Yeah, I'm thinking I'll just crimp and shrink tube them until I get a more powerful soldering gun.
Today. Better progress.
Got the fuel pump finished. Used an old toggle, and just kind of hung the switch in the cab for now. Still in the kludging phase. When I have a reliable truck, and can afford a better toggle, I'll replace that, and mount it correctly.
Hooked the batteries back up. (For now, I am removing the negative cables before I leave it for the night.)
Then hooked up the camry, with jumper cables. Let that run for somewhere between 5 and ten minutes, while I did some other stuff. (Like putting the rear view mirror back onto the windshield. Let's see if it is still there tomorrow. )
Got in. Turned on the fuel pump and let it run a bit.
Turned the key and let the glow plugs cycle. Twice, for good measure...
And she started right up.
No smoke! Maybe right at startup, I wasn't paying attention. But it immediately started running smoothly. And when I got out of the truck and walked around the front to check the tailpipe... no smoke! That was while it was still pretty cold. It hadn't warmed up much at all, at that point.
So I'm wondering... Does it smoke white smoke if it isn't getting enough fuel? If so, maybe the mechanical fuel pump I have, isn't working very well? And the electric is supplying the IP just fine. Well, with the truck at this angle, anyway.
Tomorrow, I will have to figure out the problem with the alternator, and/or volt gauge.
Today, I think I might have stumbled on my parasitic draw. I knew the windows and locks buttons on the door were kind of sticky. I sprayed those down a lot with silicone spray and worked them over and over again. They were a lot better, but apparently still not the best.
I closed the door, and was head back for the front of the truck, and thought I could faintly hear a motor or something, working. Listened carefully, and determined it was coming from inside the body of the door.
Opened the door again, smacked the bezel that the buttons are in, and the noise stopped. That couldn't have been good for those motors, either. Whichever it was that was still barely trying to work.
Removed the bezel. It's cracked. It's warped. And the buttons were obviously sticking because of contact with that bezel. Without the bezel on, the buttons all work beautifully, and instantly return to where they are supposed to be.
Tonight I will be cutting away some of the bezel where it goes round the buttons. I'll put it back on, tomorrow and see if that fixes the problem.
I think when you buy a filter, you pretty much expect a filter, and not just a housing, right? That's why I thought it was funny that they sold a filter, and not just a filter housing. And then patted themselves on the back, for including the filter...I have no idea what my package said. It was a long time ago. I do remember that all of those were included in mine. It is kind of funny since you pointed it all out.
Today. Better progress.
Got the fuel pump finished. Used an old toggle, and just kind of hung the switch in the cab for now. Still in the kludging phase. When I have a reliable truck, and can afford a better toggle, I'll replace that, and mount it correctly.
Hooked the batteries back up. (For now, I am removing the negative cables before I leave it for the night.)
Then hooked up the camry, with jumper cables. Let that run for somewhere between 5 and ten minutes, while I did some other stuff. (Like putting the rear view mirror back onto the windshield. Let's see if it is still there tomorrow. )
Got in. Turned on the fuel pump and let it run a bit.
Turned the key and let the glow plugs cycle. Twice, for good measure...
And she started right up.
No smoke! Maybe right at startup, I wasn't paying attention. But it immediately started running smoothly. And when I got out of the truck and walked around the front to check the tailpipe... no smoke! That was while it was still pretty cold. It hadn't warmed up much at all, at that point.
So I'm wondering... Does it smoke white smoke if it isn't getting enough fuel? If so, maybe the mechanical fuel pump I have, isn't working very well? And the electric is supplying the IP just fine. Well, with the truck at this angle, anyway.
Tomorrow, I will have to figure out the problem with the alternator, and/or volt gauge.
Today, I think I might have stumbled on my parasitic draw. I knew the windows and locks buttons on the door were kind of sticky. I sprayed those down a lot with silicone spray and worked them over and over again. They were a lot better, but apparently still not the best.
I closed the door, and was head back for the front of the truck, and thought I could faintly hear a motor or something, working. Listened carefully, and determined it was coming from inside the body of the door.
Opened the door again, smacked the bezel that the buttons are in, and the noise stopped. That couldn't have been good for those motors, either. Whichever it was that was still barely trying to work.
Removed the bezel. It's cracked. It's warped. And the buttons were obviously sticking because of contact with that bezel. Without the bezel on, the buttons all work beautifully, and instantly return to where they are supposed to be.
Tonight I will be cutting away some of the bezel where it goes round the buttons. I'll put it back on, tomorrow and see if that fixes the problem.
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