal!! I like my mechanical valve I have to pull to shut off fuel
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Old 06-10-2013, 02:03 PM   #348
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Wow, what am ordeal!! I like my mechanical valve I have to pull to shut off fuel
I was afraid it had the small shutoff that the 1ton and below trucks had, thank goodness it didn't, I will probably change it to cable in the future...always like it with 2-1/2 trucks
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Old 06-10-2013, 08:12 PM   #349
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No kidding! That would have been a completely different experience on the side of the road.
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Old 06-11-2013, 10:36 AM   #350
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Re: La Tortuga...update 06-09-13 she starts!!!!!!

Thanks for all the good information and really glad La Tortuga is up and running again
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Old 06-11-2013, 11:38 AM   #351
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Thanks for all the good information and really glad La Tortuga is up and running again
Me too,I gotsta see a man at the river
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Old 06-11-2013, 04:31 PM   #352
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Re: La Tortuga...update 06-09-13 she starts!!!!!!

I did get to pull my FSS on the side of the road, bus full of friends on our way to a rally 6 hours away.

I had just driven it long enough to get to full operating temperature. It was in june, in NC so yea that was fun. It is really tucked in there too, if you have to remove the solenoid to take out the plunger as I did.



Glad yours was a power supply issue and not a rubber tip failure or a sticking plunger like mine!!!
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I did get to pull my FSS on the side of the road, bus full of friends on our way to a rally 6 hours away.

I had just driven it long enough to get to full operating temperature. It was in june, in NC so yea that was fun. It is really tucked in there too, if you have to remove the solenoid to take out the plunger as I did.



Glad yours was a power supply issue and not a rubber tip failure or a sticking plunger like mine!!!
No doubt,if you notice what you have is what I was worried about...(inline FSS that sends rubber into the pump...not good).....mine has a solenoid that moves the mechanic fuel shutoff "lever"

To get rid of what you have you would replace it with what I have or just a pull cable.

If mine malfunctions,all I have to do is pull wire connector apart and pull the lever down to kill the fuel to pump
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Old 06-12-2013, 12:41 PM   #354
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Re: La Tortuga...update 06-09-13 she starts!!!!!!

Gotcha, I do also have that mechanical shutdown lever on the Bosh VE pump. It is manual currently.

WHen i pulled that plunger out I never put it back, I just always walk around back and push the lever with a rod. I should instal a cable i geuss.
I like going back there though. I see any developing leaks, loose belt, and I forces me to give it a "cool down" and usually i just leave it running on short stops off the highway. this lets the turbo bearings especially cool off and stay lubed for the next time I start it.

If you go performance or have other trouble shooting issues I use

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Gotcha, I do also have that mechanical shutdown lever on the Bosh VE pump. It is manual currently.

WHen i pulled that plunger out I never put it back, I just always walk around back and push the lever with a rod. I should instal a cable i geuss.
I like going back there though. I see any developing leaks, loose belt, and I forces me to give it a "cool down" and usually i just leave it running on short stops off the highway. this lets the turbo bearings especially cool off and stay lubed for the next time I start it.

If you go performance or have other trouble shooting issues I use

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/


great WIKI and plenty to search through




OK Carry on.
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So I know this is a silly question..... BUT I'm going to ask anyway. Does anyone else think "Mutant Ninja Turtle city" when you see Bansil's location??

Ok so maybe its just me .... gotcha.... going back to put on my helmet and rock in the corner.
Sorry, can't say that I do. My kids were already grown when that craze came along.
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Not us....is it good or bad.........
When you can get away by giving your loved one a set of in the package TMNT's!!
For either b-day,anniv or christmas?
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So I know this is a silly question..... BUT I'm going to ask anyway. Does anyone else think "Mutant Ninja Turtle city" when you see Bansil's location??

Ok so maybe its just me .... gotcha.... going back to put on my helmet and rock in the corner.
Sorry, can't say that I do. My kids were already grown when that craze came along.
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or a limited edition yugio? card(I think )

or how about hand made jewelry? I picked up a fossilized turtle shell, some brass wire wa..la...


gotta love a wife that you can wooo and wow with nature ......oh and there is food and wine involved also
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OK.. now I'm wondering how I can incorporate my extensive penguin collection into the blue bus... ice? Whole change of interior design.
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