How long should I be able to crank before the batteries won't turn the engine over?
Truck has two 900cca batteries, both one year old. Starter new last winter. All new battery cables. Lately I crank for 10 seconds and after that the engine barely turns over. Usually it's below freezing...
My truck has always started hard when cold (below freezing). It takes 2 to 3 cycles of the plugs if it starts at all. Plugged in for a couple hours it pops off as fast as I can turn the key.
I have all new glow plugs, and have verified that they work. The truck turns over very fast. I have...
Well folks after owning my truck for a year I decided to finally test the compression. Here's what I found
Drivers side front to back:
390
445
425
445
Passenger front to back:
435
435
410
435
Seems good to me, but the 390 kind of bothers me. Anyone think it's a problem? I...
Lately if I leave the truck sit for more than a day and try to start it my batteries are dead. Tried a parasitic drain test and found that if I remove the large black and orange wire from the solenoid on the passenger fender, the drain goes away. This wire goes to the alternator, so I...
I only have a front tank, so I bypassed my tank selector valve and removed it. Now my fuel gauge is pinned at full. Any way to remedy this without putting the valve back in?
So I bought my idi last fall to use as a winter vehicle. Well it made it through winter and now I have decided to spruce it up some.
Here she is
Started out faded rusty blue, then I decided to rattle bomb it white. I ran out of paint and time before snowfall, so it was 2 toned all...
So I was putting new ends on the glow plug harness and decided to test the continuity of the harness. Disconnected all the connectors. Between the bullet connectors and the z bar terminal on the relay I had good continuity.
I then decided to check between the bullet connectors and ground and...
Truck sat for a few days while on vacation. 24 degrees out when I tried to start it. Glow plugs cycled for about 15 seconds and the truck wouldn't start. Tried cranking in 10 second bursts with a break in between, and couldn't get the truck to fire. Tried this probably 4 or 5 times. Finally...
So I have been having hard starting issues, and decided to install clear lines at my return lines to see whats going on.
I started with the line from filter head to passenger front injector cap. There were no air bubbles, and the line stayed full of fuel with the truck off. I then did the...
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