Optikalillushun
Registered User
So today begins my winter maintaince/projects for my diesel. Got my 93 all ready and done, cleaned up the garage, filled the heater tank up and brought Smokie in.
Thought id start with the hard start problem first, since anything more will require it to be down and non-driveable. As i suspected, most the return caps were damp. Stripped off the old return set up, keeping the caps and clamps. Ripped open the new kit like a kid on christmas and got to work cutting all the rubber lines to size (figured id do so since im still realitivly clean). Then i removed the old o-rings, cleaned everything up clean as a whistle. Opened up my goodie bag from Russ which has 100 nice viton o-rings (wasnt gunna use the kits) and gave them a little bath in some 15w40. Put all the o-rings on, starting with the top and then the bottoms, so i dont roll or cut an o-ring. Then i make one side of rubber hose and caps, slide them all well lubed with vasoline. Hear than familiar "click", sinch up the clamps and hunker down the injector lines. Do the other side same fashion and then remove the fuel filter. This is where things went downhill.
This effin filter was overflowin with fuel giving the pass side of the engine a nice bath, along with my arms. Go over the WIF sensor, snugging it down after replacing the o-ring and fill it up with Diesel-Kleen. Snug it up and almost giddy with excitment with thoughts of trouble free starting in my head i clean up my tools, myself and the truck. Then i go to fire the big ******* up and with a few turns of the key it comes to life. I give myself a big "hell ya" and go out to see if i have any leakers. My celebration is cut short as i find the two middle caps droolin that awsome greenish tinted and expensive fluid we all call diesel fuel. Shut it down, clean up the mess and trying to be patient i let it and myself cool down a bit. Replace the 4 o-rings, install caps, install rubber line and clamp and fire it up again. Aww ya, no leakers! Wait...[insert dagwood here] still one leaker.
Replace the o-rings once AGAIN, clean up and fire it up. Still leakin, what the farfrompoopin! Throw tools across garage, clean up said throw tools, walk up house pissed off, almost fell on wet porch walked in the house and almost tripped over the dog. Wash up and jump on oilburners to write humorous thread (at least i hope).
So, one step forward and two steps backwards. Tomorrow or later today im gunna replace that cap with an old one and see if my luck changes. If not im gunna push it out the garage and hope a car hits it in the alley!
One thing i did notice, all 8 caps could be moved about 1/8" with the injector lines installed. Is that normal? I also seen the timing adaptor on #1s threads were a lttle ***** and made it difficult to get the hard line to start. I had to use my thread cleaner to get the boogered part OK again.
If this is how the rest of my time with Smokie in the garage is gunna be, im gunna need more beer and JD! Another thing i noticed, im gettin to fat to be hunched over the radiator! My belly has the imprints to prove it!
Thought id start with the hard start problem first, since anything more will require it to be down and non-driveable. As i suspected, most the return caps were damp. Stripped off the old return set up, keeping the caps and clamps. Ripped open the new kit like a kid on christmas and got to work cutting all the rubber lines to size (figured id do so since im still realitivly clean). Then i removed the old o-rings, cleaned everything up clean as a whistle. Opened up my goodie bag from Russ which has 100 nice viton o-rings (wasnt gunna use the kits) and gave them a little bath in some 15w40. Put all the o-rings on, starting with the top and then the bottoms, so i dont roll or cut an o-ring. Then i make one side of rubber hose and caps, slide them all well lubed with vasoline. Hear than familiar "click", sinch up the clamps and hunker down the injector lines. Do the other side same fashion and then remove the fuel filter. This is where things went downhill.
This effin filter was overflowin with fuel giving the pass side of the engine a nice bath, along with my arms. Go over the WIF sensor, snugging it down after replacing the o-ring and fill it up with Diesel-Kleen. Snug it up and almost giddy with excitment with thoughts of trouble free starting in my head i clean up my tools, myself and the truck. Then i go to fire the big ******* up and with a few turns of the key it comes to life. I give myself a big "hell ya" and go out to see if i have any leakers. My celebration is cut short as i find the two middle caps droolin that awsome greenish tinted and expensive fluid we all call diesel fuel. Shut it down, clean up the mess and trying to be patient i let it and myself cool down a bit. Replace the 4 o-rings, install caps, install rubber line and clamp and fire it up again. Aww ya, no leakers! Wait...[insert dagwood here] still one leaker.
Replace the o-rings once AGAIN, clean up and fire it up. Still leakin, what the farfrompoopin! Throw tools across garage, clean up said throw tools, walk up house pissed off, almost fell on wet porch walked in the house and almost tripped over the dog. Wash up and jump on oilburners to write humorous thread (at least i hope).
So, one step forward and two steps backwards. Tomorrow or later today im gunna replace that cap with an old one and see if my luck changes. If not im gunna push it out the garage and hope a car hits it in the alley!
One thing i did notice, all 8 caps could be moved about 1/8" with the injector lines installed. Is that normal? I also seen the timing adaptor on #1s threads were a lttle ***** and made it difficult to get the hard line to start. I had to use my thread cleaner to get the boogered part OK again.
If this is how the rest of my time with Smokie in the garage is gunna be, im gunna need more beer and JD! Another thing i noticed, im gettin to fat to be hunched over the radiator! My belly has the imprints to prove it!
