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General Information => General => Topic started by: sethyboy85 on February 13, 2007, 07:16:51 pm

Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: sethyboy85 on February 13, 2007, 07:16:51 pm: I have almost had it with this dang car, thursday got gelled, friday it was fine... monday It seemed like it was gelling again. I managed to get home, find out im sucking in air. change filter and line underhood everything seems fine when I beat it around town.

Morning I go to drive get half way up the mountain and stall, come home it's sucking in air like crazy. replace line from underhood to plastic line (thought it was metal) and now have vinyl hose all the way back to the plastic and up over it, I need a barbed nipple to make a good seal or if that doesn't work I have a second tank (was for vegie) that I will be setting up and just running that. It is too cold out but at least I am out of the elements but still in a unheated area.

my gasser is getting performance upgrades or else I would just drive that but NOOOOOOO

one of those dang days
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: RabbitJockey on February 13, 2007, 07:58:13 pm: don't feel bad, my diesel was running just fine,

:roll:
ok thats mean but lookie

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Trev0rbr/Picture007.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Trev0rbr/Picture006.jpg)

(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v306/Trev0rbr/Picture004-1.jpg)
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: 745 turbogreasel on February 13, 2007, 08:19:14 pm: Why don't we have winter here?
No fair!
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: RabbitJockey on February 13, 2007, 08:21:25 pm: those pictures suck too, you don't even know how much fun i really had haha. oh yeah, and for anyone who wonders, reversies suck they;re really slow and only make you dizzie.
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: jtanguay on February 14, 2007, 12:42:43 am: just get a solid state fuel pump... it will add some performance to your car too !!! theres a ton selling on ebay right now... from facet!

dont forget to put the pump right at the rear with the fuel tank. that way it stays primed all the time!
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: dieselsnowmobile on February 14, 2007, 10:51:56 am: Trev0rbr - Add some $30 snow chains to the front, and you have have even more fun.
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: sethyboy85 on February 17, 2007, 12:18:34 pm: I found the source of all my problems! will post pic later when I get it all back together
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: sethyboy85 on February 17, 2007, 02:27:41 pm: (http://img409.imageshack.us/img409/754/crapzl8.jpg) (http://imageshack.us)

SOLID full of crap...

Put it all back together without the screen since I run 2 filters 1 for larger items and then the stock one.
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: jtanguay on February 17, 2007, 03:14:25 pm: ewww very interesting!!!
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: burn_your_money on February 18, 2007, 01:43:53 pm: What is that?
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: sethyboy85 on February 18, 2007, 07:54:16 pm: That would be the screen in the bottom of the fuel pickup/sending unit in a 85 and newer diesel fuel tank blocked entirely full of this black gooey crud. It is probably the original tank and has 260k on the body...
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: burn_your_money on February 19, 2007, 06:02:42 am: I"m going to have to check mine. Myabe that's why I have so much air in the lines. I'm at 443k on the engine and body
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: jtanguay on February 19, 2007, 06:16:19 am: just have to drop the fuel tank to get at the screen?
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: sethyboy85 on February 19, 2007, 05:13:10 pm: A access panel in your trunk can get you too it but I needed more torque to get mine out and I was replacing the fuel lines so I dropped the tank and put it back up myself with 9 gallons of fuel in it and 1 jack

It is on the right side of your trunk area 4 screws or something like that, large channel locks would do the trick but I needed a pipe wrench since I didn't wanna strip the plastic nut.
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: burn_your_money on February 19, 2007, 05:34:21 pm: Does it pull out with the fuel gauge sender or do you need t reach around in there and pull it out?
Title: Cliff and my car soon!
Post by: sethyboy85 on February 19, 2007, 06:01:36 pm: comes out as one unit and you need to pop off the bottom with a screwdriver and you will find your screen.