Gene drove from his place in Des Moines to Jefferson yesterday (about an
hour) in his pickup, dragged his brother's race trailer home (another hour),
and hauled the 190D back to Jefferson (another hour) so Jeff, his older
brother and mechanic extraordinary, could work on the problem. Jeff did
Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:07:35 -0400
Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D fuel primer pump
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand primer
pump. Where is it? '84 190D.
No hand primer. Fill the large fuel filter with clean
That would explain it. Thanks.
On 9/13/07, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand
primer
pump. Where is it? '84 190D.
t'ain't one. Crank it 'till it starts
Hope he's got a good battery.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
That would explain it. Thanks.
IIRC one can use WD40 as starting fluid in diesels. He might try that. (as
opposed to ether.. ether is a no-no)
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand primer
pump. Where is it? '84 190D.
t'ain't one. Crank it 'till it starts
Hope he's got a good battery.
Rick Knoble
'85 300 CD
'87 190 DT
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Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand primer
pump. Where is it? '84 190D.
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] 190D fuel primer pump
That would explain it. Thanks.
On 9/13/07, Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand
primer
pump. Where is it? '84
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand primer
pump. Where is it? '84 190D.
No hand primer. Fill the large fuel filter with clean diesel, Diesel
Purge or even ATF and crank the engine. May take a minute or two but it
will start. Next time
Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand
primer
pump. Where is it? '84 190D.
As you know, there isn't one. I used my 'clean' grease gun to
force-prime my 190D after the injection pump removal. Then I
switched the hose back to the feed pipe.
-- Jim
Thanks, Marshall. I shall pass this along to him.
Don
On 9/13/07, Marshall Booth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Wonko the Sane wrote:
Brother-in-law let his 190D run out of fuel. He can't find the hand
primer
pump. Where is it? '84 190D.
No hand primer. Fill the large fuel filter with
On Thu, 13 Sep 2007 18:54:34 -0500 Rick Knoble [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
That would explain it. Thanks.
IIRC one can use WD40 as starting fluid in diesels. He might try that.
(as opposed to ether.. ether is a no-no)
Uhh ... no.
Craig
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I now (after a LONG cranking session once before) loosen the injector
lines at the injectors, have someone else crank while I watch, and
tighten the lines as they start to leak fuel - it re-fills the lines
MUCH faster than just cranking --
On 9/13/07, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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