Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-19 Thread Jim Cathey
the 123 has mechanical guage, so if its not showing anything, it really doesnt have anything. Did you check the oil level? Yeah, little to go wrong there, but the line could be disconnected and capped off because the gauges do crack and then leak oil all over the place. Easy to test with an

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-18 Thread Sunil Hari
List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running Just started it again today and paid attention to the oil pressure. Let it run for about 10-15 seconds, and the oil pressure never moved off of zero. Ran the RPM's up to about 2k

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-18 Thread Jim Cathey
Just started it again today and paid attention to the oil pressure. Let it run for about 10-15 seconds, and the oil pressure never moved off of zero. Ran the RPM's up to about 2k, and nothing. Could this be the reason 10 years ago they thought there was a hole in the block, no oil pressure?

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-18 Thread Luther Gulseth
And if oil isn't pouring in, how hard is it to replace an oil pump? On Sat, 18 Feb 2006 16:11:27 -0600, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just started it again today and paid attention to the oil pressure. Let it run for about 10-15 seconds, and the oil pressure never moved off of zero. Ran

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-18 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
Discussion List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 18, 2006 3:00 PM Subject: Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running Just started it again today and paid attention to the oil pressure. Let it run for about 10-15 seconds, and the oil pressure never moved off of zero. Ran the RPM's up to about 2k

[MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-17 Thread Luther Gulseth
Started it tonight after work. It sounds like something is loose somewhere, a metal on metal knocking sound. I reved it up to around 2300rpm and the noise went away, and it sounds like a finely tuned MB diesel. What knocking sounds might be present in the sub 1200rpm range that go away

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-17 Thread Kevin
On Thu, Feb 16, 2006 at 06:43:02PM -0600, Luther Gulseth wrote: Started it tonight after work. It sounds like something is loose somewhere, a metal on metal knocking sound. I reved it up to around 2300rpm and the noise went away, and it sounds like a finely tuned MB diesel. What

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-17 Thread Kaleb C. Striplin
ok, lets here it Luther Gulseth wrote: Started it tonight after work. It sounds like something is loose somewhere, a metal on metal knocking sound. I reved it up to around 2300rpm and the noise went away, and it sounds like a finely tuned MB diesel. What knocking sounds might be

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-17 Thread David Brodbeck
Luther Gulseth wrote: How loud is a nailing injector? It doesn't sound like a ping much at all. They can be pretty loud. Like, rod knock loud. Sounds sorta like someone smacking the cylinder head with a hammer, hence the name. To determine if it's an injector, loosen the fuel injector union

Re: [MBZ] Blue Bomber running

2006-02-17 Thread John Berryman
On Thursday, February 16, 2006, at 07:43 PM, Luther Gulseth wrote: Started it tonight after work. It sounds like something is loose somewhere, a metal on metal knocking sound. I reved it up to around 2300rpm and the noise went away, and it sounds like a finely tuned MB diesel. What knocking