Recent content by DREDnot

I would clean it up good, scuff both surfaces with coarse grit sandpaper and reattach it with some quality fuel proof RTV

Don't those 24 to 12 step down converters draw power all the time? I installed a 200 amp keyed battery disconnect switch on my truck and the original DEKA automotive batteries from 2020 that were in it from gov planet are still going strong with no jump starting required.

When your rear unit cuts off, does the compressor clutch shut off at the same time?

Might have to do with stuff going to ukraine?

Ha! ... thats not true. How do you think the rods break after a new pump install?

For a better chance to get the correct one take a piece of string and run it along side of the belt around the pulleys. Measure the string for the close approximation. You can actually decipher/order belts as the civilian part numbers usually correspond to the number of ribs and overall length...

Describe your method of holding the fuel pump drive rod up during the lift pump install. A buddy just replaced his bad lift pump and still no worky... made him remove the lift pump and lo and behold broken pump rod!

First...Make sure you have fuel in the tank. Like dump in five gallons sure. Remove the fuel supply line to the lift pump and check that fuel can freely reach the pump. light suction on the line should draw fuel easily. If still no fuel it could be a loose or cracked fuel supply line, a stuck...

First problem is that your upper stud brackets are upside down. The stud should be in the center of the air duct. Then put the small green symmetrical feet in the middle and the black feet on the bottom. Once you fix that upper stud problem the rest will line up right and be level .

Can you provide a link or part numbers to the clamps you used? I need to make a couple to supplement the one mine has. Thanks!

Take a grinder to that outer clamp ring of the dead pump and separate the halves. See why it failed. I have had ones where the diaphragm has lost its rubber membrane leaving the reinforcing mesh, ones that just had the diaphragm split, and lately ones that had the lift rod pull through the...

dug out my cargo top and got it spiffed up and installed

Looking at the possible pitting that was in that lower valve housing I would be suspect of its sealing abilities. Did you send yours out for rebuild or did you buy a rebuilt unit? Those valve housings see some horrific corrosion problems even if the rest of the IP is pristine. Who did the work...

Sure sounds like a start box to me. Have you removed all the silicone globs that are covering all the cables and wiring connectors and cleaned all said connections? Under all that silicone is corrosion

Id get in there with a mirror to make sure where it actually coming from. Maybe just a loose injector pipe. Also...who did the rebuild?