OldIron82
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Hello all. 3 years later, still starting the 89 7.3 with ether. If you don't put your foot on the throttle, it will stall. Glow plug system works good, new controller ( disabled ) and new Beru ZD9. New stage 1 R&D injectors with new o-rings, new return lines caps and olives, new designed fuel filter with the water drain part of the filter itself, fuel heater deleted tapped and plugged. Now I'm getting very close to installing the 6.9 I've been trying to rebuild for 3 years. I will NOT use ether on that. My thinking is if I can't get Old Faithless 7.3 to start by itself the problem is probably going to continue on the 6.9 if it's fuel related. The injection pump is a junkyard variety of God only knows what condition and is timed by ear. I'm thinking I still got a air leak somewhere. I hope whoever designed this fuel delivery/return system did not work in the aviation field because I think it is one of the most catastrophic multi failure point menagerie I've ever dealt with. Just my opinion.
It's time to get down and dirty with old faithless here and I think the clear line test is my only option to finally find where I keep getting air in the system. Any thoughts and direction would be immensely appreciated and I'll follow any advice with military precision. I've had enough of this nonsense. No matter how annoying and aggravating it may be I need this never ending problem fixed. Just a note, I will not be getting a new injection pump for this slug. I still need to buy a Rd90 or Bull moose and get a pyro for the 6.9 so absolutely no major purchases will be spent on the n/a 7.3. I'm hoping to get it properly timed asap but that's all. Sorry for the crappy attitude but I'm still heated from this slug letting me sit at my buddy's after a overnight kayak/camping trip. I left my can of ether at my shop. Hooked the plugs back up, held it flat, didn't even try to start and I wasn't killing the batteries or starter ( that would be the 2nd starter fried )
Thanks
It's time to get down and dirty with old faithless here and I think the clear line test is my only option to finally find where I keep getting air in the system. Any thoughts and direction would be immensely appreciated and I'll follow any advice with military precision. I've had enough of this nonsense. No matter how annoying and aggravating it may be I need this never ending problem fixed. Just a note, I will not be getting a new injection pump for this slug. I still need to buy a Rd90 or Bull moose and get a pyro for the 6.9 so absolutely no major purchases will be spent on the n/a 7.3. I'm hoping to get it properly timed asap but that's all. Sorry for the crappy attitude but I'm still heated from this slug letting me sit at my buddy's after a overnight kayak/camping trip. I left my can of ether at my shop. Hooked the plugs back up, held it flat, didn't even try to start and I wasn't killing the batteries or starter ( that would be the 2nd starter fried )
Thanks