No charge ... :<)))) Hope it helps save frustration and starters / batteries.
On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 1:49 PM OK Don via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > Ha! A boost pump like in a fuel injected aircraft - I should have thought > of this years ago! > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 8:35 PM G Mann via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > wrote: > > > Before you do the next fuel filter change, spend a few bucks and get one > of > > these [or one like it] and plumb it into the fuel supply line just at the > > fuel filter. > > > > > > > https://www.amazon.com/Electric-Transfer-Universal-Pressure-2-5-4psi/dp/B07JPDZC4M/ref=pd_lpo_263_img_1/147-4172102-4367701?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=B07JPDZC4M&pd_rd_r=ba046a97-4646-46fe-9cc8-c5b175ac0b63&pd_rd_w=WDi6Z&pd_rd_wg=dfFZX&pf_rd_p=7b36d496-f366-4631-94d3-61b87b52511b&pf_rd_r=F6NYYHG3X997R9HDT12Z&psc=1&refRID=F6NYYHG3X997R9HDT12Z > > > > Put a switch on it so you control the pump, and prime the filter all the > > way to the injection pump, crack the line nuts at the injectors and use > the > > cheap pump to push fuel to the injectors, ie, prime the system... your > > crank time will be reduced to zip, you will save the cost of a starter > down > > the road, and the pump, if sized right can set in the system since fuel > > will flow through it if it's not powered, or, you can simply disconnect > it, > > and reconnect the supply line. > > > > I've been using this system for 20 years to "assist" fuel filter changes > on > > large displacement Detroit powered trucks and buses I've owned which are > > notorious for being very hard to re-prime, once you open the fuel system. > > At $12 each... plus a few feet of fuel line and clamps.. the little pumps > > have saved hours of aggravation. > > > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 4:15 PM Allan Streib via Mercedes < > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > > > Do you have to crank the engine for a minute continuously? What about > > > doing it in shorter intervals until it starts? > > > > > > Allan > > > > > > Dan Penoff via Mercedes <mercedes@okiebenz.com> writes: > > > > > > > Yeah, you’re not alone. I remember my first one and how much I had to > > > crank on that beast (probably in excess of two minutes, total) before > it > > > began to fire. I was convinced I was going to torch the starter. > > > > > > > > -D > > > > > > > >> On Jan 1, 2021, at 4:20 PM, Bob Rentfro via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >> > > > >> probably would’ve been easier if the engine was at temperature, and > I > > > wasn’t such a scaredy-cat baby I’m cranking it so long. Once I cracked > > the > > > fittings and fuel showed up it took right off. > > > >> I took the power washer to it and blew some more of the flaky old > > Macco > > > paint off of it. Wiped it down, wipedvthe inside out, cleaned the > windows > > > and then took it for about a 5 mile spin in town and on the interstate, > > and > > > I never cease to be amazed on how awesome this car is. > > > >> > > > >> Bob R > > > >> > > > >> Sent from my iPhone > > > >> > > > >>> On Jan 1, 2021, at 1:51 PM, Peter Frederick via Mercedes < > > > mercedes@okiebenz.com> wrote: > > > >>> > > > >>> I always changed the fuel filter or did any other injector work > on a > > > hot engine -- cranks much faster and uses a lot less battery power. > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > > > _______________________________________ > > http://www.okiebenz.com > > > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > > > > > -- > OK Don > > "Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to > pause and reflect." Mark Twain > > “Basic research is what I’m doing when I don’t know what I am doing.” > Wernher > Von Braun > 2013 F150, 18 mpg > 2017 Subaru Legacy, 30 mpg > 1957 C182A, 12 mpg - but at 150 mph! > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
