icanfixall
Official GMM hand model
Yesterday I go to strat the rig.. Its been "resting" for 10 days.. No big deal cause it fires up before the crank goes one full turn.... Nope... Not yesterday. Sounds like the batteries or the starter. Cranks off quickly then slows down right away. I have a look see at the terminals... They look great. Still have the protective mess on them. So I tap each terminal with a small ball peen hammer thinking maybe there is some hidden buildup between the terminals and the clamps.... Nope. I cycle the plugs and try cranking. Its very slow but it fires up. So I drive it almost 100 miles all the time watching the battery gauge stays in the middle. Even with the ac on.. No big charge so I'm thinking its the starter. I get home and test fire the rig. It fire right up. Just before this I tested all the battery cells. Funny but the cel at the positive terminal is low on both of them... So I clean all the terminals. Found very little grey corrosion on all but one negative terminal. Clean all of them and put it to bed. So on to today. Cranks off fast but very qiuck fire off... Then it dies... WTH... Check power to the injection pump... Good click sound. Crack open some injector lines. No air escaping or fuel. Crank the engine and see fuel right away... Test flow at the schrader valve... Nothing but fuel. Crack three lines and crank about 3 seconds till fuel is seen. Batteries are on charge till later.... Try severl hours later but no fire. Plugs cycled andare off but I see smoke from the tailpipe. Enough to reach the front end where I standing and jumping the solienod to start it. Let the batteries charge up another 2 hours. Standing on the bumper and jumping the solenoid holding the injection pump wide open it fire right off within 3 turns of the crank. Now the volt gauge is showing more charge than before. I let it run till the fast idle drops down with the charger still on. Then take it for a test run around town... Seems to run easier for some unknown reason. Revs come up faster. Just sounds differant.... I tightened up both the top and bottom of the fuel filter. I'm so getting rid of that mess of oppertunitys for leaks. I have been attempting to fab up a 99 psd fuel filter setup. Looks like it will work fine. One thing I did find completely wrong. That was the water in fuel wire was not connected and the filter plugage wire was connected to the wif on the bottom....