dementinator
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Hi there ,perhaps you may remember me ,the dude from England ,who couldnt get his 1989 F250 IDI started..
Well after wrestling with Air Leak probs in the fuel system ,and still having limited sucess ,the problem has finally been solved and the old girl is singing a happy IDI tune..
Turns out my diagnosis of the engine turning over too slowly was correct ,I wrongly assumed that the starter motor ,having been rebuilt twice ,was not at fault ,it was ,strangely, of the 4 brushes only 2 were contacting the commutator ,the remaining pair were pushed back and not touching ,therefore only half the coils were recieving juice ,this had happened before and the previous owner returned the starter to the rebuilders and they fitted a new end plate and brush holders.
This time I ordered a nice shiny new starter complete ,rebuilding rarely seems to work ,fitted it after a few hours swearing ,drinking coffee and swearing again ,got in cab ,turned key ,she flew over like a sewing machine and fired up after just a few secs ,this after sitting for 4 weeks...problem solved sanity restored and my ass installed on the bridge and test drive in progress....
Let me just say how amazed I was at how these buses drive ,I am used to American vehicles and driven many ,usually 38ft RVs ,I kinda expected it to have the turing circle of the Queen Mary 2 and be a little loud and rough ,wow! shes quite a smoothy I must say ,pretty quiet ,comfy ,quick enough and quite manoeverable.... very impressed... love it..
So ,gonna join the UK American Vehicle club ,take her to some events...
A great day!
BTW Has anyone else ever had this kinda starter motor prob? seems wierd how this happened twice ...
Well after wrestling with Air Leak probs in the fuel system ,and still having limited sucess ,the problem has finally been solved and the old girl is singing a happy IDI tune..
Turns out my diagnosis of the engine turning over too slowly was correct ,I wrongly assumed that the starter motor ,having been rebuilt twice ,was not at fault ,it was ,strangely, of the 4 brushes only 2 were contacting the commutator ,the remaining pair were pushed back and not touching ,therefore only half the coils were recieving juice ,this had happened before and the previous owner returned the starter to the rebuilders and they fitted a new end plate and brush holders.
This time I ordered a nice shiny new starter complete ,rebuilding rarely seems to work ,fitted it after a few hours swearing ,drinking coffee and swearing again ,got in cab ,turned key ,she flew over like a sewing machine and fired up after just a few secs ,this after sitting for 4 weeks...problem solved sanity restored and my ass installed on the bridge and test drive in progress....
Let me just say how amazed I was at how these buses drive ,I am used to American vehicles and driven many ,usually 38ft RVs ,I kinda expected it to have the turing circle of the Queen Mary 2 and be a little loud and rough ,wow! shes quite a smoothy I must say ,pretty quiet ,comfy ,quick enough and quite manoeverable.... very impressed... love it..
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So ,gonna join the UK American Vehicle club ,take her to some events...
A great day!
BTW Has anyone else ever had this kinda starter motor prob? seems wierd how this happened twice ...