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Recently picked my M1123 truck, located in McLean, VA.Who's in the Northern Virginia area?
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Recently picked my M1123 truck, located in McLean, VA.Who's in the Northern Virginia area?
Is that old (weekly?) car show in the shopping center in Great Falls still going on?Located near you in McLean.
Not sure. Used to take my GPW to Katie's Car & Coffee in Great Falls pre COVID, haven't been there in last 2 years.Is that old (weekly?) car show in the shopping center in Great Falls still going on?
Isn't that the cars and coffee thing they do up there?Is that old (weekly?) car show in the shopping center in Great Falls still going on?
Kinda. I ended up hiring a young mechanic doing side work and paid him 100 bucks to swap my starter out - truck immediately turned over.Did you ever hear from anybody?
That's the one!Isn't that the cars and coffee thing they do up there?
So the lights were working without the alternators in, then you put alternators in and they crapped out?Well, i suppose after a super great day, I was due for a bad one.
I'm noticing that my turn signals are no longer working.
I went ahead and replaced the flasher, and tried the turn signal, it flashed once, then died again.
My headlights work fine, but turn signals and hazard lights dont come on.
I was going to replace the hazard light flasher next, but does anyone else have any ideas?
I'll be checking and cleaning terminals, but all the lights worked fine before i installed my alternators. I got the truck without either alt, but was able to still crank it over and get it running. I noticed that after the alternators were hooked up, i started having this turn signal issues.
Got real admiration for people that can solve electrical problems; people like you, Mysterioustruck.So the lights were working without the alternators in, then you put alternators in and they crapped out?
Maybe disconnect the alts and see if the lights work. If they do, I suspect a grounding issue. If not, fuses.
Got real admiration for people that can solve electrical problems; people like you, Mysterioustruck.
It's not really that complicated, and moistly kinf of a "chain-of-custody" exercise to eliminate every little area along the circuit that might cause a shutdown.
My problem is the patience to deal with that. I like problems that just need a hammer, and if the first hammer isn't the right one just reaching for the next biggest one (on up the line)! Electrical problems don't respond to this approach.
I got all the lights and horn working finally and have been driving her around all weekend. I was working at the gun show out in Chantilly this weekend and used her to transport all my firearms (will hopefully have a 416 in 2 weeks, so that will be even better) to the show all weekend.So the lights were working without the alternators in, then you put alternators in and they crapped out?
Maybe disconnect the alts and see if the lights work. If they do, I suspect a grounding issue. If not, fuses.
I'm not the world's expert at all, just thinking.
I'm up in Fairfax if you ever want to get together.
You sure it's the IP? White exhaust smoke indicates unburned fuel. I had the exact same symptoms and new glow plugs knocked them out. I have a swollen glow plug puller should you ever want to use it. I needed it badly.One thing I would like to do myself with some help would be to replace my injector pump. Mine has a leak so takes me a few tries and get the huge clouds of white smoke as she cranks, but after 3-4 tries, she'll turn over.
50+ years ago I lived in Fairlington, just the other side of I-95 off King St. It was 4.5 miles to zero Prince St. (Ye Olde Hunter).Just outside of Old Town Alexandria here.
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