Thanks - I'm looking for a manual now! Roderick Roth wrote:
> Hi Mike > This definitly sounds like timing and certain diesels will drive the > mechanical fuel pump with a tapered collet. Since your engine is quite > new, I would suspect that the jam nut has either slightly loosened or > was not tight enough from the factory, allowing the pump to turn on > the taper slightly out of sync. Then it's quite possible for the pump > to lock itself again in the new position. > > This excact same thing happened on my 95 Dodge cummins . There is no > keyway on the shaft. Alighnment proceedure goes as follows: A) find > piston TDC on the power stroke, B) measure the injection plunger > height at its most high position and lock the fuel pump in that > position C) finally install the drive gear or sproket "what have you" > on the taper and lock it TIGHT with the jam-nut. Might be easier > for ya to get the exact instructions from the dealer or a local fuel > pump shop. Good luck!! p.s. Dont forget to unlock the fuel pump LOL > b-4 cranking!!! > Swc. :) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Need a vacation? Get great deals to amazing places > <http://us.rd.yahoo.com/evt=48256/*http://travel.yahoo.com/;_ylc=X3oDMTFhN2hucjlpBF9TAzk3NDA3NTg5BHBvcwM1BHNlYwNncm91cHMEc2xrA2VtYWlsLW5jbQ-->on > > Yahoo! Travel. > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >Biofuel mailing list >Biofuel@sustainablelists.org >http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org > >Biofuel at Journey to Forever: >http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > >Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): >http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/ > > > _______________________________________________ Biofuel mailing list Biofuel@sustainablelists.org http://sustainablelists.org/mailman/listinfo/biofuel_sustainablelists.org Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Search the combined Biofuel and Biofuels-biz list archives (50,000 messages): http://www.mail-archive.com/biofuel@sustainablelists.org/
