Recent content by panran

When I gutted my fuel shutoff solenoid I mangled it a bit or bent it and it didn’t seem to sit right…that’s why I lost sleep and glad I took it back out..wasn’t seated all the way…I’ll try and find one tomorrow and post the size if I don’t find one I’ll try to bend it back into shape

The part is reassembled and works .. but when disassembling the retaining ring got slightly bent and I just worried about it…thought someone might know the size metric or inches and diameter?

Woke up in the middle of the night and tried searching for almost 2 hours and decided to ask: size of the internal retaining ring on fuel shutoff solenoid? I gutted mine and while removing it I must have bent it because upon reinstalling it…it doesn’t sit exactly right and rather than chance it...

Yes I noticed when I have the lift pump running.. I have a leak towards the back of the engine I’ll get under the truck in the morning…so I didn’t realize that would cause the air in the fuel line good to know and I’ll put cut off solenoid back together…thanks

I’m just now getting it.. I was treating the lift pump like I did the starter 15-25 seconds at a time..lol

Alright, so I gutted the shut off solenoid so I don’t have to crank the engine..turn the key on and jump the lift pump and leave it…okay I was worried about burning out the lift pump…by the way where does all that air come from?

Thanks for not giving up on all my questions gentlemen .. I almost gave up while jumping the LP and looking down in the IP seemed like no fuel was rising, kept saying last try and when I meant last try I looked over and the fuel was at the top..so I put the outlet valve back in and cranked it...

Sometimes I overthink but this question just popped in my mind…should I take the fuel lines off the injectors ( they are already loose) or will the bad fuel be directed out the outlet?

I’ll try both of these this morning..if I get a good stream in the bottle and then take off the outlet fitting should I be looking for any parts falling out or ejecting…yes the picture does show a foaming substance. Thanks again

Thank all of you for the feedback..if I get it to start I’ll be doing a lot of upgrades…rebooted the brain somewhat and thought start at square one..put a pressure gauge at the T and got about 6 pounds so I think I can eliminate the LP and OPS …cranked it a few more times and nothing at the...

Thanks guys I’ll try it in the morning

I think I need to reboot my brain overnight…the coil spring in the picture below the solenoid..was under the solenoid in the IP …but tomorrow I was going to get a fuel pressure gauge to see if I am getting enough pressure to the IP …can I hook the gauge up to the T valve and get a reading?

I took the plunger off the fuel cutoff solenoid and there was a large spring in the well…is that supposed to be there?

Thank you so much jr I didn’t want to get deeper into more trouble…sorry to say I was feeling a little played…I often play the old age and hs dropout thing but in the past had fractured skull from motorcycle accident and a couple concussions so my comprehension takes a little time..but anyhow...

I’ve been reading a lot of threads on this and ran across one that mentioned if the truck wasn’t run in a while that the IP pump could be stuck and trying compressed air into the fuel outlet might free it up…would it be a good idea to shoot PB blaster in the outlet and let it sit?… or could I...